Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

WEC Le Mans 24 (c) 1986 Konami.

WEC Le Mans 24 is a sprite-scaling racing game based on the annual 'WEC Le Mans 24' race; a grueling event that, as its name suggests, takes place over a 24-hour period.

The width of Le Mans' track never varies and remains at a constant three lanes. The track itself is very challenging and contact with either a rival racer or one of the many track-side objects will often send the player's vehicle flying dramatically through the air, costing valuable seconds in time.

The car is equipped with both a high and low gear and each lap must be completed within a tight qualifying time or the race ends. The game's graphics and color palette change to reflect the different times of day over which the race takes place.

- TECHNICAL -

[Upright model]

GAME ID: GX602

Main CPU: (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz) Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), Konami K007232 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players: 1 Control: Steering wheel Buttons: 3 (ACCELERATE, BRAKE, GEAR)

- TRIVIA -

WEC Le Mans 24 was released in November 1986.

WEC Le Mans 24 was developed by Technostar/Coreland and Alpha Denshi. The hardware was developed and sold by Konami. After developing this video game, 'Technostar' was bought out by Coreland.

Also released as: "WEC Le Mans 24 [Mini Spin model]" "WEC Le Mans 24 [Big Spin model]"

Player layout in our catalog: 1P.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start WEC Le Mans 24 (v2.01). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

WEC Le Mans 24 (v2.01) is filed in our catalog as a 1986 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 1P.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Driving.

Credit line lists Konami as developer.