Speed Freak
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| Speed Freak | |
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| File:Speed Freak 1979 Arcade Flyer.jpg | |
| Developer | Vectorbeam |
| Publisher | Vectorbeam |
| Designer | Larry Rosenthal |
| Platform | Arcade |
| Release | March 1979[1] |
| Genre | Racing |
| Mode | Single-player |
| Arcade system | Vectorbeam hardware |
Speed Freak is a monochrome vector arcade game created by Vectorbeam in 1979. Along with Atari, Inc.'s Night Driver and Bally Midway's Datsun 280 ZZZAP–both from 1976–it is one of the earliest first-person driving games and the first such game known to use vector graphics.[2]
Gameplay
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The game is a behind-the-wheel driving simulation where the driver speeds down a winding computer-generated road past other cars, hitchhikers, trees, cows and cacti. Occasionally a plane will fly overhead towards the screen. One must avoid crashing into these objects and complete the race in the allotted time.[3] The player can crash as many times as he wants before the time runs out and players were treated to two different crash animations. The first was a simple cracked windshield effect, the second was a crash where the car explodes into car parts that fly through the air.[4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Speed Freak at the Killer List of VideogamesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Speed Freak at the Arcade Flyer Archive