History VideoGame / FZero1990

* StalkedByTheBell: A "soft" example (since it's based on racing standing as opposed to a hard timer): If you fall to 20th place, you are immediately disqualified from the race.

* NintendoHard: Because of the complicated vehicle physics, Rank Out system, and cheating AI, completing the Grand Prix on higher difficulties is not easy. Rivals are quick to catch up when you made a mistake, which can mean a failure in the final lap.

* NoPlotNoProblem: The game itself doesn't provide any context of the race. It lacks a demo opening or a production company logo on startup and jumps straight to the title screen. To learn about anything, you have to read the manual, which isn't included in digital versions like Nintendo Switch Online.

Nintendo had published MissionPackSequel for UsefulNotes/{{Satellaview}}, ''BS F-Zero Grand Prix'' in 1996 and ''BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2'' in 1997.

''F-Zero'' is a 1990 {{racing game}} published by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. It's the first game in the ''VideoGame/FZero'' series, being a launch title for UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem both in Japan and North America.

** The series' signature VehicularAssault mechanics are absent. There's no Side Attack or Spin Attack and opponent machines other than the flashing bumpers can't be destroyed.

** Tracks are only named for the environment they take place in, and aren't given more specific subtitles to indicate the design of the course like in later games (such as "Mute City: Figure Eight" in ''VideoGame/FZeroX'' and "Port Town: Aero Dive" in ''VideoGame/FZeroGX''). If one environment is host to multiple courses, they will simply be distinguished by Roman numerals, e.g. "Red Canyon I" and "Red Canyon II".

** Tracks are only named for the environment they take place in, and aren't given more specific subtitles to indicate the design of the course like in later games (such as "Mute City: Figure Eight" in ''VideoGame/FZeroX'' and "Port Town: Aero Dive" in ''VideoGame/FZeroGX''). If one environment is host to multiple courses, they will simply be denoted by Roman numerals, e.g. "Red Canyon I" and "Red Canyon II".

** Tracks are only named for the environment they take place in, and aren't given more specific subtitles to indicate the design of the course. If one environment is host to multiple courses, they will simply be denoted by Roman numerals, e.g. "Red Canyon I" and "Red Canyon II".

** There're no pilots in the game, only racing machines. Any information about the pilots are confined to the manual. There're only four named pilots (Captain Falcon, Dr. Stewart, Pico, and Samurai Goroh) with the rest filled by generic vehicles. It wasn't until ''F-Zero X'' that the roster was completed with all unique characters.

** It has a Rank Out system where the player has to finish each lap within a certain tolerance. It starts at generous 15th place in the first lap, but gets higher each time until the final lap demands you to finish within 3rd place, else you fail. Fallng behind the flock too far (below 20th place) is also an instant disqualification. This was removed in the sequels except ''Maximum Velocity'', an intentional {{Retraux}}, and ''99'', a battle royale.

** Averted with White Land II. Despite sharing the same graphical environment as White Land I and having a remix of its theme, it is a completely separate track.

* RubberBandAI: If you are in first place, the opponent behind you will always be just behind you no matter how fast you go. So you can be driving the Fire Stingray and maintaining its top speed of 478 km/h, but if the Golden Fox with its ''stated'' top speed of 438km/h is in second, [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard it can keep up with you despite supposedly being 40 km/h slower]].

* RubberBandAI: If you are in first place, the opponent behind you will always be just behind you no matter how fast you go. So you can be driving the Fire Stingray and maintaining its ''stated'' top speed of 478 km/h, but if the Golden Fox with its top speed of 438km/h is in second, [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard it can keep up with you despite supposedly being 40 km/h slower]].

* RubberBandAI: If you are in first place, the opponent behind you will always be just behind you no matter how fast you go. So you can be driving the Fire Stingray and maintaining its top speed of 478 km/h, but if the Golden Fox with its top speed of 438km/h is in second, [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard it can keep up with you despite supposedly being 40 km/h slower]].

** Mute City III restores the back straightaaway but adds triangular bumps on the sides to make it more dangerous to collide with the barriers, adds a minefield on the S-curve, and removes the jump pads entirely. It takes place at night.

** Mute City III restores the back straightaway but adds triangular bumps on the sides to make it more dangerous to collide with the barriers, adds a minefield on the S-curve, and removes the jump pads entirely. It takes place at night.

** It has a "Rank Out" system where the player has to finish each lap within a certain tolerance. It starts at generous 15th place in the first lap, but gets higher each time until the final lap demands you to finish within 3rd place, else you fail. Fallng behind the flock too far (below 20th place) is also an instant disqualification. This was removed in the sequels except ''Maximum Velocity'', an intentional {{Retraux}}, and ''99'', a battle royale.

* NintendoHard: Because of the complicated vehicle physics, Rank Out system, and cheating AI, completing the Grand Prix on higher difficulties is not easy. Rivals are quick to catch up when you made a single mistake, which can mean a failure in your final lap.