<s>
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
Formula	O
One-based	O
racing	B-Device
video	O
games	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Konami	O
starting	O
on	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-1	B-Application
Spirit	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Way	O
to	O
Formula-1	O
is	O
a	O
top	O
down	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
Racing	B-Device
game	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Konami	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
engine	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
Konami	O
's	O
Road	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
features	O
Konami	O
's	O
custom	O
sound	O
chip	O
called	O
Konami	O
SCC	O
(	O
a	O
five-channel	O
chip	O
that	O
complements	O
the	O
three-channel	O
PSG	B-Device
chip	O
of	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
computer	O
system	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
other	O
words	O
,	O
a	O
sound	O
custom	O
chip	O
that	O
brings	O
five	O
voices	O
more	O
to	O
the	O
three	O
voices	O
of	O
the	O
PSG	B-Device
sound	O
chip	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
great	O
MSX1	O
graphics	O
to	O
go	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
ROM	O
on	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
with	O
this	O
sound	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
its	O
"	O
3D	O
"	O
spinoff	O
(	O
F-1	B-Application
Spirit	I-Application
:	I-Application
3D	I-Application
Special	I-Application
)	O
,	O
F-1	B-Application
Spirit	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Way	O
to	O
Formula-1	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
extended	O
racing	B-Device
game	O
Konami	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
third-person	O
racing	B-Device
game	O
features	O
many	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
cars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
starts	O
with	O
stock	B-Application
cars	I-Application
,	O
moving	O
up	O
to	O
rally	O
cars	O
and	O
Formula	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
finish	O
at	O
first	O
place	O
with	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
,	O
the	O
king	O
class	O
of	O
racing	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
they	O
look	O
impossible	O
to	O
control	O
at	O
first	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
practice	O
you	O
can	O
master	O
the	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
cars	O
and	O
win	O
races	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fuel	O
consumption	O
is	O
determined	O
by	O
the	O
RPM	B-Device
meter	I-Device
(	O
as	O
in	O
real	O
cars	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
F-1	B-Application
Spirit	I-Application
,	O
A1	O
Spirit	O
:	O
The	O
Way	O
to	O
Formula-1	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
pack-in	O
with	O
Panasonic	O
's	O
"	O
Joy	O
Handle	O
"	O
game	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chief	O
differences	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
features	O
futuristic	O
vehicles	O
instead	O
of	O
racing	B-Device
cars	O
,	O
different	O
passwords	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
full	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
for	O
the	O
MSX2+	B-Operating_System
spec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
uses	O
scaling-based	O
third-person	O
graphics	O
like	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
and	O
the	O
like	O
,	O
and	O
focuses	O
specifically	O
on	O
F-1	O
racing	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
two	O
floppy	O
disks	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
Konami	O
ever	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
MSX2+	B-Operating_System
spec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
featured	O
a	O
special	O
cable	O
which	O
allowed	O
two	O
MSX2+	B-Operating_System
computers	O
to	O
be	O
linked	O
via	O
the	O
second	O
joystick	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
thing	O
that	O
makes	O
this	O
game	O
special	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
uses	O
MSX-Music	O
(	O
"	O
FM-PAC	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Yamaha	O
YM2413	O
OPLL	O
sound	O
chip	O
,	O
originally	O
sold	O
separately	O
or	O
built	O
into	O
various	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
MSX2+	B-Operating_System
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
turboR	I-Operating_System
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
games	O
distributed	O
on	O
floppy	O
disk	O
were	O
often	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
SCC	O
ROM	O
cartridge	O
,	O
like	O
Snatcher	B-Application
and	O
SD	O
Snatcher	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
product	O
,	O
F-1	B-Application
Sensation	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
(	O
though	O
Battle	O
Mode	O
was	O
dropped	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
1992	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
season	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
World	O
Circuit	O
Series	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Spirit	I-Application
of	I-Application
F-1	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
top-viewed	O
racing	B-Device
game	O
like	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
compete	O
in	O
Formula	O
3	O
,	O
Formula	O
3000	O
and	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
volume	O
of	O
Konami	O
GB	O
Collection	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
Konami	O
Racing	B-Device
in	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
this	O
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
an	O
unlicensed	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
F-1	B-Application
Spirit	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
Brain	O
Games	O
,	O
chiefly	O
for	O
the	O
2004	O
Retro	O
Remakes	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
context	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
that	O
team	O
's	O
Road	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
remake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
remake	O
retains	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
changed	O
physics	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
sound	O
and	O
graphical	O
improvements	O
(	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
latter	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
resemble	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
F-1	B-Application
Grand	I-Application
Prix	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
online	O
leaderboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
even	O
ARM	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Binary	O
versions	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
OS	O
X	O
are	O
provided	O
,	O
while	O
.deb	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Debian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
flavors	O
or	O
other	O
OSes	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
soundtrack	O
of	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2014	O
by	O
EGG	O
MUSIC	O
RECORDS	O
/	O
D4Enterprise	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
This	O
Soundtrack	O
was	O
contain	O
a	O
Two	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
Games	O
,	O
F-1	B-Application
Spirit	I-Application
and	O
F-1	B-Application
Spirit	I-Application
3D	O
Special	O
.	O
</s>
