The Bottom Line
Tecmo's long-running horse racing sim. Gallop Racer 8 is set in a horse racing theme park called Gallop Racing Square, with five attractions that you can freely select between. Title Collection has you select a horse, either a real life stallion or one that you've created, and follow it from early races until retirement. Gallop Stallion is the game's horse creation mode. Memorial Quest allows players to relive the experience of 100 classic races. Hall of Fame is an expansion of Memorial Quest mode, featuring fifty races. Finally, Field of Legend is an attraction where you race a horse that you created in Gallop Stallion mode against real life horses. This eighth game features voice-based commentary for races provided by announcer Tsuji Yoshinari.