Alex Ward

I'll never forget the first time I saw arcade racing game  "Power Drift" by Sega in 1988. Splash Waves It's fair to say that Sega's "OutRun" was more influential to developers than Namco's "Pole Position" was. It had licensed cars.…

  Rad Racer is a little known arcade racing game that released in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. School's Out! Can you remember what you did on the last day of School? I can, and quite clearly at that.…

Namco's astonishing "Final Lap" heralded a new era of 3D arcade racers.   Blackpool Rocks As I sit down to write about my memories of Namco's 1987 sit-down coin-op game,I can quite clearly recall a sunny afternoon in Blackpool. It…

The Hills Are Alive Is  SEGA's "OutRun" is the best arcade racing game of all time? I first encountered “OutRun” early in the Spring of 1987. Most of the UK gaming magazines had already printed screenshots of the game. They…

Tatsumi's "Buggy Boy" - a three-screen coin-op driving dream? The Greatest Year of All? 1986 was one of the greatest years of my life. There was just so much to like. At the Cinema there was "Top Gun", "Aliens", and…

Pitstop II - Epyx (1985) - Commodore 64 Pitstop II was one of the early 8-bit racing greats. Joystick Breakers In 2018, it appears that we have lost a sub-genre or style of  game. One that all home gamers used to…

"Le Mans" (1982) Commodore "Le Mans" for the Commodore 64 is another little known, but brilliant arcade racing game. Le Mans  - best top down Commodore racer? If you've been reading these articles since the start, then you'll know that…

"TX-1" - Atari (1983) - Arcade Some people can remember exactly where they were when significant world events happened. I've always had a good memory so major events are still really clear in my mind. but I can also seem…

"Bump N Jump" - Data East - (1982) - Arcade version Bump N Jump - Is this little known arcade racer a hidden gem? Doorstep Arcade In 1984 a local disused caravan park and small theme park re-opened under new…