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Days of Thunder (USA)

NES / Famicom
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1990
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Days of Thunder adapts the Tony Scott NASCAR film on Mindscape NES with Cole Trickle competing in the American stock car championship. The representation offers oval races in behind vehicle view, mechanical and strategic management in a sport film license formula. Honest for NES racing fans in the 8 bit Mindscape production vein.

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Category
Racing 1 player 3+
Description
NASCAR racing tie-in with the Tom Cruise film, ovals and qualifying sessions to chain together. Published by Mindscape, released in 1990 in the USA. Flat-out driving, damage to avoid and a full championship. American NES edition.

Days of Thunder review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,17 MB 📅01/12/1990
Published by Mindscape

Days of Thunder (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $9 Q6 complete
 $30 Q10 new
 $247 !
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Other versions
Days of Thunder
Europe
01/12/1990
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Collector interest

Days of Thunder sits at the low end of NES collecting, its trivial loose value marking it as one of the console's most common racers. The Tom Cruise film license never built any aura, and Mindscape's 1990 release stays plentiful. Only a factory-sealed copy holds notable interest, a function of preservation scarcity rather than any intrinsic desirability of the game itself.

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