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Post by Feynman on Jun 22, 2014 21:54:59 GMT -5
So I recently got around to playing Victory Run, a fun PC-Engine game that really blew me away with how good it was. It's similar to games like Outrun or Rad Racer or Pole Position, but what really impressed me was just how smooth the scrolling was, as well as the inclusion of different terrain types with different effects on vehicle handling, and even the implementation of hills. Very cool, and because the game runs so smoothly it plays much better than most of the home console racers from that era.
Anyway, this has me in a mood to play more classic racing games. I'm familiar with most of the really obvious stuff, but I'm interested in suggestions for other racing games from the 8/16-bit era worth playing. It's not a genre I spent a whole lot of time with back then (hell, I still don't really play more than one or two racing games every several years).
Note that it doesn't have to be Pole Position/Outrun-style racers either... I'm interested in suggestions for overhead/isometric games (Super Off Road, Rock n' Roll Racing, etc) as well.
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Post by Super Orbus on Jun 22, 2014 23:55:27 GMT -5
Mario Kart. F-Zero. Sorry, that's all I got. EDIT: Oh, I remember Hang-On on the Master System. EDIT2: And that link led me to Super Monaco GP.
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Post by iwant on Jun 23, 2014 0:43:50 GMT -5
If you like retro racing, check out dotstream from the bit Generations franchise for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in 2006 but it's as old school as you can get.
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Post by steven on Jun 23, 2014 3:14:08 GMT -5
Note that it doesn't have to be Pole Position/Outrun-style racers either... I'm interested in suggestions for overhead/isometric games (Super Off Road, Rock n' Roll Racing, etc) as well. Rock 'N Roll Racing fans often also enjoy Biker Mice From Mars (SNES). Also, on Super Famicom, Battle Cross is worth taking a look at. To me it's the closest thing to Bomberman meets Mario Kart. It's fun, but there's a bit of a learning curve to it. An intriguing party game though, to say the very least. Battle Cross review: www.rvgfanatic.com/6501/11501.html
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Post by PooshhMao on Jun 23, 2014 4:57:13 GMT -5
I'm going to second Rock & Roll Racing. I skipped school the day I picked it up and got hell for it but it mattered little. Me and my cousin went through the game together, and we had awesome fun while doing it. I've learned about an exploit-ish thing fairly on (I'm not the only one to realize it, right?), and that's that the SNES is not keeping track of the CPU opponent car's individual stats, they just mimick yours. So in this fashion, buying armor early on is counter-productive since they get the armor too and hence you need more missiles to kill them, and you make less money that way.
The Lotus games on Amiga were decent too. They had ports, but usually failed to look and/or sound as good as the original. The SNES had a sort-of conversion called Top Gear (Top Racer) along with a sequel or two, which were decent. I played the DOS port of Lotus II for a while, which was good, but had tinny, unsatisfying OPL music. The Amiga version is the one you want to play, if only because of the awesome music.
In early 1995, there was a lot of hype in European gaming magazines concerning Street Racer, a Mario Kart clone, but technically very competently programmed (so much so, that it has 4-player split screen Mode 7, without any sort of assistance chip, at 60fps.
Racing games generally play awesomely in MAME, as well, with the right controller (I have one with analog triggers and thumb sticks, which works splendidly.
Chase HQ is good fun, the Sprint games (especially Super and Championship Sprint) are enjoyable as well (especially multiplayer). In that vein, Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Off Road is worth several plays.
Check out some of Sega's other Sprite Scalers, such as Rad Racer, Rad Rally, Power Drift, or some of the Outrun sequels (OutRunners, Turbo OutRun)
Artificial as they may seem now, I will forever have a small place in my heart for a quality 2D racing game.
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Post by ZenithianHero on Jun 23, 2014 9:26:43 GMT -5
R.C. Pro-AM for another top-down style game. Bump n Jump/Burnin' Rubber from Data East. Excitebike Uniracers Continental Circuit from Taito
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Post by Weasel on Jun 23, 2014 12:03:04 GMT -5
I hold the SNES version of Super Off-Road in very high regard. It is probably one of my favorite racing games of all time, and the new soundtrack by Tim & Geoff Follin goes a very long way towards cementing that status.
Hold on a moment while I crank up the title song. =P
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Post by vetus on Jun 23, 2014 14:07:05 GMT -5
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Post by Super Orbus on Jun 23, 2014 17:07:20 GMT -5
Racing Game = Circular Driving Simulator
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Post by alphex on Jun 23, 2014 18:14:36 GMT -5
Slipstream 5000
Kart Race
Motocross Maniacs
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Post by cambertian on Jun 23, 2014 20:56:42 GMT -5
Racing Game = Circular Driving Simulator The exception that proves the rule is how Mario Kart = Asshole Simulator.
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Post by kal on Jun 23, 2014 21:28:38 GMT -5
Kart Race appears to be running on the Wacky Wheel's engine.
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Post by ReyVGM on Jun 24, 2014 0:05:23 GMT -5
Top Gear. It also has the best soundtrack any racer has ever had.
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Post by Super Orbus on Jun 24, 2014 1:29:21 GMT -5
Racing Game = Circular Driving Simulator The exception that proves the rule is how Mario Kart = Asshole Simulator. Circular Asshole Driving Simulator EDIT: Wait, no, that sounds wrong...
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Post by Dee Liteyears on Jun 24, 2014 6:40:14 GMT -5
I just watched a video of Victory Run. The PCE fares way better at those pseudo-3d games, than it has any right to do so xD Very cool graphics indeed. Two games I really like on SMS/Mark III are GP Rider and Super Racing GP Rider also has pretty clear voice samples while Super Racing has a kickass FM soundtrack
Oh, and I really love Outrun2019 for the MegaDrive
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