California Speed (video game)
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| California Speed | |
|---|---|
 Arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Atari Games |
| Publisher(s) | Midway Games |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Nintendo 64 |
| Release | Arcade Nintendo 64 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
California Speed is a racing video game developed and published by Atari Games.[1] The game was first released in arcades (Midway Seattle Arcade System) 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 :
- Silicon Valley
- Santa Cruz
- Monterey
- Highway 1
- Central Valley (approximate location: Bakersfield)
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- Mojave Desert
- Yosemite
- Mount Shasta
- San Francisco
These are the unlockable stages (N64 Only):
The arcade original does not feature the unlockable cars. 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 (fourth stage in the "Do the State" mode, between Monterey and Highway 1)
- Willow Springs Raceway (eighth stage in the "Do the State" mode, between Los Angeles and San Diego)
- Sears Point Raceway (thirteenth stage in the "Do the State" mode, before the final stage in San Francisco)
Cars
- BMW Z3
- Chevrolet Silverado
- Chevrolet Camaro
- Mano - Racecar
- 486SE - Ferrari 512 TR
- Sled - Mercury Eight
- Lotus Seven
- Cadillac Eldorado
- Honda Civic
- Dodge Colt
- Interceptor (Arcade)
- SUV (Arcade)
- Forklift
- Mack Superliner
- Plymouth Prowler
- Volkswagen Beetle
- RV
- Golf cart
See also
References
- ^ "California Speed". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved 9 Nov 2013.
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