Top Gear was developed by Gremlin Graphics and published by Kemco, released for the SNES in 1992 as one of the console’s early racing showcases. Players race customizable cars across a series of circuits spanning multiple continents, tuning tire grip, acceleration, and top speed before each event and taking on rival racers with a nitrous boost for late-race overtakes. Its Mode 7-powered pseudo-3D road, driving rock soundtrack by Barry Leitch, and tight two-player split-screen mode made it stand out in the SNES’s early racing library. Reviewers highlighted its speed and presentation as a match for genre leaders of the time, and Top Gear went on to spawn several sequels, cementing it as one of the more fondly remembered arcade racers of the 16-bit generation.