Reviews, articles and guides for racing and driving games such as OutRun, Mario Kart and Need for Speed.
OutRun 2 SP aims for perfection. From the music on the radio to the curves on the track, all its elements work to create an ideal experience. Drifting at two hundred kilometers per hour through the most breathtaking landscapes, it creates an utopia reality where driving is the best it could ever hope to be.
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It’s not well-known, but the original F-Zero had a series of small sequels over the years. Released for Nintendo’s Satellaview, a unique Super Famicom periphelial that connected the console with a radio satellite, these games were available only in Japan and only for a brief period of time.
Preserved by historians and fans, they are a great choice for those looking for a bit more classic F-Zero action from Nintendo themselves.
F-Zero never was technologically important. Published five years after Space Harrier and a year after Hard Drivin’ and its 3D graphics hit the arcade, its importance is rooted, not so much on novelty, as on bringing arcade advancements home.
It is, in fact, a fairly conservative game with more in common with old-fashioned classics such as Punch-Out that with a genre that progressed in leaps and bounds. And it is this traditionalism, not its technology, that has kept it relevant for almost thirty years.
