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Play Monster Truck Rally (US edition · English) Online
Monster Truck Rally
Play Monster Truck Rally online: master three-speed trucks, tackle mud and car-crushing events, and create a course in this NES racer.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Monster Truck Rally
Quick start
On the MONSTER MENU, use Up/Down and A to choose EVENTS. Pick HILL CLIMB, then set HOW MANY TRUCKS to one and select GO RACE for practice. Hold A to accelerate. At maximum speed, briefly release and press A again to shift up. Steer with Left/Right and use B to slow before difficult terrain. Let the truck drop into a lower gear as it slows, then build speed again after mud or a climb.
Controls
Left/Right: rotate the truck left/right, relative to its heading. Hold A: accelerate. Briefly release and press A again at top speed: shift to the next higher gear. B: brake; when stopped, reverse slowly. START: pause. Hold SELECT for about a second: abandon the current event and go to its score screen. Menu Up/Down selects an item; A confirms.
Monster Truck Rally — About this game
Monster Truck Rally mixes racing with specialist events rather than treating every course as a flat sprint. Hill climbs, drag races, water, car crushing, towing and moving drawbridges reward different approaches. A three-speed transmission gives low gears a purpose on steep or difficult ground, while higher gears suit open straights. The main menu adjusts laps, direction, difficulty and the balance of human and computer trucks. There is also a track builder and a random-course option. Up to four vehicles can compete, but four human drivers on the original NES require the supported multiplayer accessory; choosing four trucks alone does not create four controller inputs.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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