ARCADE RACING RETRO GAMES BLOG
ARCADE RACING RETRO GAMES BLOG :: 
From low res to high speed, racing games have come a long way!
I remember playing my first racing video games in 1974: "Gran Trak 10" from Atari, a black-and-white top-down racer with white dots trace the borders of the track, we needed to avoid hitting the dots with a real steering wheel to control a car sprite.
Then we've played in Night Driver in 1976 in arcades beside pinball machines; this also came out on the Atari 2600 in 1978.
In 1980, we had other types of arcade racers, one that I really enjoyed was Rally X from Namco; this was a top-down, multi-directional racing game with multiple paths and opposing racers.
A few years later, in 1982, Namco came out with Pole Position! This arcade racer was one of the most influential racing games of all time. This is when a bright, third-person view graphics and smoothness of motion became a standard for racing games. The 2600 arcade port was still decent even with the console limitations.
Then later on, in 1985, SEGA came out with a motorcycle game: Hang On! This was even cooler with its arcade cabinet controlled by a motorcycle that we would sit on and use to lean into turns. This featured SEGA's "Super Scaler" sprite technology with gorgeous and colorful 16-bit sprites.
Much later, In 1993, arcade racers with their sit-in cabs were becoming a big hit. Daytona USA was the first one I truly enjoyed which featured 8 players racing head-to-head. I will always remember in my head the exact sound of...
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