Initial D Gaiden

March 6, 1998
Racing
Game Boy
About

Initial D Gaiden is the first video game in the Initial D series for Game Boy.
The game was only released in Japan.
Storyline

Story mode lets you choose between 4 characters, depending on which story you select, it follows the main parts of the manga (like Takumi racing against Ryosuke for example) or not (Natsuki's story for example does not follow the manga at all, as she's not a street racer to begin with).
Screenshots

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Game Info

Release Date March 6, 1998
Game Modes Single player