Code R #BestOfSaturn

Quintet’s Japan-only 1998 genre-blender Code R is part racing game, part dating sim because, let’s face it, it is the ’90s!

Featuring various modes including battle mode, time attack, and a story mode, your goal is to race “bad guys” whilst listening to various girls and responding to them in choose-your-own-adventure style. The game is compatible with both the 3D multi-controller and the Arcade Racer, and the races are well done and challenging.

Compared to the racing, dating is only so-so (as is the case in real life) and as the game isn’t translated, it is difficult to understand the girls, since they speak a different language (this also feels like in real life). Still, it’s a tidy package. Code R — what a hell are you gonna make?

	Peter Malek
		A Saturn fan since the beginning, Peter plays Saturn almost exclusively. For Peter, Saturn represents a moment in time where 2D games were at their best, 3D was just rising, and fascinating gaming 'firsts' were commonplace.  There are very few Saturn games that Peter cannot find some enjoyment in!