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Your first arcade racer? (plus4world.powweb.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Tommy Racing Turbo:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks 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)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Great game still holds up sort of

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

The first game I ever begged my parents to buy.

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

PS2 had some bangers didn’t it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago