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Top Gear: Dare Devil
North American cover art
Developer(s)Papaya Studio
Publisher(s)Kemco
SeriesTop Gear
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • NA: December 19, 2000[1]
  • JP: January 18, 2001
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Top Gear: Dare Devil is a racing video game for the PlayStation 2. It was developed by Papaya Studio and published by Kemco in 2000.

Gameplay

This game consists of single-player and multiplayer. In single-player, the player drives around one of four cities, Rome, London, Tokyo and San Francisco - collecting Dare Devil Coins. If all Coins in a level are collected, the player unlocks a secret car. What also can be collected are keys and wrenches that open up bonus missions. After winning a bonus mission, the player can unlock a paint job for the car used.

The player can also free roam around cities.

There are twelve cars players can drive; names in brackets are those they resemble:

  1. The Pod (BMW Isetta)
  2. The Geeze (Fiat 500)
  3. P-Nut (Austin Mini)
  4. Froggy (Citroen 2CV)
  5. Super Genius (Smart Fourtwo)
  6. Turtle (VW New Beetle)
  7. Ricochet (Audi TT)
  8. Fang (Toyota MRS)
  9. Road Shark (Honda S2000)
  10. Portabello (Lotus Elise)
  11. Street Eagle (RUF CTR2)
  12. Black Widow (Plymouth Prowler)

Reception

Top Gear: Dare Devil received "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] GameSpot's Ryan Davis wrote that although the game has potential, he was critical to its deeply flawed physics engine, lack of gameplay variations, and frame rate issues.[8] IGN also gave low marks, considering the game more as rental title,[1] a sentiment in which David Chen of NextGen also agreed.[9] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 24 out of 40.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's viewpoint of the game, two critics gave it each a score of 6.5/10, and the other gave it 6/10.

References

  1. ^ a b c Zdyrko, David (December 19, 2000). "Top Gear Dare Devil". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Top Gear Dare Devil for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  3. ^ Hager, Dean; Kujawa, Kraig; Dudlak, Jonathan (February 2001). "Top Gear Dare Devil". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 139. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  4. ^ Hudak, Chris (April 18, 2001). "Top Gear Dare Devil". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "トップギア・デアデビル". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  6. ^ Helgeson, Matt (December 2000). "Top Gear Dare Devil". Game Informer. No. 92. FuncoLand. p. 98. Archived from the original on October 31, 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  7. ^ "Review: Top Gear Dare Devil". GamesMaster. Future Publishing. 2001.
  8. ^ a b Davis, Ryan (December 19, 2000). "Top Gear Dare Devil Review". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on June 6, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Chen, David (March 2001). "Top Gear Daredevil [sic]". NextGen. No. 75. Imagine Media. p. 81. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  10. ^ Davison, John (February 2001). "Top Gear Dare Devil". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 41. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 18, 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  11. ^ Chen, David (January 2001). "Top Gear Dare Devil". PSM. No. 41. Imagine Media. p. 37. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
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