<s>
is	O
a	O
racing	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
by	O
Namco	O
in	O
1989	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
;	O
it	O
runs	O
on	O
Namco	O
System	O
2	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
when	O
four	O
cabinets	O
are	O
linked	O
together	O
(	O
much	O
like	O
Namco	O
's	O
own	O
Final	B-Application
Lap	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
two	O
years	O
earlier	O
)	O
they	O
can	O
allow	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
when	O
four	O
two-player	O
cabinets	O
are	O
linked	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
if	O
any	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
do	O
not	O
manage	O
to	O
successfully	O
complete	O
the	O
current	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
track	O
before	O
their	O
time	O
runs	O
out	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
like	O
in	O
other	O
Namco	O
multiplayer	O
racing	O
titles	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
Final	B-Application
Lap	I-Application
)	O
instantly	O
be	O
over	O
and	O
the	O
race	O
will	O
continue	O
without	O
them	O
-	O
and	O
between	O
four	O
and	O
seven	O
purple	O
CPU-controlled	O
cars	O
will	O
also	O
start	O
the	O
race	O
with	O
the	O
players	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
may	O
catch	O
up	O
with	O
additional	O
ones	O
in	O
preset	O
positions	O
on	O
the	O
track	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Dirt	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
on	O
their	O
August	O
15	O
,	O
1989	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
twelfth	O
most-successful	O
upright/cockpit	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
