Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer

05.06.2025
Critic 90/100
Genre: Racing Arcade
A port of Ridge Racer, a racing game released by Bandai in 1993. It was originally released in arcades for the Namco System 22 hardware. The game has four modes to choose from, including three difficulty levels – Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced - as well as T. T. (Time Trial), where players compete one-on-one against a rival car to achieve the best time. Additionally, a DX version featuring support for an H-shifter and clutch is also included.

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01.10.1993

Ridge Racer was initially released on the Namco System 22 arcade system board and was later ported to the PlayStation console. It is the first title in the long-running Ridge Racer series of games released for arcades and home consoles. The game's objective is to finish in first place in a series of races. Ridge Racer was among the first racing games to utilise polygon graphics to its full potential.

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Ridge Racer (last 3 games)

21.03.2023

A port of R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, originally released on the PlayStation console, enhanced with up-rendering, rewind, quick save, and custom video filters.

20.12.2022

A port of Ridge Racer 2, originally released on the PSP, enhanced for PS4/PS5 with up-rendering, rewind, quick save, and custom video filters.

19.12.2013

A mobile take on Ridge Racer featuring multiplayer and the ability to customize your machines

Part of franchise:
Ridge Racer (last 3 games)

21.03.2023

A port of R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, originally released on the PlayStation console, enhanced with up-rendering, rewind, quick save, and custom video filters.

12.12.2004

Ridge Racer is an arcade racing video game named after the eponymous Ridge Racer video game series to which it belongs. Ridge Racer has been described as a 'compilation' of the series, featuring tracks, cars and remixed soundtrack from previous titles in the 1990s.

14.02.2000

Ridge Racer 64 gives Nintendo 64 owners a chance to jump into the world of Ridge Racer. Besides exclusive tracks, this edition contains races from the PlayStation Ridge Racer series, with improved graphics and a new set of cars.

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04.03.2010

Raging Thunder II is the sequel to Polarbit's top selling Android and iOS racer. Using motion controls, the player must complete races and buy upgrades to their cars and can ever race them against others online.

09.10.2014

Reckless Racing is back with dirtier racetracks, more epic power slides, eye-popping graphics and the largest selection of cars and trucks to date. In this game you can play the career mode loaded with 50 events in 6 different seasons and the arcade mode featuring 50 challenges, or compete on the online leaderboards in single event.

26.12.2015

Another masterpiece from the creators of Traffic Racer. This time, you are behind the wheels of a motorbike in a much more detailed gaming experience, but also retaining the old school fun and simplicity. Traffic Rider takes the endless racing genre to a whole new level by adding a full career mode, first person view perspective, better graphics and real life recorded bike sounds. The essence of smooth arcade racing is still there but in the shell of the next generation. Ride your bike in the endless highway roads overtaking the traffic, upgrade and buy new bikes to beat the missions in career mode.

31.12.1982

The player drives a Formula One car in a time trial on one of four race tracks, each of which has a different difficulty level. Difficulty is gauged by the length of the course, the number of cars and oil slicks on the track, and the number of bridges to cross. The player views the race from a top-down perspective, and the screen scrolls from right to left. The player's car maneuvers only on a vertical axis, and loses a little speed when it does so. The joystick's button is the throttle: Depressing it accelerates, and releasing it decelerates. Pressing the joystick leftward applies the brake. The transmission audibly shifts as the player's car accelerates and decelerates. Grand Prix is a time trial, and the competing cars are obstacles rather than competition for the finish line. The player's car can easily outpace the other cars, but if it collides with one, its speed drops lower than that of the impacted car. Driving over an oil slick causes the player's car to skid slightly sideways, but does not slow it down. Once every scale mile, the player crosses a narrow bridge over blue water. Colliding with any wall of the bridge stops the car, and the player must slowly gain speed to continue.

25.05.2018

Enter the arena and face the other holes in a fierce battle. Eat everything in sight with your black hole and expand it to eat more! Show them who is the biggest hole in town!

31.12.1981

Top down racing game

31.12.1981

Head-On clone.

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31.12.1979

Top down racing game in which the player collects dots Pac Man-style on several lanes while avoiding collisions with the other car.

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