In my mind, up until the SNES, very few racing games that are viewed from behind the vehicle have aged all that well. And the few that are good, like F1-Race on the NES, have been superseded by more recent efforts. However, even old top down racing affairs have a style of their own and are superbly playable still today.
I'm thinking of games like Driftout, Great 1000 Miles Rally, Motoroader and RC Pro AM.
Anyone else here a fan of these?
Top-down racing games
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Remember Atari Games 3-monitor racing game of TX-1?
I loved the wide panoramic three monitor endowed arcade cabinet of Atari Games TX-1 that was licensed from Namco. It was basically playing an upgraded Pole Position game with three monitors instead of just one. The actual TX-1 cab took up some serious & substantial floor space, indeed, and was an awesome arcade racing experience not to be missed. The more bigger and prestigious USA-based arcades definitely had a TX-1 cab in their gaming stash. If you scored high enough, you were treated to a cool F1 race car that rotated 360 degrees to the right or the left as you entered your intials. This was from the Golden Age of arcade gaming era alrighty. ^_~
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Hot Rod
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8148
Badlands(pretty much just a remake of Super Sprint)
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6993
I guess i am a fan of these games. I dont like modern racing games at all or even games like Pole Position though.
RC Pro Am is a very fun game. I spent hour playing that on the NES when i was younger.
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8148
Badlands(pretty much just a remake of Super Sprint)
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6993
I guess i am a fan of these games. I dont like modern racing games at all or even games like Pole Position though.
RC Pro Am is a very fun game. I spent hour playing that on the NES when i was younger.
Here you go. http://2dgaming.site90.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=310
I'd appreciate it if you could add further suggestions to that thread, as well (for future reference).
I'd appreciate it if you could add further suggestions to that thread, as well (for future reference).
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Super Laydock
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Ever since playing good old Road fighter and F-1 Spirit on the MSX I've had a weak spot for these type of games. There was this brilliant game on the Amiga as well, but I can't remember it's name (though logging in with my initials - MAJ- automatically activated some cheat... anyone know the name of this game????).
Anyway if you have a Dreamcast and fancy these games, there's an independant game coming out in the not too distant future called
Rush Rush rally racing. It's by Senile team, the ones behind the brilliant Beats of Rage game.
http://www.senileteam.com/rushrushrallyracing.html
http://www.senileteam.com/rrrrshots.html
Anyway if you have a Dreamcast and fancy these games, there's an independant game coming out in the not too distant future called
Rush Rush rally racing. It's by Senile team, the ones behind the brilliant Beats of Rage game.
http://www.senileteam.com/rushrushrallyracing.html
http://www.senileteam.com/rrrrshots.html
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The first one is definitely a weird one. There's more titles like this too (Dirt Fox by Namco for one), where the car is basically stationary and everything else moves around it.jonny5 wrote:just fired up drift out.....almost made me puke with the screen spinning around like that...lolz
However, the second game in the series, Hard Order, is just like Neo (awesome).
VATLVA and Car Battler Joe
another that isn't a racer, but may be of interest to fans the genre:
VATLVA on Saturn is a top down arena car battle game, with 6 player simultaneous and customizable weapon configurations, there is a lot of fun in this one. Control of some of the vehicles takes a bit of getting used to, but that is a lot of the depth I suppose, as every vehicle has its strengths and weaknesses.
Just recently I started playing Car Battler Joe on GBA, and was tickled to discover that it is a continuation of the VATLVA world. It actually plays much the same, but with RPG quest elements to gain upgrades, also the weapon control is simplified without the 6 buttons of the Saturn pad.
VATLVA on Saturn is a top down arena car battle game, with 6 player simultaneous and customizable weapon configurations, there is a lot of fun in this one. Control of some of the vehicles takes a bit of getting used to, but that is a lot of the depth I suppose, as every vehicle has its strengths and weaknesses.
Just recently I started playing Car Battler Joe on GBA, and was tickled to discover that it is a continuation of the VATLVA world. It actually plays much the same, but with RPG quest elements to gain upgrades, also the weapon control is simplified without the 6 buttons of the Saturn pad.