Family Trainer 4: Jogging Race

Family Trainer 4: Jogging Race

Console: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Human Entertainment, Inc.
Publisher(s): Bandai Co., Ltd.
Release Date: 1987-05-28
Players: 2
Co-op: No
Type: Sports

An exercise game created for the Family Trainer (the Japanese name for the NES Power Pad) developed by Human and published by Bandai.

Jogging Race is the fourth game created by Bandai for the Family Trainer (US: Power Pad) accessory for Famicom systems. It was one of the many games that used the peripheral that did not see a release outside of Japan. As with other Family Trainer games, the emphasis was on receiving a work out using the Famicom, a conceit that would later find greater success with the Nintendo Wii and the Wii Fit games.

Specifically, Jogging Race is about jogging through areas of a simulated Tokyo using the pad to simulate the exercise. The background scrolls by slowly, accurately matching the scale of the distances found in the real location, and will occasionally include additional details like other joggers.

There is also a second mode named Marathon, in which the player competes in a long distance race with other CPU runners.

Game Player of Family Trainer 4: Jogging Race on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Controls - How to Play Family Trainer 4: Jogging Race on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Generally, you can review the controls (keyboard) setting during each game in the screen before it starts. Use the arrow keys and “Z”, “X”, “A”, “S”, “Q”, “E” buttons to play, or customize yourself with your gamepad or keyboard.

KeyboardControls
← → ↑ ↓Directions for LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN
Enter ↵START
ShiftSELECT
ZA
XB
AX
SY
QL
ER