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Publisher: Electronic Arts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Pioneer Productions, Electronic Arts Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Acura, Corvette, Dodge, Ferrari, General Motors, Lamborghini, Mazda, Porsche, Toyota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer, Saturn Backup Memory, Mission Stick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Road & Track Presents The Need for Speed, is a racing game developed by Pioneer Productions and published by Electronic Arts for a number of consoles including the Sega Saturn.
In Japan, this game was significantly altered and released as Nissan Presents Over Drivin' GT-R.
Contents
Gameplay
Cars
Ferrari 512TR | |
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The Ferrari 512TR derives from the popular Ferrari Testarossa model (the star of Sega's arcade classic, OutRun). Only 512 vehicles were ever produced. | |
Toyota Supra Turbo | |
The Toyota Supra Turbo | |
Acura NSX | |
The Acura NSX is an Acura-badged version of the Honda NSX, renamed for North American consumers. | |
Mazda RX-7 | |
The Mazda RX-7 | |
Porsche 911 Carrera | |
The Porsche 911 Carrera | |
Dodge Viper RT/10 | |
The Dodge Viper RT/10 | |
Corvette ZR-1 | |
The Corvette ZR-1 | |
Lamborghini Diablo VT | |
The Lamborghini Diablo VT | |
Warrior PTO E/2 | |
The Warrior is a fictional secret car powered by jet fuel. |
History
Development
The Need for Speed was developed in part by Electronic Arts Canada, previously known as Distinctive Software. As a racing game attempting to simulate the feel of driving, it can therefore be seen as a spiritual successor to The Duel: Test Drive II (1990's Test Drive III: The Passion being developed by a different team for Accolade).
Versions
The Saturn version of The Need for Speed derives from the DOS version, which in turn was an enhanced port of the 3DO original. While outputting at a smaller resolution, the Saturn shares many of the new textures introduced in the PC version and retains most of the new gameplay options (and adds a two-player split-screen option too). It also runs much faster than its 3DO counterpart, partly due to the console's improved performance (being able to output a stable 30FPS versus the 3DO's wavering 15FPS), but also due to design changes in the PC game to make The Need for Speed feel faster.
Whereas the horizon rotates slightly when going around corners in the 3DO version of the game, on the Saturn it remains fixed at all times in the segment tracks during race. However, it does rotate in the circuit tracks during race, and in all tracks during highlights and replays.
The first version of the Saturn game has a bug that can prevent the drawing of the gauges in the cockpit view and the track on the radar. That bug only manifests itself if the game is started with some adapter cartridges (Action replay, although not all versions will trigger the bug, or All-in-one Pseudo Saturn Kai). There is a later revision of the game released at least in Japan that corrects this bug.
The Saturn version also allows users to select the time of day which is not seen in older versions.
While the PC version is generally considered to be the definitive version of the game, only high-end machines could utilise the game's top graphical settings in 1995. The PC version is also restricted to 8-bit colour, as opposed to the 16-bit or 32-bit colour depths found in the console ports.
The PlayStation adaptation improves on what is found on the Saturn, re-introducing some of the minor details lost in the Saturn conversion while adding new lighting effects. However its uncapped framerate means the game appears more "juddery" than its Saturn counterpart, as frame rates average between 30-35 FPS. Console additions would be re-introduced to the PC in the form of Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed SE in 1996.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Road & Track Presents The Need for Speed/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #85: "August 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[6]
also published in:
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #177: "August 1996" (1996-07-11)[7]
also published in:
- CD Consoles (FR) #19: "Juillet/Août 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[8]
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ http://www.sega-saturn.com/saturn/other/june-n.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-06-06 05:51)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 74
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-11), page 52
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-11), page 79
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.tectoy.com.br/releases/index.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-06-25 19:48)
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 66
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-11), page 62
- ↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 6
- ↑ 576 KByte, "Július-Augusztus 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 14
- ↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 128
- ↑ Consoles News, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 90
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 158
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1996-07-18)
- ↑ Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 76
- ↑ Game Informer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 50
- ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 87
- ↑ Kiber Zona, "1/1998" (LT; 1998-xx-xx), page 39
- ↑ Level, "4/97" (TR; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 71
- ↑ Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 64
- ↑ Mega Fun, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 80
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-05), page 66
- ↑ neXt Level, "September 1996" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 73
- ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 127
- ↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 21
- ↑ Sega Power, "Collectors' Issue 1996" (UK; 1996-07-xx), page 48
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 64
- ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 58
- ↑ Ultra Player, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-07-02), page 84
- ↑ Video Games, "8/96" (DE; 1996-07-31), page 115
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