Category Archives: Racing
Podcast 22: Crazy Taxi (#100)
Format: Dreamcast Genre: Racing, Arcade, Sandbox Released: 1999 Developer: Hitmaker Here at 101 Video Game Towers we often enjoy games that somehow turn mundane activities into fun adventures. Yes, you may have a good time being a space fighter pilot, or the heroic saviour of a post apocalyptic wasteland, … Continue reading
#82: Burnout 3: Takedown
Format: Playstation 2 Genre:Racing Released: 2004 Developer: Criterion Games Now we’re getting near to the end of our list of 101 games, a few people have been asking me whether I’m running out of games to talk about. Far from … Continue reading
Filed under 2004, Criterion Games, Playstation 2, Racing
#73: Gran Turismo
Format: Playstation Genre: Racing Released: 1998 Developer: Polyphony Digital Last month, after a year of carefully preparing the case for why we should upgrade to high definition, I finally persuaded my girlfriend that we definitely, definitely needed an HDTV. She … Continue reading
Filed under 1998, Playstation, Polyphony Digital, Racing
#66: Emergency Call Ambulance
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Racing Released: 1999 Developer: Sega Failing to complete a level in most arcade racing games results in little more than the inconvenience of having to insert another credit. But failing to complete the first level of Emergency … Continue reading
#56: Out Run
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Racing Released: 1986 Developer: Sega (AM2) Back in the very first post on this blog, I said that all racing games before about the mid-nineties were “pretty rubbish”. I stand by that comment, but with two obvious … Continue reading
#52: Wipeout 2097
Format: Playstation Genre: Racing Released: 1996 Developer: Psygnosis This is a kind of an embarrassing thing to admit now, but when I first played Wipeout 2097 it seemed one of the most achingly cool things I had ever seen. But I bet many of … Continue reading
Filed under 1996, Playstation, Psygnosis, Racing
#29: Super Mario Kart
Format: Super NES Genre: Racing Released: 1993 Developer: Nintendo I don’t think I really need to say much about this one, do I? It’s Mario Kart, everyone’s played it, the Super NES version is the best. End of post. Although … Continue reading
#9: Chase HQ
Format:Amstrad CPC Genre: Arcade Released: 1989 Developer:Taito/Ocean DISCLAIMER: All the references to Robert Maxwell and the impact he may or may not have had on the fortunes of a particular computer games retailer below are based on half remembered conversations and … Continue reading
Filed under 1989, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Ocean, Racing
