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This article is about a series of horse-racing and business-simulation video games. For The 2007 film starring Zac Efron, see The Derby Stallion.
Derby Stallion 
Cover art of the second game in the series (released in 1994)Genres Horse racing
Business simulationDevelopers ASCII Entertainment Publishers Nintendo Creators Hiroyuki Sonobe Original release 21 December 1991 The Derby Stallion (ダービースタリオン) - also known in Japan as DerbyStal (ダビスタ) - video games are a series of genre-merging horse-racing and business simulation games originally created by ASCII Entertainment, and released by Nintendo. The series comprises 21 games, spans more than 10 console platforms, and is the best-selling horse racing series of all time with total sales topping more than 4 million in Japan.[1]
Summary
The ultimate goal of the player in the Derby Stallion games is to win the title of GI (Group I) Racer. To do this, the player must attempt to develop the greatest stock of horses that he can in order to have the greatest chance at each of the weekday and holiday races that compose the 1-year racing schedule of the fictitious "SRA" (an abbreviation of Sonobe Racing Association) group. Between races, the player engages in numerous business simulation, farm simulation, and role-playing activities.
Derby Stallion games have evolved as newer members of the series have been added, allowing players greater and greater control over every aspect of the horse-raising business. As such, the player must now race horses and place racing bets, manage the working of a stables and/or ranch, select different studs and broodmares for breeding, learn to break and train horses, and set up advantageous horse trades or sales, among other duties. Players must also make critical decisions about appropriate ages to race horses, breeds to pursue, and the timing of events to coincide with race dates. As the player improves the stock of his horses, his racing statistics, and his position in the world of the horse business, his Group Ranking increases until he reaches the goal of Group I at which point he has won the game. The games also allow the player to continue playing after the top goal has been met.
Derby Stallion games all feature a single-player mode, however much effort has been put into making the games as versatile as possible for multiplayer capabilities. Multiplayer functions allow players to trade or complete sales between themselves, to set up breeders' agreements, and to race against opponents. To accomplish this, various methods have been used to exchange data from the earliest password code exchange to online connectivity with PCs, Satellaview exchange (via 8MB memory packs and slotted application cartridge), and RANDnetDD service.[2] Other methods of data exchange that have been developed include various GameBoy-Link connections[3] and telephone satellite connections (for players using DoCoMo phones).
Series
Name Release Date Systems Derby Stallion: Best Race (ベスト競馬・ダービースタリオン) December 21, 1991[4] Famicom Derby Stallion: National Edition (ダービースタリオン 全国版) August 29, 1992[5] Famicom Derby Stallion PC-9800 Series Edition (ダービースタリオンPC-9800シリーズ版) May 28, 1993 PC Derby Stallion DOS/V Edition (ダービースタリオンDOS/V版) September 28, 1993 PC Derby Stallion II (ダービースタリオンII) February 18, 1994[6] Super Famicom Derby Stallion FM-TOWNS Edition (ダービースタリオンFM-TOWNS版) February 18, 1994 PC Derby Stallion EX (ダービースタリオンEX) September 30, 1994 PC Derby Stallion Macintosh Edition (ダービースタリオンMacintosh版) November 26, 1994 PC Derby Stallion III (ダービースタリオンIII) January 20, 1995[7] Super Famicom Derby Stallion '96 (ダービースタリオン96) March 15, 1996[8] Super Famicom-Satellaview Derby Stallion (ダービースタリオン) July 17, 1997[9] PS1 Derby Stallion '98 (ダービースタリオン98) September 1, 1998[10] Super Famicom-Nintendo Power Derby Stallion (ダービースタリオン) March 25, 1999[11] Sega Saturn Derby Stallion '99 (ダービースタリオン99) September 30, 1999[12] PS1 Derby Stallion for Windows (ダービースタリオン for Win) May 26, 2000[13] PC Derby Stallion 64 (ダービースタリオン64) August 10, 2001[14] N64 Derby Stallion Advance (ダービースタリオンアドバンス) December 6, 2002 GBA Derby Stallion '04 (ダービースタリオン04) April 22, 2004[15] PS2 Derby Stallion for DoCoMo (ダービースタリオン for DoCoMo) Winter 2005 DoCoMo Derby Stallion P (ダービースタリオンP) July 27, 2006[16] PSP Derby Stallion DS (ダービースタリオンDS) June 26, 2008[17] NDS Derby Stalion (ダービースタリオン) TBA[18] PS3 References
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Categories:- Business simulation games
- Japan-exclusive video games
- Horse-related video games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Video game franchises
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