Paris-Dakar Rally Special is one of those weird NES games that doesn’t quite stick to one thing—you start off thinking it’s a straightforward racer, but then the next stage throws you into a top-down view, and suddenly you’re dodging rocks and camels like some kind of desert survival sim. ISCO clearly had fun mixing it up.

The controls take a second to get used to—your truck handles like it’s on ice half the time—but once you adjust, there’s something oddly satisfying about bouncing over dunes and barely making it to checkpoints. Just don’t expect realism; this is pure 8-bit chaos with a Dakar sticker slapped on it.

If you’re into quirky retro racers that don’t play by the rules, this one’s a trip.