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Tokyo Xtreme Racer Advance came out in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance, a time when developers were really pushing what the handheld could do with 3D-style racing. It was published by Crave Entertainment, and it tried to bring the vibe of its bigger console siblings to the small screen. You got a portable version of the series' signature highway battles, which was a pretty neat ambition for a GBA cart.

You control a tuner car, driving on the winding, multi-lane highways of a scaled-down Tokyo at night. Your main goal is to find and challenge rival racers, who appear as blinking markers on your radar, and defeat them one-on-one to climb the rankings. Signature mechanics include the rival scan system, where you lock onto an opponent to initiate a duel, and the slipstream, which lets you draft behind cars to build up a speed boost for a pass. The game is methodical; you spend a lot of time cruising, hunting for the next worthy opponent, and the races themselves are tense, high-speed affairs where a single mistake can end your streak. It feels like a lonely, focused test of your driving skill against the endless flow of traffic and rivals.