Nintendo's F-Zero - best Super Nintendo racer? SNES racer "F-Zero" is thirty years old this year. It was first released back in November of 1990 in Japan. The start of the 1990's marked the beginning of a time of great…
Alex Ward21st March 2020
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.…
Alex Ward6th December 2019
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.…
Alex Ward6th December 2019
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…
Alex Ward5th December 2019
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…
Alex Ward17th January 2019
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…
Alex Ward20th December 2018
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…
Alex Ward13th December 2018
"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…
Alex Ward7th December 2018
"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…
Alex Ward29th November 2018