California Speed (video game)

California Speed
North American box art
Developer(s)	Atari Games
Publisher(s)	Midway Games
Engine	San Francisco Rush
Platform(s)	Arcade, Nintendo 64
Release date(s)	Arcade NA 1998 EU 1998 Nintendo 64 NA February 28, 1999
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Media/distribution	128 Megabit cartridge
System requirements Controller Pak Rumble Pak

California Speed is a racing video game developed and published by Atari Games. The game was first released in arcades in 1998 and was ported to the Nintendo 64 in 1999 by Midway Games. This game contains support for the Controller Pak and the Rumble Pak also the full support for multiplayer mode.

Gameplay

California Speed is similar to games like Cruis'n USA and San Francisco Rush. Players drive through the streets of California with exotic jumps and crazy tracks. You travel the streets with eight different racers on the track trying to take the lead. Sometimes on the road you encounter traffic you must avoid and hills to jump. Players get to choose a lineup of generic cars to race with either the Automatic or Manual transmission. There are fourteen different tracks with three different difficulties from Easy to Hard.

Tracks

Here are the featured stages :

• Monterey
• Silicon Valley
• Highway 1
• Central Valley
• Los Angeles
• Santa Cruz
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• Mount Shasta
• Yosemite
• Mojave Desert

These are the unlockable stages (N64 Only):

• Clover
• Oval
• Fuji
• San Andreas
• California

This game is also featured in an arcade version, which does not feature the unlockable cars. It also has its own in-game music, meaning each stage has its own music. Also, the arcade version adds 3 more stages with those above (excluding the unlockable stages), all in total of 14 stages, they are:

• Laguna Seca Raceway
• Willow Springs Raceway
• Sears Point Raceway

See Also

• California Speed at the Killer List of Videogames