RPM Tuning: The Controversial "Last Top Gear" of the 128-bit Era You Almost Forgot

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:15:00 -0300

If you, like me, grew up spending your lunch money on Top Gear cartridges for the SNES, you probably had a shock seeing the RPM Tuning box on a rental-shop shelf sometime around 2004. Same logo, same arcade-racing vibe in the name — and a completely different game underneath. This title is, perhaps, the strangest (and most forgotten) chapter in the franchise's history, and the controversy around it still gets rehashed on retrogaming forums to this day.

Top Gear: Loved by Brazilians and Forgotten by the World

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0300

Ask any Brazilian who grew up with a Super Nintendo to name a racing game from that era, and there's a good chance the first word out of their mouth is "Top Gear." Ask the same question anywhere else in the world, and you're far more likely to get a blank stare. That gap between two receptions to the exact same cartridge is one of gaming history's strangest, most specifically Brazilian phenomena.

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RPM Tuning: The Controversial "Last Top Gear" of the 128-bit Era You Almost Forgot

Top Gear: Loved by Brazilians and Forgotten by the World