実況GIステイブル Live GI Stable Contents 1.Introduction 2.Translation Guide 1.Introduction Released in Japan only on April 28th 1998, this is a horse racing Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya. It is part of Konami's "実況 Live" series which includes International Star Soccer, Power Pro Wrestling, Power Pro Baseball, Major League, and Talking Parodius. It is likely a sequel to their game; Live Horse Racing Simulation: Stable Star released in 1996 on the Super Famicom. Of course much like any other country, horse racing has been a part of Japanese culture for centuries. However a group of British residents organised the first European style horse race in 1862 on some marshland outside Yokohama, not long after Japan finally opened itself back up to foreign trade. The sport gradually grew in popularity, the Emperor Meiji himself was a regular visitor to the main track. There are three types of horse racing popular in Japan - flat racing, jump racing, and Ban'ei Racing in which the horses must pull sleds up sand slopes. Over 21,000 races are held every year to the delight of gamblers across the country. The most prominent race is the Japan Cup a 2,400 meter long race which has a grand prize of around 5.6 million dollars. Arguably the most famous horse in Japanese horse racing history was Deep Impact. He won won seven Japanese Domestic Grade 1 races, including all races of Japanese Triple Crown. In 2006 he came third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in France, a race which many Japanese fans travelled around the world to see. However, two weeks later he tested positive for the drug Ipratropium, and was retired. He was crowned the Japanese Champion Sire from 2012 to 2020 and sired many successful horses. In 2019, he suffered a neck injury and sadly had to be put down, the 2019 Japan Cup was renamed the Deep Impact Memorial Cup in his honour. 115 free pages on a controller pak are necessary to save your progress. 2.Translation Guide On the main menu you are presented with two options Open a new stable Original Stakes On the Original Stakes screen you have these three options Race Register Edit If you choose race you will be asked to choose either A Racehorse, or A Jockey. You will then continue to the course selection screen. The courses are listed to the left and the distances and course conditions available at each course are shown on the big table on the right. ダ means it is a dirt course, and 芝 means it is a turf course. The courses are as follows Tokyo Nakayama Kyoto Hanshin Fukushima Niigata Nagoya Oguwa Sapporo Hakodate