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6 Old School Racing Games… Ahhh The Memories!

Posted: November 22nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Funny, General | Tags: Funny, game, retro, youth | 2 Comments »

I ended up whizzing through YouTube last night looking at games I used to play as a kid, just wanted to put some up here and see who else used to play these bad boys.

In no particular order, here’s 6 of the racing games from my youth.

ARCADE

Hard Drivin’ – One of my all-time faves. It was the world first driving simulator to use 3-D polygon graphics.

Outrun – Absolute classic. Used to play this on a Saturday at the sports centre. Check the music out.

ATARI ST / AMIGA / PC

Stunt Car Raver – One of my all time faves this. Loved it! Brilliant physics for the bounce control.

Lombard RAC Rally – I got really good at this when I was more into Rally.

Test Drive – I think this franchise is still going strong, similar to The Need for Speed.

MicroPose Geoff Crammond’s F1 GP – This one got me through some late nights at uni. It had a multi-player mode where the pc took over so a bunch of you could play. This one marketed itself more as a “simulator”. Loved it. (Gameplay starts at 3m05)

Bigtrak. Hunting The Toys Of My Youth! God I used to LOVE this!!! BIG TRAK was a...

http://www.ad-pit.com Rob Mortimer

Awesome.
Try this for possibly the best version of Magical Sound Shower you’ll hear this decade (ahem).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd09v1sV2ik
Peter Kruijen

I’m looking for a specific race game i used to play with my brother (on the same keyboard).
Its a top view race game where you can chose over various cars and trucks and you can push each other off cliffs. I don’t know more about the game, but if i see the game ill know. please help me find this game, if anyone knows something, all ideas are welcome, i really want to find this game. thanks in advance Peter.