My Life In Arcade Racing Games

"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…

"Star Rider" - Williams - (1983) - Arcade Star Rider? Riding Into The Future? This game will always hold a very special place in my heart. I only played it once but it had such a powerful effect on me…

"The Great American Cross-Country Road Race" - Activision - (1985) - Commodore 64  Cannonball Run Or Cannonball Bum? Few people remember "The Great American Cross-Country Road Race." Activision Classic or Commodore Calamity?   Activision were a hot company during the…

"Speed King" - Digital Integration - (1985) - Commodore 64   This was a little-known 'sim' motorbike racing game that a friend of mine lent me. Most of the games that are featured here tend to be 'little known' worldwide…

Revs - Acornsoft - (1984) - BBC Model B Microcomputer   Teacher's Pet When I was at school those of us with home micro machines were split into two main camps - the Sinclair owners and the Commodore owners. Debate…

"Pitstop" - Epyx - Commodore 64 version (1982) Authentic Commodore 64 racing sim? Not every computer games shop in the 80's let you load up a game before deciding to buy it. For most of us, we had to buy…

"Road Race" Commodore VIC-20 (1981) - ROM Cartridge Road Rage for Commodore VIC-20 - first great arcade home racer? As the early home micro computers were pretty limited in terms of their graphical output, great driving games were thin on…

  "Sprint 2" - Atari - (1976) - Arcade Version Black and White Beauty? This game is the only black and white game on this list. I think I've only ever seen this machine twice. It's not the only 'top-down'…

I've been captivated by arcade racing games since I was about 11 years old. Every year I went to the seaside with my Mum and Dad to play all the racing games I could find. I can literally talk about…

We are currently making a brand new racing game called Dangerous Driving due for release this Winter. Inevitably that means we get to talking about games of old and in particular what are our favourite racing games of all time.…