Rave Racer
Encyclopedia
Rave Racer is a racing
game created by Namco
. It was released on July 16, 1995
for the Namco System 22
arcade platform. It is the third arcade title in the Ridge Racer series
.
Racing game
A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...
game created by Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
. It was released on July 16, 1995
1995 in video gaming
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for the Namco System 22
Namco System 22
The Namco System 22 is the successor to the Namco System 21 arcade system board co-designed with the assistance of graphics & simulation experts Evans & Sutherland. It was first released in 1993 with the game Ridge Racer...
arcade platform. It is the third arcade title in the Ridge Racer series
Ridge Racer (series)
Ridge Racer is a series of arcade racing games developed and published by Namco for both the arcade and various gaming systems. In each of the games, players race on courses set in and around the fictional Ridge City while utilizing the concepts of drift racing to quickly traverse...
.
Cars
- Car #1: R.T. Derota
- Car #2: R.T. Steel GunnerSteel GunnerSteel Gunner is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1990.-Story:Garcia and Cliff are super cops in the Neo Arc police force...
- Car #3: R.T. The Tower of Druaga
- Car #4: R.T. BaradukeBaradukeis a scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1985. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware but with a video system like that used in Metro-Cross and Dragon Buster.-Gameplay:...
- Car #5: R.T. Dragon SpiritDragon SpiritDragon Spirit is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game released by Namco and Atari Games . It runs on Namco System 1 hardware, and was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS, Atari ST, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16 and ZX Spectrum...
- Car #6: R.T. Cyber SledCyber SledCyber Sled is an early two-player 3D third-person shooter vehicle combat arcade video game released by Namco in 1993.-Game play:Game play involves maneuvering a hovercraft style tank through a futuristic arena and fighting to eliminate an opponent...
- Car #7: R.T. Cyber Cycles
- Car #8: R.T. Project DragoonGalaxian 3Galaxian 3 is an arcade game released by Namco in 1994. It is a walk-in style arcade game run on a hybrid of laserdisc and traditional arcade hardware and it uses two synchronized laserdisc players to create the pre-rendered backgrounds of the game...