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Ridge Racer was notable for being the first arcade video game with 3D texture-mapped graphics, with its System 22 hardware capable of texture mapping and Gouraud shading. Development took eight months, and the game is based on a trend among Japanese car enthusiasts, which involves racing on mountain roads while drifting around corners.
Ridge Racer [a] is a series of racing video games created by Namco and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment.The first game, Ridge Racer (1993), was originally released in arcades for the Namco System 22 hardware, later ported to the PlayStation one year later as a launch title.
Ridge Racer 2: Namco System 22: July 8, 1994: Yes No No First sequel to Ridge Racer. Alpine Racer: Namco System 22: September 11, 1994: Yes No No J-League Soccer V-Shoot: Namco NB-1: September 1994: Yes No No Point Blank: Namco NB-1: October 1994: Yes Yes Yes Light gun game. Known as Gun Bullet in Japan. PlayStation: August 7, 1997: Yes Yes No ...
Ridge Racer 3D [b] is a 2011 racing video game developed and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Nintendo 3DS. [2] It is the first Ridge Racer series title on a Nintendo platform since Ridge Racer DS (2004) and as usual for the series revolves around cars racing around high speed tracks while drifting. The game received positive reviews and ...
The Namco System 22 is the successor to the Namco System 21 arcade system board. It debuted in 1992 with Sim Drive in Japan, [1] followed by a worldwide debut in 1993 with Ridge Racer. The System 22 was designed by Namco. The main CPU provides a scene description to the TR3 graphics processing unit and a bank of DSP chips which perform 3D ...
It improved on earlier 3D racing games with more complex 3D models and backdrops, higher frame rate, and switchable camera angles including chase-cam and first-person views. IGN considers it the third most influential racing game of all time. [67] In 1993, Namco released Ridge Racer.
Rave Racer [a] is a 1995 arcade racing video game from Namco.It is the third title in the Ridge Racer series and the follow-up to Ridge Racer and Ridge Racer 2. Rave Racer runs on Namco System 22 hardware, [3] and could be played by two people per cabinet for up to eight players total when up to four of them were linked together. [4]
Gameplay screenshot. In Ridge Racer V the player is a racing driver taking part in events across Ridge City in a variety of fictional cars. As with previous Ridge Racer games, the focus is on accessible and fun drift racing rather than simulating how a car behaves in the real world; as such the player is encouraged to powerslide around most corners by tapping the brake when entering the turn.