History VideoGame / RCProAm

* ''R.C. Pro-Am'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, 1988)
* ''Super R.C. Pro-Am'' (UsefulNotes/GameBoy, 1991)
* ''Championship Pro-Am'' (UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, 1992)
* ''R.C. Pro-Am II'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, 1992)

* NintendoHard: The game is likely to be seen as this if the locations of oil slicks and pop-up walls haven't been memorized.

* RubberBandAI

* DifficultyByAcceleration

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules[[spoiler: -- The yellow car.]]
* NintendoHard -- especially if the locations of oil slicks and pop-up walls haven't been memorized.

''R.C. Pro-Am'' is a series of remote-controlled racing games produced by Creator/{{Rare}}. ''R.C. Pro-Am'' is notable that it is one of the first racing games to feature {{vehicular combat}}.

* ''R.C. Pro-Am'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, 1987)

* ''Super R.C. Pro-Am'' (UsefulNotes/GameBoy, 1992)
* ''R.C. Pro-Am II'' (UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, 1993)

* AwesomeButImpractical: In ''II'' the best motor in the game the, Mega Motor, lets the purchaser move as fast as humans can. CPU opponents however can easily move [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard faster than that solely if they want to]] making some lesser motor such as the hyper or even the black more practical and better spending money on cheaper Scooper tires to take better turns and manuever better than the opponents.

* GangUpOnTheHuman: The bomber planes in ''II''. The CPU racers in the same game will ONLY start firing their picked up weapons if the human is in front for the missiles or behind them for the bombs.

** ''R.C. Pro-Am'' and ''Super R.C. Pro-Am'' each require spelling ''NINTENDO''.[[note]]The ''Rare Replay'' version of ''Pro-Am'' changes this to ''CHAMPION'', since the collection is published by Microsoft Studios and not Nintendo.[[/note]]

* GangUpOnTheHuman: The bomber planes in ''II''.

* VideogameCrueltyPunishment: If you get too aggressive with your weapons, one opponent [[spoiler:-- the yellow car --]] will go so fast, you will literally have no chance to catch up to it.

** ''R.C. Pro-Am'' and ''Super R.C. Pro-Am'' each require spelling ''NINTENDO''.

* TrophyRoom: In ''R.C. Pro-Am'' and ''Championship Pro-Am'', finishing a race in first, second, or third will add a trophy to your collection. You even get trophies based on your total score based on the high-score table.

* ''R.C. Pro-Am'' (NintendoEntertainmentSystem, 1987)
* ''Championship Pro-Am'' (SegaGenesis, 1992)
* ''Super R.C. Pro-Am'' (GameBoy, 1992)
* ''R.C. Pro-Am II'' (NintendoEntertainmentSystem, 1993)

** Getting too aggressive with the weapons in the original will have one computerized jam on the accelerator. By jam on the accelerator, we mean reach a top speed of five hundred kilometers ah hour, making them impossible to beat and possibly the TropeCodifier.
** In ''II'', airplanes will randomly appear to [[GangUpOnTheHuman drop bombs on players]] -- focusing primarily on non-computerized players. However, this can actually be used advantageously, since the computer-controlled drones are not immune to the blasts.

* EndlessGame: Possible in the original game. Averted, however, in ''Super R.C. Pro-Am'', since spelling NINTENDO three times -- and finishing a race third or batter -- will result in [[AWinnerIsYou seeing a "congratulations screen]]

* InstantWinCondition: In the original, the race ends automatically if any car finishes. The player automatically advances if the red car is in second or third when that happens. This is inverted if the red car is in fourth place, which results in an automatic game over.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules[[spoiler:-- The yellow car.]]

** In ''II'', airplanes will randomly appear to drop bombs on players -- focusing primarily on non-computerized players. However, this can actually be used advantageously, since the computer-controlled drones are not immune to the blasts.

** Also applies to all vehicles that crash into a wall.
* ObviousRulePatch: In every game in the series, the player has to finish 3rd or better (of four racers in every game but ''Championship'', which has six) to move onto the next race. In the original ''R.C. Pro-Am'', every race automatically ended after the first car finishes the race, automatically assigning the player whatever position he/she is in at the time. This was fixed in every other game:

** ''R.C. Pro-Am'' and ''Super R.C. Pro-Am'' requires spelling ''NINTENDO''.

* TrophyRoom: In ''R.C. Pro-Am'' and ''Championship Pro-Am'', finishing a race in first, second, or third will add a trophy to your collection. You even get trophies based on your total score.

''RC Pro-Am'' is a series of remote-controlled racing games produced by Creator/{{Rare}}. ''RC Pro-Am'' is notable that it is one of the first racing games to feature {{vehicular combat}}.

The games in the ''RC Pro-Am'' series are:

* ''RC Pro-Am'' (NintendoEntertainmentSystem, 1987)

* ''Super RC Pro-Am'' (GameBoy, 1992)
* ''RC Pro-Am II'' (NintendoEntertainmentSystem, 1993)

!!''RC Pro-Am'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* ObviousRulePatch: In every game in the series, the player has to finish 3rd or better (of four racers in every game but ''Championship'', which has six) to move onto the next race. In the original ''RC Pro-Am'', every race automatically ended after the first car finishes the race, automatically assigning the player whatever position he/she is in at the time. This was fixed in every other game:

** ''RC Pro-Am'' and ''Super RC Pro-Am'' requires spelling ''NINTENDO''.

** ''RC Pro-Am II'' rewards a new car to any player who spells out ''PRO AM II''. Unlike the other games in the series, ''Pro-Am II'' awards a new car on a player-by-player basis.
* TrophyRoom: In ''RC Pro-Am'' and ''Championship Pro-Am'', finishing a race in first, second, or third will add a trophy to your collection. You even get trophies based on your total score.
* UpdatedRerelease: ''Championship'' is essentially a 16-bit upgrade to ''RC Pro-Am''.