School's occupying a lot of my time so don't expect a whole lotta posts in the future but here's a quick one since I got the time.
Thanks to anonymous poster "-1" for finding this video. Now create a Google account and subscribe already. But the video's fun AND educational! It's about Virtua Racing. Though it's mostly blabbering up until 2:00 minutes:
It rehashes on a couple of things I didn't know before (or forgot), such as the fact the game was a prototype and not meant to be released and the giant Joypolis 32-cabinet setups. It was the first 3D racing game (Hard Drivin' doesn't count since it's a "simulator"), first 16:9 arcade game, and first racing game to feature four camera views.
This game doesn't get enough credit because of OutRun & Daytona but come on man, give Virtua Racing props. It even has funky music:
Who's the guy who goes "kkhhaann??" Oh, it's Captain Kirk.
Thanks to anonymous poster "-1" for finding this video. Now create a Google account and subscribe already. But the video's fun AND educational! It's about Virtua Racing. Though it's mostly blabbering up until 2:00 minutes:
It rehashes on a couple of things I didn't know before (or forgot), such as the fact the game was a prototype and not meant to be released and the giant Joypolis 32-cabinet setups. It was the first 3D racing game (Hard Drivin' doesn't count since it's a "simulator"), first 16:9 arcade game, and first racing game to feature four camera views.
This game doesn't get enough credit because of OutRun & Daytona but come on man, give Virtua Racing props. It even has funky music:
Who's the guy who goes "kkhhaann??" Oh, it's Captain Kirk.
thanks a lot dude for posting
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sorry i don't have a google
account, i don't trust them
more than i can throw them..
don't use facebook or twitter either.
i like the way the video ends with
the guy showing his twin cab.. lucky!
i had the genesis version, (no 32x though),
and the ok-ish sega saturn version..
i do have the Sega collection for the PS2,
i didn't realize that it had the extra
courses,but i want the japanese one for
completion...
by the way there's some decent competition
for submitting scores for best races at
MARP (mame replay):
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http://replay.marpirc.net/r/(vr-ac,vr-bb,vr-bf)
and virtua formula
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http://replay.marpirc.net/r/(vformula-ac,vformula-bb,vformula-bf)
i don't have a wheel controller, so
it's a little harder to race with
a logitech wingman pad ...
but i try..
i remember playing multiplayer
virtua racing when it first came out..
me and 4 other friends played it like
crazy at dave and busters.. awesome..
another place had tournaments, where
they put in GRAND PRIX (20 lap mode),
you paid a $5 entry fee, they put
the game on free play, and you went
through eliminations.. the winner got
all the money! i came in first quite a
few times..and then some guy that played
the farthest (helicopter view), started
winning ...
anyways,
next, still doing research on indy 500 faq
(shameless plug)... finally finishing all
the races in short mode, and working
on grand prix now...putting up videos
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Thanks a lot. Good to receive input from other fans. Can't possibly reply to the entire post but I wouldn't bother with Facebook or Twitter--it's trash. I want to get a racing wheel someday for Daytona & Virtua Racing...would be ten times as fun. Keep up the good work.
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