> > Man TT (Sega 08.1976) > > > > Japanese version of FONZ. Bike-handle shakes when you clash or slide off the track. > > Sound uses a tape recorded from real bike racing. > > > > Manx TT is released at 11.1995 from Sega on Model 2 board but a developer says he > > doesn't know this game. > > I recall calling 1-800-USA-SEGA, spoke with somebody there (poor person having to > take calls from kids... like me), and I talked/asked about this game (Manx TT). The > guy I was talking to called it Man-X TT (he insisted this was it's name), but I knew > that wasn't right because I played the game in the arcade and heard the voice on > there clearly saying "Manx" [mangks] (just like a short tailed cat).
'Manx' refers to the 'Isle of Man' which is an island off the coast of England where there's no speed limit and every year they hold amateur Time Trials for bikes. A couple of riders usually get killed every year. That's were the bob tailed cats are from too!
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