Delisoba Deluxe was a giveaway to studio audiences (possibly, contestants) of the Japanese TBS game show Tokyo Friend Park 2. On the show, contestants engaged in various video mini games, including “Delisoba,” where one player played the video game on a bike and a second contestant balanced boxes of soba noodles in one hand. If the game player hit an obstacle or crashed, force-feedback affected the second player holding the boxes. The goal, of course, was not to drop your noodles.
The show’s game was then adapted for the Saturn by Cave and re-titled “Delisoba Deluxe.” The Saturn game sees a motorcyclist ferrying a delivery boy who is balancing his boxes in one hand, though the gamer really only controls the bike. Complementing the main game are nifty Time Attack, Coin Link, and Track Editor modes.
The delivery route takes the player through city streets and countrysides, filled with traffic, cow crossings, and other obstacles. A good analog to Delisoba Deluxe is Road Rash — the game shares its visual style with EA’s classic and is surprisingly playable, despite being merely a novelty item.
On Christmas 2025, Exxistance released an English patch, converting virtually all the Japanese text for our gaming enjoyment of this awesome little title.
This game is fantastic for being as you said, a novelty. I personally find this one much more enjoyable than Cave’s commercially released racers on the Saturn (even though they’re good too) mainly due to the speed and sprite work. A pipe dream here, but it would be great if somebody one day could somehow hack the game and create some more courses with the games assets to flesh out the title a bit more.
This is one of the few titles I don’t own a official copy of, and likely never will. I watched Ebay for years, but never saw one pop up. Probably a good thing for my bank account lmao. Great stuff as always, Peter!