Ridge Racer

A 3D racing game released by Namco in arcades in 1993 and ported as a launch title for the PlayStation in 1994. Its handling favors exhilarating high-speed drifting over realism.

The arcade version took eight months to develop; the PlayStation version was essentially rebuilt from scratch and runs at 30 fps (NTSC) versus the arcade's 60 fps.

Developer

Namco

Publisher

Namco, Sony Computer Entertainment (NA/EU)

Players select a course, car, transmission and music track, then race computer-controlled opponents from last place toward a first-place finish.

Platform

PlayStation

CPU

MIPS R3000A @ 33.8688 MHz + GTE (geometry coprocessor)

Media

CD-ROM

Bits (period term)

32-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

North America — Arcade

30 Nov 1993[1]

Japan

3 Dec 1994[1]

North America

9 Sep 1995[1]

Europe

29 Sep 1995[1]

Producer

Toru Iwatani

Composer

Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Ayako Saso

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1994

  Neo Geo AES

  The King of Fighters '94

  ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'94

  Release

  JP 1994.08.25

  Dev

  SNK

  Genre

  Fighting

• GAME1994

  Sega Saturn

  Virtua Fighter

  バーチャファイター

  Release

  JP 1994.11.22

  Dev

  Sega AM2

  Genre

  Fighting

• GAME1995

  Super Famicom

  Chrono Trigger

  クロノ・トリガー

  Release

  JP 1995.03.11

  Dev

  Square

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

The PlayStation version sold 859,085 units in Japan by 1995 and 609,422 units in the United States (English Wikipedia).

Series: Ridge Racer

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