Virtua Formula

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Virtua Formula
System(s): Sega Model 1
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega AM2
Genre: Racing
Number of players: 1-4
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Virtua Formula is an expanded version of the 1992 Sega Model 1 arcade game, Virtua Racing.

Gameplay

Virtua Formula consists of a much larger setup to standard editions of Virtua Racing, where players are seated in life-size car-shaped cabinets, watching large screens and racing against nearby players. Two versions were released, one with four players and a second with eight, the latter with an on-air camera showing players' facial expressions on a monitor above the cabinet.

However, apart form some attract mode differences and a name change, very little has changed content-wise from the standard Virtua Racing.

History

Release

The 4-player Virtua Formula deluxe cabinet cost £250,000 for arcade operators, and £3 per play for players.

Legacy

Virtua Formula cabinets are rare, not just because as medium-scale attractions they typically require more space than the average arcade cabinet, but because as technology improved over the course of the 1990s, Virtua Formula cabinets became less desirable (particularly when compared to the eight-player Daytona USA setups).

Many Virtua Formula cabinets were later converted into eight-player Indy 500 ones.

Gallery

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  Cabinet