Ridge Racer 2

Ridge Racer 2
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Series Ridge Racer
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation (Ridge Racer Revolution)
Release Arcade
  • JP: 8 June 1994
  • NA: 1994
  • EU: 1994
PlayStation (Ridge Racer Revolution)
  • JP: 3 December 1995
  • EU: 1 May 1996
  • NA: 30 September 1996
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Cabinet Sit-down
Arcade system Namco System 22
CPU 1x Motorola 68020 @ 24.576 MHz,
2x Texas Instruments TMS32025 @ 49.152 MHz
Sound 1x C352 @ 16.384 MHz
Display Horizontal orientation, Raster, 640×480p resolution,
16,777,216 colors[1]

Ridge Racer 2 (リッジレーサー2, Rijji Rēsā Tsu) is a racing arcade game that was released by Namco in 1994 in Japan, North America and Europe. It runs on their System 22 hardware, and later ported to the PlayStation console in 1995 as Ridge Racer Revolution. It is the sequel to Ridge Racer, which had been released in the previous year.

Gameplay

As with the four Final Lap games, Four Trax and Suzuka 8 Hours, up to eight players can play simultaneously when four two-player cabinets are linked together. A player's number determines their car.

The gameplay is very much like that of the original. There are six new songs, including remixed ones from the original, that can be selected with the gear shifter at the start. The enormous television screen above the entrance to the first tunnel shows footage from Namco's 1979 title Galaxian (in the original, it was playing Mappy). All the billboards are for earlier Namco games, there is a rear-view mirror at the top of the screen, so a player can see other cars coming from behind). There is also a change in daylight from day to night (a car driven into the track's tunnel during the day will come out the other end at night).

Legacy

The game was followed by a true sequel, Rave Racer, in 1995. A home release was made as Ridge Racer Revolution for the PlayStation in 1995, which inherited Ridge Racer 2's new tracks and music among minor changes.

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the arcade version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "eight-user multi-player link-up has been added to enable Ridge Racer 2 to compete on equal footing with Sega's Daytona and Namco's new Ace Driver."[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=537 Namco System 22 hardware page at System16.com - The Arcade Museum
  2. ↑ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 1. Imagine Media. January 1995. p. 105.
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