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Your first arcade racer? (plus4world.powweb.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/arcaderacing@lemm.ee
 

Mine was Formula 1 Simulator on the C16. I may have played others before then but this is the first I remember, and I played it loads.

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The first game I ever begged my parents to buy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_Driver

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[–] jyl@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Might be Midnight Club. PS2 is where I got in.

[–] ZERONOVABLOSSOM@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

PS2 had some bangers didn’t it?

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

I forgot to say, it's by Shaun Southern - who went on to create the Lotus series.

[–] borokov@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Tommy Racing Turbo:

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

Gran Turismo 2, most likely. Or Toca2, depending on how wide your definition of arcade racer is.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Presumably set at night to justify the lack of graphics? (I've not played it, but suspect if they'd added any sort of scenery the 2600 wouldn't have been able to cope)

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep. It was pretty clever. Used the paddle controller for steering. As a kiddo I loved it.

Great game still holds up sort of

[–] ZERONOVABLOSSOM@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Honestly I was too young to read so I have no idea what it was called but I do remember it was at a Pizza Hut with an arcade machine.

From what I CAN remember, my all time childhood favourite was Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix. I had a pair of pimped out flower power pink and blue H1 Hummers with “Real Big - Mannie Fresh” blasting as I crashed into the gas station so it would explode XD

I remember being a big fan of the Nissan 350Z and Dodge Viper GTS-R, refused to crash those on purpose.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 2 months ago

I honestly can't remember. They were generally more than one tokens and seemed real cool but I was never into them and only played them sporadically.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago