Forgotten Games: Kat's Run Zen-Nippon K Car Senshuken - SNESdrunk 

Animation in this is gorgeous. The avatars look straight outta something like an 80's anime

God, how I love the 80's anime aesthetics

Finally, a game for the way I drive!

This was my favorite SNES racing game, actually. I remember playing this on a PSP SNES emulator back in the day, and this game was actually developed by Varie. The titular Kat is the boss and the unlockable character. This was also Atlus' third SNES racing game after the GP-1 games. Also, the developer of this game, Varie, is also the same developer of the New Japan Pro Wrestling SNES games and the Japanese publisher of the SNES Super Putty game.

Love the video, but Japanese kei-car (short for keijidōsha) ≠ Chrysler K-Car (internal development code for the chassis/platform of their '80s and '90s economy cars)

Plymouth Reliant was be a large car in japan especially in comparison to Kei car which are sub tiny and must have an engine lesser than 600cc, in comparison the plymouth your plymouth had a massive 2200cc engine, many bigger depending on which model/type.

This actually looks pretty good. I'll give it a try tonight. Despite having my Ps4, Switch and Alienware I spend half my time at least going retro. I guess a child of the 80s will remain, in large part, a child of the 80s! Thanks for telling us about it, Drunk.

Really SNES you are kicking ass lately on the videos and finding some oddities. Love how you just let the music explain itself.

I love the look of this and that music is solid. Nice find, thanks for sharing.

The fact this exists is hilarious

Nice MST3K time chasers reference

Love these vids man! They show the few snes/sfc games I've never heard of. I swear, this console's library never ends!

You're videos are often how I take a breather these days, so thanks!

if i played this as a kid, i am sure i would have picked up a K car when i was able to drive, also, that music is damn catchy and those portraits are fire.

I played this for the first time last year and I really enjoyed my time playing it. Definitely not perfect, but it felt unique and I appreciated that. Awesome to see you covering it Mr. Drunk!!

This game looks really good, and has a great soundtrack! Honestly idk what else you could ask from it. The character faces are cool too! The sprites are sick as well

Thanks for this exciting video! 👍🏻

Thank you for making and I hope you have a great rest of your day

I looked and i did not see a top 10 snes underrated soundtrack or something like it on youtube. Since you are pretty much the go to guy for snes, I think it could be a great list! Keep it up drunk!

Your videos always cheer me up. I would have thought you'd run out of SNES games ages ago, but you never cease to amaze. If you ever do run out of SNES games to talk about I'd be all over GBAdrunk for a few decades.

The Reliant K wasn't exactly the same a the K cars from Japan.. You still had the same tax and registration cost as other cars with the Reliant..

My first car was a 93 geo metro I had 2 12 inch Rockford Fosgate subs in the trunk

Stuff like this is one of my favorite parts of the channel. Yeah I love all the classics on the system but all the stuff that slipped through the cracks has interesting things to offer as well.

I loved playing this. It's got great depth of car culture!

This looks pretty interesting and also cute with the character window :D Good Video Alex :)

This reminds me of the Choro Q/Penny Racers series, particulary the GBA entries Gadget Racers and Road Trip: Shifting Gears.

Nice video and look at this game. Had no idea it existed. Looks interesting... Gonna pick this up on my next outting to Akihabara.

Thanks SNES Drunk for reviewing every SNES game I hear music from & am curious about.

This is what I love about this channel! I had zero knowledge of this game before today. Great video as always drunk! Also that title. Try saying that fast five times in a row.

Before hearing the music... "I'm 60% into trying this game out". After hearing the music "I TOTALLY 100% into to play this game right now!!!

Never heard before, so, thanks for bringing to the channe!!

I wasn't expecting having a chance to race with a Suzuki Jimny on the SNES, one of the bravest jeep-alikes I've ever seen. Small, but very efficient on off road tracks. Definitely not the kind of car you need if your family is getting bigger, the trunk is almost non existent.

I play this all of the time for whatever reason. It is awesome

Love the animated portraits :)

I love that music especially with bass

I do really like the look of this game. It might not be the best racer, but... it looks fun and those avatars are really neat.

My first car was a 1985 Plymouth Reliant. We nicknamed her the Red Rider.

My routine after watching a SNESdrunk video: hit the like button and scroll down the comments in order to give a like to the kind person always telling us how long we’ve listened to “snnnnnesdrunk” being said in the intro. The importance of which cannot be overstated. On topic: thanks for sharing this game. I had never played or even heard of it.

Your channel rocks dude. Have a good day as well.

Very cute game! I like the setting a lot. Only everyday cars, without bells and whistles. Feels cozy.

This actually looks pretty cool. I plan on playing this while jamming to some Relient K, just to complete the K-car experience

I'm going to install it on my Snes Mini to try it ou. Thanks for showing us this jewel.

1988 plymouth reliant k was my first car. That thing was a hoss. They saved the auto industry in all honesty. Mine was called the FuzzyPickle (ala Earthbound). They are the american equivalent to the Lada.

ever sense discovering this game a few years ago it has become my nr 1 favorite racing game on the snes

The first time I ever saw a Thundercats car sticker was on a Reliant and it took me a year to realize it was a reference to the band Reliant K's song I Am Lion-O.

I love how this game looks

Aged better than most 8 and 16 bit racing games

My old car rolled out with the announcement “From zero to sixty-- In sixty..!”

I like kei cars, and liked the idea of a kei car racing game but didn't know this was a thing that exists. The retro anime style is icing on the cake. I'll have to give it a look.

Flawless anatomy on the character drawings at the end there...

Driving to the grocer store was real serous business back then in the mid 90's.

I'm glad the developer included blood type data. That attention to detail really helps set games apart.

Hmm it looks nice and seems like something you wanna play after Work, not to hart, just a bit of fun :)

Me while watching the video: this must look beautiful on BSNES with widescreen HD on. SNES Drunk: well, what do you know...

Reminds me a lot of GT Advance on GBA which I loved back in the day, will give this one a go.

I actually like the stage backgrounds.

K-cars are also made for the size of certain roads that where built long before cars.

Looks fun, my mom had a reliant k also. I did drive it some as I was learning to drive.

I need this game

I love you're RU-vid channel man 💓👍💕

Definitely a good game for Friday night of drinks with friends xD

Drunk my maaan, thanks you just taught me something iv always been curious about but what was afraid to ask. I have a huge long story about K cars but I wont bore you with it. But I once had a very interesting day in the trunk of a car. And every one not in the trunk kept calling it a k car. I never knew what a K car meant. Like they said it so much and at the end of a very long hot day I was just to embarrassed to ask why do you guys keep calling it a K car. I thought it was a make or model. But always felt stupid to ask for clarification. SNES drunk I'm probably slightly older then you but you just brought me to class and taught me something like a high school history teacher. 4☆☆☆☆. Great review.

i love the music

I'd classify my 2014 mirage as a kei car. 3cyl, naturally aspirated, designed to get 55mpg going 55 in traffic. And I totally want the AZ-1! Man that music is some snes bliss! I have a SNES everdrive but I've considered buying this outright.

Not sure I've heard of this one before, but I really like the idea of a racing game showcasing normal ass cars and quirky oddities rather than the usual high end sports cars, and as a big fan of Outrun more marathon racers are always a plus. I do also like the characters having the anime portraits also, like some sort of parody of Doom or Wolfenstein. Now if only it had the wonderful look of Outrun too...

I like the tunes. Very Sim City-esque

I absolutely adore the AZ-1, there's some person who works at the office across from my building who has one, and I'd honestly try to buy it off him if there were even the slightest chance I could actually fit in it. I also LOVE racing in AZ-1s and Suzuki Cappucinos and Honda Beats and shit like that in Gran Turismo. No lie. I'm a huge sucker for these things and will probably love this game if I can find it and a patch.

@4:15 I love the music.

This actually looks neat

The music in this game is SOO GOOD!

how cuuute, i would have LOVED this game! : o never heard of it.

Need this soundtrack!

Looks fun. Now I'm gonna have a great rest of my day.

A K Car is specifically one made by Chrysler on the K Platform. I think this game is referring to Kei cars which are small sports cars in Japan, the smallest highway legal vehicles there.

I bought this game five years ago because of you.

I'm diggin the hell out of the soundtrack

what a charming looking game

Oh, this looks great. Definitely one I've never seen.

Thumbs up for the K car reference.

This looks like the kind of game that would be far more well received today than at launch. If you go in expecting the game to push the limits of the system, like many of its contemporaries, then it would be disappointing, as this does not look much better than F-zero (a little bit better, but not much), and F-zero was released 5 years prior. But if you go in with modern expectations of a SNES game, then it does not seem bad at all.

From the cover, I thought this was going to be one of those RPG driving games that we’re so popular in Japan during the 90s.

I miss my K-car. Dodge Ares

I would love to see you review the “Drift King Shutoko Battle” games for the super famicom. There were 2. The driving physics are pretty wild for a mode 7 racer and the graphics are great as well. Would be a great deep dive review titles for your channel!

That game looks freaking awesome!

Dude, a green Plymouth Sundance is still my dream car! Rock on !

The fact that this game has an autozam makes it worth while

Ok this game looks so cool. I love the colors, the graphic style is awesome, and it looks so much like Super MarioKart. I definitely want this game now, idk how I'll be able to find it but I want it.

My K-car was a 91 Plymouth Acclaim. First car. Crashed it the day I got my license and continued to drive it for another 4-5 years afterwards. Good times.

Brilliant

This game looks awesome!

omg, this game looks incredible.

I like the heels as items. :)

i want a K car so much !

I must have this game

Hey SnesDrunk, love your videos! Wondering if you would ever consider doing a NeoGeo video like you did for the TG-16, or game specific videos like metal slug?

I'd like to call attention to the newspaper background at 1:09. I am instantly haunted by the headlines "KIWIS BY BEAT", "sphemy cats", and "damage".

This game looks great and the Mode 7 is most impressive. Marty from Mighty Car Mods would love it

FYI the Kei car is a Japanese classification of car that has something like 600 or 700cc engine or less. The "K" car in the we US was a Chrysler/Dodge (mopar) front wheel drive 4cyl car platform The US id not known for its good mpg and small motors

Damn that music was like straight from sonic three

I love how you spoke of K-Cars like everyone should know what they were. It had me wondering what was wrong with my life for not knowing lmao