Eliminator Boat Duel

Eliminator Boat Duel is apowerboat racing video game developed for theNintendo Entertainment System bySculptured Software and Radioactive Software. It was published byElectro Brain in 1991.

Eliminator Boat Duel
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Sculptured Software Radioactive Software
Publisher(s)	NA:Electro Brain EU:Storm
Designer(s)	Peter Adams Les Pardew
Composer(s)	Paul Webb
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System
Release	NA: November 1991^[1] EU: 29 April 1993^[1]
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player,two-player

Gameplay

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Drivers earn thousands of dollars by competing inpowerboat races, setting track records, rescuing stranded people, and collecting cash bonuses. With these winnings they can repair or upgrade various components of the boat to improve racing performance and remain competitive in the increasingly difficult races.

Eliminator Boat Duel offers threedifficulty levels: Easy, Normal, and Expert. Completing a race at a lower difficulty level advances theplayer to the next higher one. At each difficulty level, the player's boat can be damaged from impact with animals, the opponent's watercraft, and various stationary objects. Afalse start is penalized with a $2,000 fine.

For most of a race, players control their craft from abird's-eye view, and the screen scrolls in multiple directions, but in one segment of the race, thegraphical perspective changes to athird-person tracking mode.

In asingle-player game, the player competes first with either Seasick Sidney (in Easy mode), with Aquarius Rex (in Normal mode), or with Surfer Bob (in Expert mode). The sequence of later opponents is Vicious Vicky, Weird Willy, Mangler Mike, Veronica Alabaster, and Disaster Don (the reigning World Champion). To win, the player must defeat each opponent one-against-one on three uniquerace courses. In all,Eliminator Boat Duel has 24 unique race courses.