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Hard Drivin'

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Tengen

Developer: Sterling Silver Software

Developer(s) of original games: Atari Games

Sound driver: Tengen/Lisa Ching

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-12-21	¥5,9005,900	T-48013
US	1990	$54.9554.95^[1]	301017-0150
EU	1991-12		301017-0170
AU	199x
BR	199x

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Hard Drivin' (ハードドライビン) is a 1988 arcade driving game developed by Atari Games and later ported to numerous consoles and computers including the Sega Mega Drive.

Gameplay

As an arcade game, Hard Drivin' emphasized the use of three-dimensional polygon graphics and (relatively) realistic physics largely unseen in video games at the time, as opposed to longevity. There is only one course which is divided into two tracks; a "race" track which emphasizes speed and a "stunt" track which has the player negotiate jumps and loops. The race is timed, with players having to reach checkpoints to keep play going, and the game ends when the counter reaches zero.

The player can crash into objects and opponent cars, which in turn leads to a loss of time. Likewise if the player strays off road for too long, this is registered as a crash. Crashes are followed by third-person replay, again novel for the time. Completing the stunt track within a certain time allows the user to race against an opponent car, the "Phantom Photon".

The Mega Drive version adds nothing to the experience, instead aiming to be a direct port of the arcade version. While reasonably accurate, fewer polygons are used in-game and the frame rate is much lower (albeit not as low as seen in some other ports of the game). The draw distance is also shorter, and the move to the Mega Drive's D-Pad sees a loss of the analogue steering seen in the arcade version.

History

Legacy

One of Hard Drivin''s sequels, Race Drivin' also made it to the Sega Mega Drive in 1992. Race Drivin' includes all the content seen in Hard Drivin', but adds extra courses and vehicles.

Hard Drivin' stands as the first Mega Drive game to feature a full 3D world built with polygons.

Magazine articles

Main article: Hard Drivin'/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #18: "January 1991" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #6: "Fall 1991" (1991-xx-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #29: "December 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #30: "January 1992" (199x-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #125: "April 1992" (1992-03-15)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #130: "September 1992" (1992-08-15)

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #17: "Février 1993" (1993-0x-xx)
also published in:

Mega Force (FR) #14: "Février 1993" (1993-0x-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50