Seeing this on display at Toys R Us made Ridge Racer and a Playstation a must have for me that Christmas. I don't think I was ever really won over by a demo unit except for this once. It definitely had that "wow factor" going on for it. This and Battle Arena Toshinden kept me busy for a while. Also, I was never great at racing games, so once I finally unlocked the black car and realized I didn't have a memory card to save my progress I left the game on and went out and purchased one. The brief Galaga game during the game's loading screen on the Playstation was a really nice touch.
Buchu - Ha, I got this and Toshinden as well when PSX launched in the U.S.! My Xmas follow up was Tekken...after Ridge Racer, I couldn't WAIT to have Tekken in my home!!
Ah yes, I loved the little demo games they had on the initial loading screen, really cool touch at the time, never saw anything like it back then, or even now for that matter. The Playstation in general just wowed the hell out of me at the time. I just couldn't understand why anyone would have chose the N64 over it, used to have so so many arguments in school about which one was better. Seemed like everyone I knew was playing the N64 instead. The Playstation was just so much better and had so many great games compared to the N64. Although I will admit that Mario 64 was the one and only reason that I had to have an N64 as well, although I didn't get one until a couple years later.
Nice comparison on one of my favorite arcade racers ever. There's also Ridge Racer DS which is a port of the N64 version and Ridge Racer (PS port) included in namCollection: Namco 50th Anniversary for the PS2
+arioca Thanks for the kind words. Yes, I know about the PS2 game but since it's emulation of the PS1 I don't count it. Sadlyt I forgot all about the DS version :(
Eh, the 3DS version was the game that almost convinced me this entire series was absolute garbage. It's entirely on-rails, which I would struggle to even call a true racing game. Feels more like recent 3D Sonic, lol. Thank god I gave it another chance with Type 4.
@@IslandBoy-808 I mean, 5 might be fine, but otherwise the problem is that those games play themselves. It ruins the point of a racing game, where you're trying to perfect a racing line through a circuit to beat opponents. That hardly matters if every single turn is on-rails and you're hardly penalized for touching walls. And I'm not really sure what gameplay part of a racing game is left when you take that out. Not much, to be sure.
I played the PSX version so much I could get around the course with the black car without hitting a thing. I was so good at it. Now I'm awful. Age kills reflexes for sure.
Ohhh man, I played the hell out of Rage Racer. What a game! R4 and Rage Racer def were the best in the series, but RR-5 are so good they're all almost equal to me. I played the hell out of ALL of those games. Classics. In fact, I'm looking at getting them all back now. I have RRR and RRV now in physical....I need the others. RR1 is gonna be hard to find as I imagine R4 will be.
Really played the PSP Ridge Racer(s) a ton. The easy but rewarding drifting mechanic, awesome music and blasting off the turbo when the tunes hit their highs! What a rush!
Many years ago I played this on some arcade machine set in the mall . It was amazing , because before it , the only 3d racing game that i played was Race Drivin on my Genesis
Hard Driving is pretty impressive for a MD polygon pusher however to see even more cool 3D stuff check out Star Cruiser on the Mega Drive by NCS Misaya.
Retro Core I know about this game since 2016 , when it was translated to enhlish language. It's a pity , that this masterpiece was never officially released outside Japan , because this game kicks Starfox's ass.
I also bought a PSX for RR. I was a bit disappointed by the port, but the essence of the arcade original was there. The game is a classic. But the original hasn't aged too well compared to other racers from that time period. Daytona USA in particular...
This video forgot to include the version of Ridge Racer available on the PS2's NamCollection that was only available in Japan. The PS2 version has analog stick support, new voice overs, slightly changed BGM, and retextured graphics.
This game blew me away when it was released on the Playstation. We also were lucky enough to have the full size arcade cab at our local arcade on South Parade Pier Portsmouth- safe to say it looked fantastic and must have cost them a small fortune!
What a game. It has accompanied me since I was a child. I would have loved to see the comparison of the RRV version too, it had the first redesign of the original track plus a couple very interesting more layouts that only appeared there.
The only thing that I associate with Ridge Racer is a meme born out of hilarious Sony conference in 2006. As for the game itself, looks very nice for its time, though I find it surprising, that it has become popular with just one track present.
I Remember that the "Pocket Racer" version of the game can be unlocked on "Ridge Racer Revolution" for the PS1 by pressing L2+R1+triangle+down+select at the same time during the galaga'88 (galaxy dance) loading screen. You can't imagine the amount of hours I spent playing those games on my PS1 when I was a teenager. Those were the best days in my life!
Oh I can imagine how much time you spent on them. I was probably about 17 or 18 when the game was released in Japan. I spent so many hours of my life playing that and Saturn Daytona. So much so that I could get around the standard track without hitting any walls with my eyes closed. That's true. Now I'm awful at the game. 😕
I dont get why they havent yet.. Daytona USA came out for PS3 arcade graphic look a like Crazy taxi same thing They have to make Ridge Racer 2 1080 for PS4
Pocket Racer and the original PS1 port of Ridge Racer look more retro than the original arcade version. Perhaps it's the pixelation and, most of all, the font. The font used is exactly like the one Namco had used in the 1980s in games like Pac-Man, Pole Position and Winning Run.
Would have been cool to include Ridge Racer 2, which is more of an update than a sequel (the true Ridge Racer sequel would be Ridge Racer Revolution) and Rave Racer, which is like the final arcade update to the original Ridge Racer
the saddest thing in life is that RAVE RAVER never had a home port, and that was the only RR game i played in the arcades, and the amount of money i put in it , could have bought me the damn machine.
It is such a shame about Rave Racer. I loved the Arcade of that, also. There was going to be an NEC PowerVR card port but as far as I know, I never saw a release.
@@RetroCore i am sure that project turned out to be the stellar ULTIMATE RACE PRO at the end when the whole thing didn't work so they used what they had to do that game, and it was a good game, not RR material, but a damn fine example of a racing game on pc.
My god I was obsessed with this series when the OG Playstation first came out. It was the one game I bought with the system and I played the living hell out of it! Ended up owning every single game in the series over the years. Games like this and the very first Tekken are what made me HAVE to have a Playstation.
Same here. Even though I had a Ssturn I still played the crap out of Ridge Racer and its follow ups until part 5 on the PS2. Never have been in to Tekken though. It just doesn't click with me unlike virtua fighter if dead or alive.
@@RetroCore Ah, shame to hear that. I remember around when the Playstation first came out I walked into a Kaybee Toys and they had Tekken on a kiosk machine playing and it just blew me away. I thought the animations of the Jack character to be hilarious when he would win. If I remember right he's a robot and when he wins he pounds his chest like a Gorilla and fall over backwards. I just had to have it after seeing that. I actually can't remember where I first saw Ridge Racer but I do remember me just HAVING to have it, it had to be the first game that I bought with the system. I just always loved the way the game controlled and the drifting mechanic in it. I was able to learn how to masterfully drift pretty much right off the bat and it's just a really addictive mechanic the way the drifting works in the game. Not very realistic of course but extremely fun and rewarding to pull off. And of course the music... holy hell the music was amazing! It was actually the thing that got me into Techno music. I was like what on earth kind of music is this? And so I did some research into it and found all about Techno music. Got real big into DJ's like DJ Irene and Dieselboy and such.
Is it just me or does the original PS1 version looks more lively than the N64 port? The relative lack of pop in is nice, and there's a nice smoothed look, I guess because of the bilinear filtering, but it doesn't feel like as much is going on.
Textures played a huge role when comparing third party games on those consoles. N64 could run at a smoother frame rate, but with limited space to implement textures, the final result is a smooth spectacle of washed out graphics. Soul Reaver on PS1 is a master class on how to implement textures to compensate for relatively poor graphical punch.
@@RetroCore Ridge Racer 7 is personally to me the best RR game of the entire franchise. It's not a whole lot different from Ridge Racer 6 but they got rid of the terrible announcer from RR6 with a better announcer, added in 1080p support and a few new tracks plus free downloadable UFRA events with some of them being super tough.
The Pocket Racer is basically the “Cheat” from Ridge Racer Revolution. Its possible play as the original cars while choosing a car by pressing the right button
The PSP emulation of this game has taken quite a bit to mature. And I think even today it still has glitches, however they are improving. I do notice some slight frame dips and audio popping in parts, which may suggest the computer is probably at or close to its limits. However from my understanding this may be more to the emulators inefficiency than a computer performance. PPSSPP was still working on optimizing back in 2015. Still very impressive emulation performance though as I think you have mentioned before that you use a laptop for all of this. And a few tidbits I learned on Ridge Racer Turbo, that the exclusion of extra competitors on the track was in an effort to save on the PS1's limited processing power and ram so they could implement other features. You are very right in saying its more of a tech demo. Or perhaps a proof of concept. The PS1 was painfully short on system ram considering its capabilities and not having the luxury of using rom to stream game assets. Some of the little subtle things they did with this version were actually quite impressive even though it may not really seem so to most people. Better texture filtering and perspective correction leading to a substantial reduction in 'pop-in' that the ps1 was known for. Zeebo: "Hes trying his best" And Ridge Racer Pocket kind of reminds me of playing with my little dicast cars as a kid... lol
Ridge Racer is great, I remember being impressed by the arcade version. The PS1 version was pretty impressive at the time and I had actually rented a PS1 over a weekend and played this game like crazy and managed to unlock everything, sadly I didn't have a memory card, so I kept the darn machine on all weekend *lol*
Which N64 emulator did you use by the way? I find that some games work better with 1964 rather than Project 64 and vice versa. And choosing to listen to Rotterdam Nation - are you some kind of masochist?
I used Mupen64 (latest version) it seemed to give the best all-round results even if the rear view mirror was a mess. All Ridge Racer and Ridge Racer Revolution tracks are great :)
Loved RIdge Racer on the original playstation. For me at the time, it was perfect. I've had it on almost every incarnation of Playstation but I felt it somehow lost its way with every re-imagination of it.
You're not mentioning the analog namco controller , the neocon. It was made for this game. With a friend the disassembled that negcon controller and created a steering wheel complete with pedals. Back in 94 when the Japanese game and console were released.
Another thing about Pocket Racer is that you can hold the view change button in the car select screen to revert to the original cars, but can't tell if it's plain cosmetic or also adjusts handling.
There was also a mobile version of this and it was advertised on a leaflet with my Ridge Racer 6 copy. It looks pretty faithful from the looks of it and quite impressive for a 2006 mobile game.
Excelent episode man! a lot of nostalgia, makes me wanna play RR again all night hehe.. The first time I saw a playstation in a store in Caracas, this was one of the few games displayed, inmediately hooked me up with the console. the psp look so great truly an huge improvement from the original versions. by the way what psp emulator is that? I never could make work any psp emulator in my pcs :(
Even though I was a Saturn gay back in the day I did own all the Ridge Racer games on the PlayStation. Loved the original too. Wed spend hours aiming for the fastest lap. The PSP emulator is the latest version of PPSSPP.
Even though I was a Saturn gamer I did own all Ridger Racer PlayStation titles. We would play for hours to get the best time. The PSP emulator uses is the latest version of PPSSPP.
Yeah, that's what I talk about, I think I became like a takumi fujiwara for that only track hahahaha, and how envious hehe, I always wanted to have a Sega Saturn. Maybe someday we'll play some serious RR sessions my friend! I still have my wish to go to japan someday. thanks for the tip of the emulator i'll check it out, cool episode I'm glad you put your effort to maintain retro core, my best wishes man!
+Leonardo Antonio no problem. I hope you can get the emulator to run on your PC. I'd say you'll need at least an i3 with 4gb ram running around 2.5 ghz to run this emulator at a good speed.
that mame footage of ridge surely isn't running at 60 fps,really stuttery . did you use aviwrite or an external program ? also,yea,arcade ridge racer 1-2 and rave are life
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RACEEEEEEEEEEEE-*cough cough splutter* IMO, you can't beat the very original. So nostalgic. Has the most mid-90s-racing-game vibe ever.
It's kind of a shame they never ported Pocket Racer to the PlayStation; it looks like a hoot. It's amazing how much the PlayStation architecture was utilized during its lifetime, between the 3000+ consumer titles and many arcade PCBs.
Amazing that a hand held system 13 years later could blow away £10,000 custom hardware from 1993. We were playing game boy and Atari Lynx back then to this.
No, not at all. The arcade really does look that crisp. It probably looks better than it does because it is followed directly by the PlayStation version which does look a bit messy. All games in this video are not using filters and are running at native texture resolution. The video is captured in 720p however but that won't make a difference to the texture quality.
+Vincent GR hmm, the capture resolution is higher but the actual game is running in its native resolution. I run all the MAME stuff in its native resolution.
I used to do the same with epsxe. Higher resolution to polygons but no filters on textures. They did look nicer than the original, especially games like Jumping Flash which run at 256x192 somthing resolution. Great vid as always mate!
+Vincent GR I should try that. I actually use epsx on my phone. Runs every games I throw at it wonderfully. I also bump up the resolution to 1080p (my phones native resolution). Looks kick arse playing Bloody Roar 2 on it :)
One of my favourite series! I definitely like the new drifting system better than the old one as it makes playing longer sessions a lot more comfortable... And the newer games do make you re-race the same tracks over and over and over again. The DS version is , well, shit. The less said about it the better. Luckily Namco made up for that with an excellent 3DS version... but then they dropped the ball again with Unbounded. Oh well.
I had a hard time with the controls on the PlayStation games when making this video. Funny because I used to be a master at this game. I think I'll pop in Ridge Racer 6 on my 360 tonight for some nostalgia.
The only game I was genuinely good at. I would play it a ton at home, and go to the mall and set lap records. There was a Java version on phones back in the day, and it was the proper polygon 3D version, not some outrun interpretation of a 3D Racer. I managed to get a hold of the controls and played that version too. Only version I have now is the iOS version on an old iPod touch :(. The current iOS version is trash.
I remember that! My friend had one when I lived on the Mainland. they sold them in China too. It was a sharp flip phone you could rotate the screen when playing games. Phones were more interesting then.I stuck to my Sony Phones as they had nicer cameras, and I gamed on a PSP then. @@RetroCore
Just to note the N64 version wasn't developed by Namco but by Nintendo Software Technology (or NST for short) in the US, though likely overseen by Namco. It was only their second ever game and I always found it pretty weak compared to the PS originals. Still, it is better than the sort of port it got to the DS which to me was terrible.
Breaks my heart we didn’t get Tekken 64 which would basically be the N64 version of Tekken 2. It would also have an exclusive character to it and he’d of course be from a Nintendo IP, probably Ganondorf from the upcoming Ocarina of Time who’d be a hidden boss and unlockable character. I mean we got Ridge Racer and Resident Evil 2 on the system, why no Tekken 2 or Street Fighter Alpha 3? :( Yeah they’d be inferior (because they would somewhat slower and have blurry graphics) but it would’ve given N64 fans something to talk about back in the day. It seems neither Namco nor Capcom cares that much about the Nintendo 64 judging by the few games they put out on it. If you were a FG fan and a Nintendo fan, you must’ve had it rough. I can empathize with that. On the other hand, Sony and Sega were showered/blessed with J-fighters during that generation but Sony still gets fighters even to this day. But enough about that. Us N64 players got Ridge Racer but not Tekken. :(
I wanna know how the PSP Ridge Racer REALLY looked. Because on my emulator, I can have it play with super awesome graphics but then the game will be played at only 30fps. If I go to the standard graphics with effects on cars (which still looks great but not as smooth and sharp) it goes to 60fps. Hard for me to decide which I like playing on more, but I think the fps for me wins over the graphics. Bigger difference in the gameplay then the graphics. How was the PSP version???
I have a soft spot for RR 64, since I played the DS port, one of the few great racing games on the console... Except if you try to play the idiotic Stylus driving mode, which is awful.
Ignacio Guerendiain the IAP purchases kill it after a while, like most mobile games it’s less skilled based after a while. Lots of grinding to afford upgrades. The graphics are nice. The older ridge racer was a PSP port and that was a lot better.
The Mammalizer it’s a crap game, but for a 350kb Java game it’s quite impressive and if you are stuck in traffic on a bus, it’s a better use of your Sony Ericsson Walkman phone.
5 isn't bad, I just found it far too short, and doesn't too enough to make repeat playthroughs worthwhile. Also feels a bit dated, quite the relic of its time.
It feels that the developers of the awful Playstation port of Re-volt did the Zeebo version of Ridge Racer. I mean, the graphics and the sounds feel very similar to that game.
Students?! That's very impressive indeed. I had not realized you were emulating the N64, I checked out videos on real hardware and it runs perfectly. I'm surprised emulation of the N64 is still so crummy.
Found Ridge Racer controls to be way too hard until Ridge Racer Type 4, and much preffered Daytona. I've had a ridge racer game on just about every system since (usually a release title for a new console)and is one of my favourite racing games. They just don't make 90's arcade style racers like Daytona, Burnout etc. anymore so Ridge Racer is the only place to go for arcade thrills and i'm just not that into racing sims. Ridge Racer Unbounded is a good game too though technichally not a Ridge Racer game as made by Bug Bear and only published by Namco.
I wouldn't even call Burnout arcade style racing. Daytona and Ridge Racer were the last two great arcade racers to be ever made. There are others such as Jelaco's GT24 but it's not as good as those mentioned. Since the end if the 90s there been no new really cool home arcade racers IMO. The best seemed to be cart based.
I meant the arcade style of racing from point to point through traffic an bright colours, it was heavily infulenced by the classic Outrun. Kart racers are a lot of fun love Mario Kart and Sonic Transformed.
Don't know why Sega recently are not making or licensing remakes of their arcade hits for consoles to other developers, i'm sure Sumo Digital could make a great version of Daytona having previously coded Out Run 2 / Coast 2 Coast and the Sonic Racing games. I used to get excited about going to the arcades and playing a Sega "sit on" racer, Hang On, Out Run, V.R. Racing, Daytona, Sega Rally, Scud Race.
If you count RR64, why not RRDS? They're basically the same game with the most minor of changes content wise, but there'll be some interesting graphical sacrifices made.
There's a steering wheel down on the touch screen, which you can drag around to steer instead of using the d-pad, but it's really awkward to use. The list of other changes is small enough to the point where it's just a subsection of RR64 on Wikipedia.
Textures, the fundamental reason behind the N64's demise. PlayStation's first Ridge Racer looks better than the revised N64 game mainly because of that.
+Retro Core It does run at 60/50fps, of course depending upon the reigon. There is an "original mode" in RR Turbo that shows the original game, without the texture and framerate updates.
One answer, money from Sony. Both Ridge Racer and CyberSled were in development for the Saturn. CyberSled I even saw with my very own eyes at a trade show. But Sony needed exclusives and Namco was one of the major Japanese studios. For Europe they got Psygnosis.
+Lord Alfajor It looks awful because it's running on what is basically PlayStation hardware in an arcade cabinet. That is the original resolution too. Looks no worse that PlayStation Ridge Racer to be honest. I guess the smaller cars make it look worse.
I've always disliked the N64 version. Even running through RGB it looks unattractive. The music is also weak. I much prefer all the Ridge Racer games on the PS1. Someday, I'd like to own a Ridge Racer arcade machine, as it's such a feel-good game.
mightbeen very late. the reason for the soundtrack change is property because N64 music was not cd audio, but more used tracker based music instead, due this type uses much less filesize on the cartridge, so its does make seance. The 12 songs on the game was taking about 12.7mb. the cd take much much more.
This and Toh Shin Den solid me the PlayStation and I hated racing games, it simply blew everything around at the time away. The Saturn looked inferior by comparison with Sega doing such a terrible job with Daytona USA and rushing it out.
I don't mind Ridge Racer blowing people away because it's a good game but Toshinden was so bad. When people would actually say it was a great fighter drive me nuts. It did look impressive but man, it's awful to play. I have all 5 Toshinden games on the PlayStation (yep, there's 5 of them) and they're all crap 😂
+Retro Core I had it for my PSP. It is really smooth! The slight auto-steering made it so you could pull off ridiculous stunts, like doing 360s, or even drifting the "wrong" way! You did forget to mention that you could even play New Rally-X on it, and you'd unlock special cars if you scored a lot of points!
Its pointless to include N64,Psp and Pocket Racer, (there is a DS also) these arent ports of the original arcade game. System 22 difference with Psx is about the same with Model 2 and Saturn,game on the arcade is much more better visually with higher resolution,lots of more effects and details and ofcourse 60fps. Tech demo is an improvement ofcourse but even that cant match the arcade System 22 graphics,that wasnt Namco's target anyway. Still,Ridge Racer was made good on Psx and kept constant 30fps action,unlike Daytona USA on Saturn,which while is a better game overall-it suffers from big frameskips and watching them on megastores side by side back then,made you feel that Psx is stronger (and cheaper) and thats what you need.
Vasileios the Model 2 was more powerful than the System 22 board. If nothing else Model 2 had texture filtering, which the System 22 didn’t. So I wouldn’t put the comparison that way. I think the PlayStation has the easier job reproducing Ridge Racer than Saturn did Daytona, which even had two extra tracks. Sega did wonders with Sega Rally and VF2, but all the other Model 2 ports were visually lack lustre even the second round of Daytona.
Seeing this on display at Toys R Us made Ridge Racer and a Playstation a must have for me that Christmas. I don't think I was ever really won over by a demo unit except for this once. It definitely had that "wow factor" going on for it. This and Battle Arena Toshinden kept me busy for a while. Also, I was never great at racing games, so once I finally unlocked the black car and realized I didn't have a memory card to save my progress I left the game on and went out and purchased one. The brief Galaga game during the game's loading screen on the Playstation was a really nice touch.
Buchu it was Galaxian. Tekken had Galaga
Buchu - Ha, I got this and Toshinden as well when PSX launched in the U.S.! My Xmas follow up was Tekken...after Ridge Racer, I couldn't WAIT to have Tekken in my home!!
Ah yes, I loved the little demo games they had on the initial loading screen, really cool touch at the time, never saw anything like it back then, or even now for that matter. The Playstation in general just wowed the hell out of me at the time.
I just couldn't understand why anyone would have chose the N64 over it, used to have so so many arguments in school about which one was better. Seemed like everyone I knew was playing the N64 instead.
The Playstation was just so much better and had so many great games compared to the N64. Although I will admit that Mario 64 was the one and only reason that I had to have an N64 as well, although I didn't get one until a couple years later.
Nice story!
Exact same story, I saw this and todhinden in toys r us and we got it that xmas
That was the reason to buy a PSX. I never regret it. Even there was only a few cars and 2 tracks, but at this time it was an awesome game
I loved the full scale, played it a ton in London
probably my most played game on my original ps1.
one of my fav racing series.. i was so deep into ridge racer back in the playstation 1 times.. such a good arcade racer. srsly one of the best.
+eazy peazy It sure was. I played this to death when it came out. I had this and some crappy 2D digitized fighter with women characters.
+Retro Core Do you remember the name of that game?
+KNight Stwenk sadly I don't. It was a Japanese only release. Total crap. It made Battle Monsters on the Saturn look amazing.
+Retro Core Oh GOD, not Twin Goddesses was it? That game was AWFUL.
+RoryDropkick yeah, that was it. Terrible game.
Nice comparison on one of my favorite arcade racers ever. There's also Ridge Racer DS which is a port of the N64 version and Ridge Racer (PS port) included in namCollection: Namco 50th Anniversary for the PS2
+arioca Thanks for the kind words. Yes, I know about the PS2 game but since it's emulation of the PS1 I don't count it. Sadlyt I forgot all about the DS version :(
There is ds of ridge racer I never know about
+Us fakestan no time I'm afraid. I've started work on the next show. I'll revisit this BOTP in the future once PSP and N64 emulation improve.
R4 had the best soundtrack. I actually have a playlist of it saved.
Ridge Racer PSP was amazing. I remember the first time I saw it running, I was sold on the PSP there and then. Couldn't believe my eyes!
Indeed it was.
JewelKnightJess Yep. It was what convinced me to get the PSP. I still play on the tv through PSTV.
PSP version does look awesome. Of all these versions, it seems like n64 looks worst, though I think that game had the most content
Eh, the 3DS version was the game that almost convinced me this entire series was absolute garbage. It's entirely on-rails, which I would struggle to even call a true racing game. Feels more like recent 3D Sonic, lol. Thank god I gave it another chance with Type 4.
@@IslandBoy-808 I mean, 5 might be fine, but otherwise the problem is that those games play themselves. It ruins the point of a racing game, where you're trying to perfect a racing line through a circuit to beat opponents. That hardly matters if every single turn is on-rails and you're hardly penalized for touching walls. And I'm not really sure what gameplay part of a racing game is left when you take that out. Not much, to be sure.
This one takes me back!
Played a ton of this on my PSX and in the arcades.
I played the PSX version so much I could get around the course with the black car without hitting a thing. I was so good at it. Now I'm awful. Age kills reflexes for sure.
@@RetroCore Yeah, although I'm pretty sure I can still almost finish Time Crisis with 1-shot kills
Still have & play Ridge Racer 1-5 on my PS2. Great series! Rage Racer was my fave.
Ohhh man, I played the hell out of Rage Racer. What a game! R4 and Rage Racer def were the best in the series, but RR-5 are so good they're all almost equal to me. I played the hell out of ALL of those games. Classics. In fact, I'm looking at getting them all back now. I have RRR and RRV now in physical....I need the others. RR1 is gonna be hard to find as I imagine R4 will be.
Really played the PSP Ridge Racer(s) a ton. The easy but rewarding drifting mechanic, awesome music and blasting off the turbo when the tunes hit their highs! What a rush!
Many years ago I played this on some arcade machine set in the mall .
It was amazing , because before it , the only 3d racing game that i played was Race Drivin on my Genesis
I can certainly see how amazed you would have been going from Hard Driving to Ridge Racer. That's quite the leap.
Retro Core Yeah , but after all i prefer MD hard drivin' rather than Ridge Racer , because i was much more amazed , when seen 3d graphics on Genesis
Hard Driving is pretty impressive for a MD polygon pusher however to see even more cool 3D stuff check out Star Cruiser on the Mega Drive by NCS Misaya.
Retro Core I know about this game since 2016 , when it was translated to enhlish language.
It's a pity , that this masterpiece was never officially released outside Japan , because this game kicks Starfox's ass.
I also bought a PSX for RR. I was a bit disappointed by the port, but the essence of the arcade original was there. The game is a classic.
But the original hasn't aged too well compared to other racers from that time period. Daytona USA in particular...
dude, I play RR arcade on my GPDWIN3 with analogue controls is it awesome !!!!
This video forgot to include the version of Ridge Racer available on the PS2's NamCollection that was only available in Japan. The PS2 version has analog stick support, new voice overs, slightly changed BGM, and retextured graphics.
This game blew me away when it was released on the Playstation. We also were lucky enough to have the full size arcade cab at our local arcade on South Parade Pier Portsmouth- safe to say it looked fantastic and must have cost them a small fortune!
+wrena79 I actually played that one in Portsmouth. Blackpool had one too but someone had damaged the door handle :(
+Retro Core wow really!? Spent a large portion of my childhood on that arcade 😃
The Golden Horseshoe arcade next to the fun fare on Portsmouth sea front, yep that is where I used to play the full scale version too.
I used to love this on ps1,played it constantly, mirror mode &the black le-mans type car was great!
What a game. It has accompanied me since I was a child. I would have loved to see the comparison of the RRV version too, it had the first redesign of the original track plus a couple very interesting more layouts that only appeared there.
I love this game! It's one of my favorites alongside with Tekken and Crash Bandicoot.
It should also be noted that the N64 version wasn't really programmed by Namco, but in fact Nintendo's NST team. Great video as always.
+NeoSamus That's right. For an N64 racing game it's very impressive. Nice textures, good frame rate (Better than this video shows) and quality audio.
+Retro Core did you also consider including the DS version? Or was that one too similar to the N64?
NeoSamus
Ah, I forgot all about the DS version :( Does that feature the original arcade track?
+Retro Core Yes it does! It is a port of the N64 version.
+MeebleMeeble I don't know. I thought Ridge Racers was just Ridge Racer but renamed for other areas.
Thx for this comparison,i love this game so much since we met the first time :)
The only thing that I associate with Ridge Racer is a meme born out of hilarious Sony conference in 2006.
As for the game itself, looks very nice for its time, though I find it surprising, that it has become popular with just one track present.
I Remember that the "Pocket Racer" version of the game can be unlocked on "Ridge Racer Revolution" for the PS1 by pressing L2+R1+triangle+down+select at the same time during the galaga'88 (galaxy dance) loading screen.
You can't imagine the amount of hours I spent playing those games on my PS1 when I was a teenager. Those were the best days in my life!
Oh I can imagine how much time you spent on them. I was probably about 17 or 18 when the game was released in Japan. I spent so many hours of my life playing that and Saturn Daytona. So much so that I could get around the standard track without hitting any walls with my eyes closed. That's true. Now I'm awful at the game. 😕
Oh man, that midi soundtrack on the Zeebo version is killing me, especially how they tried to imitate the vocal samples.
The Zeebo seems to have a decent soundfont at least :]
I want the arcade versions of RR1 and RRR to be released on PS4 with 60fps 1080p. That'd blow my mind!
Ridge Racer Revelution wasn't an arcade game. Maybe you're thinking of Rave Racer which never got a console port.
@@RetroCore I believe Ridge Racer Revolution was Ridge Racer 2 at the arcades. Or maybe Ridge Racer 2 and Rave Racer are the same game?
I dont get why they havent yet..
Daytona USA came out for PS3 arcade graphic look a like
Crazy taxi same thing
They have to make Ridge Racer 2 1080 for PS4
@@MegaFCKforever Yeah, I hear ya. I have the Daytona port on Ps3 and it's perfect. I prefer the RR's though still.
Pocket Racer and the original PS1 port of Ridge Racer look more retro than the original arcade version. Perhaps it's the pixelation and, most of all, the font.
The font used is exactly like the one Namco had used in the 1980s in games like Pac-Man, Pole Position and Winning Run.
Would have been cool to include Ridge Racer 2, which is more of an update than a sequel (the true Ridge Racer sequel would be Ridge Racer Revolution) and Rave Racer, which is like the final arcade update to the original Ridge Racer
PS1 can't be beat IMO. It's so iconic!!
Imagine the reaction if Namco had managed to have the performance of the turbo version in the original version
Sadly the 60htz version only has one car
the saddest thing in life is that RAVE RAVER never had a home port, and that was the only RR game i played in the arcades, and the amount of money i put in it , could have bought me the damn machine.
It is such a shame about Rave Racer. I loved the Arcade of that, also.
There was going to be an NEC PowerVR card port but as far as I know, I never saw a release.
@@RetroCore i am sure that project turned out to be the stellar ULTIMATE RACE PRO at the end when the whole thing didn't work so they used what they had to do that game, and it was a good game, not RR material, but a damn fine example of a racing game on pc.
My god I was obsessed with this series when the OG Playstation first came out. It was the one game I bought with the system and I played the living hell out of it! Ended up owning every single game in the series over the years. Games like this and the very first Tekken are what made me HAVE to have a Playstation.
Same here. Even though I had a Ssturn I still played the crap out of Ridge Racer and its follow ups until part 5 on the PS2. Never have been in to Tekken though. It just doesn't click with me unlike virtua fighter if dead or alive.
@@RetroCore Ah, shame to hear that. I remember around when the Playstation first came out I walked into a Kaybee Toys and they had Tekken on a kiosk machine playing and it just blew me away. I thought the animations of the Jack character to be hilarious when he would win. If I remember right he's a robot and when he wins he pounds his chest like a Gorilla and fall over backwards. I just had to have it after seeing that.
I actually can't remember where I first saw Ridge Racer but I do remember me just HAVING to have it, it had to be the first game that I bought with the system. I just always loved the way the game controlled and the drifting mechanic in it. I was able to learn how to masterfully drift pretty much right off the bat and it's just a really addictive mechanic the way the drifting works in the game. Not very realistic of course but extremely fun and rewarding to pull off.
And of course the music... holy hell the music was amazing! It was actually the thing that got me into Techno music. I was like what on earth kind of music is this? And so I did some research into it and found all about Techno music. Got real big into DJ's like DJ Irene and Dieselboy and such.
The RR Type-4 included “Demo Version” is called “Hi-Spec Ver.”. ^^
the music in this game is great. When I play it the speakers with the volume at the max level
Is it just me or does the original PS1 version looks more lively than the N64 port? The relative lack of pop in is nice, and there's a nice smoothed look, I guess because of the bilinear filtering, but it doesn't feel like as much is going on.
So true. The blurred graphics make the N64 version look a bit diluted but for a N64 Racer it is very good.
Textures played a huge role when comparing third party games on those consoles. N64 could run at a smoother frame rate, but with limited space to implement textures, the final result is a smooth spectacle of washed out graphics. Soul Reaver on PS1 is a master class on how to implement textures to compensate for relatively poor graphical punch.
why not add Ridge Racer 5, and 7 into the mix. They feature the original course aswell. Dont know if 6 has it but i assume it does.
I don't own Ridge Racer 7 :(
@@RetroCore Ridge Racer 7 is personally to me the best RR game of the entire franchise. It's not a whole lot different from Ridge Racer 6 but they got rid of the terrible announcer from RR6 with a better announcer, added in 1080p support and a few new tracks plus free downloadable UFRA events with some of them being super tough.
The Pocket Racer is basically the “Cheat” from Ridge Racer Revolution. Its possible play as the original cars while choosing a car by pressing the right button
The PSP emulation of this game has taken quite a bit to mature. And I think even today it still has glitches, however they are improving. I do notice some slight frame dips and audio popping in parts, which may suggest the computer is probably at or close to its limits. However from my understanding this may be more to the emulators inefficiency than a computer performance. PPSSPP was still working on optimizing back in 2015. Still very impressive emulation performance though as I think you have mentioned before that you use a laptop for all of this.
And a few tidbits I learned on Ridge Racer Turbo, that the exclusion of extra competitors on the track was in an effort to save on the PS1's limited processing power and ram so they could implement other features. You are very right in saying its more of a tech demo. Or perhaps a proof of concept. The PS1 was painfully short on system ram considering its capabilities and not having the luxury of using rom to stream game assets. Some of the little subtle things they did with this version were actually quite impressive even though it may not really seem so to most people. Better texture filtering and perspective correction leading to a substantial reduction in 'pop-in' that the ps1 was known for.
Zeebo: "Hes trying his best"
And Ridge Racer Pocket kind of reminds me of playing with my little dicast cars as a kid... lol
Ridge Racer is great, I remember being impressed by the arcade version. The PS1 version was pretty impressive at the time and I had actually rented a PS1 over a weekend and played this game like crazy and managed to unlock everything, sadly I didn't have a memory card, so I kept the darn machine on all weekend *lol*
Biggest flaw of the PlayStation. No built in memory and saving to the cards took way too long. Saving to a Saturn memory card was instantaneous.
Which N64 emulator did you use by the way?
I find that some games work better with 1964 rather than Project 64 and vice versa.
And choosing to listen to Rotterdam Nation - are you some kind of masochist?
I used Mupen64 (latest version) it seemed to give the best all-round results even if the rear view mirror was a mess.
All Ridge Racer and Ridge Racer Revolution tracks are great :)
@@RetroCore The framerate on Mupen64 is horrible, you should've stuck with Project 64 for RR64.
Loved RIdge Racer on the original playstation. For me at the time, it was perfect. I've had it on almost every incarnation of Playstation but I felt it somehow lost its way with every re-imagination of it.
Ah, I think Ridge Racer 5 was the last true Ridge Racer game. Everything after that was not Ridge Racer.
You're not mentioning the analog namco controller , the neocon. It was made for this game. With a friend the disassembled that negcon controller and created a steering wheel complete with pedals. Back in 94 when the Japanese game and console were released.
I know about that controller but I doubt most other people know of its existence. Normally on these videos I don't talk about optional controllers.
Have you tried the negcon yourself ? You can race in ridge racer long track and , can avoid hitting the walls .
yes, I used it back in the day. It was okay to use but not something I'd use over a wheel.
I've always freaking loved Ridge Racer. Better than Daytona USA IMO!
Nah, it's great but Daytona has more to it. But that's just my opinion 😊
Another thing about Pocket Racer is that you can hold the view change button in the car select screen to revert to the original cars, but can't tell if it's plain cosmetic or also adjusts handling.
Cool. I didn't know about that. I would imagine in just being a skin rather that the original cars plus physics.
Awesome work as always,thanx!
I love how it says "Weebo" at the end.
Yep, good old typos.
Could've sworn that was intentional.
Toni CounterLife
It wa actually a typo but I left it in as it's pretty funny in a way.
There was also a mobile version of this and it was advertised on a leaflet with my Ridge Racer 6 copy. It looks pretty faithful from the looks of it and quite impressive for a 2006 mobile game.
+Mr Know Nothing Intro stated the Zeebo version is identical to the US mobile version, so yeah...
Ridge Racer Turbo? Do you mean Hi-Spec Demo?
Ah maybe. This is such an old video that I don't remember.
Excelent episode man! a lot of nostalgia, makes me wanna play RR again all night hehe.. The first time I saw a playstation in a store in Caracas, this was one of the few games displayed, inmediately hooked me up with the console. the psp look so great truly an huge improvement from the original versions. by the way what psp emulator is that? I never could make work any psp emulator in my pcs :(
Even though I was a Saturn gay back in the day I did own all the Ridge Racer games on the PlayStation. Loved the original too. Wed spend hours aiming for the fastest lap.
The PSP emulator is the latest version of PPSSPP.
Even though I was a Saturn gamer I did own all Ridger Racer PlayStation titles. We would play for hours to get the best time.
The PSP emulator uses is the latest version of PPSSPP.
Yeah, that's what I talk about, I think I became like a takumi fujiwara for that only track hahahaha, and how envious hehe, I always wanted to have a Sega Saturn. Maybe someday we'll play some serious RR sessions my friend! I still have my wish to go to japan someday. thanks for the tip of the emulator i'll check it out, cool episode I'm glad you put your effort to maintain retro core, my best wishes man!
+Leonardo Antonio no problem. I hope you can get the emulator to run on your PC. I'd say you'll need at least an i3 with 4gb ram running around 2.5 ghz to run this emulator at a good speed.
All right, that's almost exactly the specs my pc currently have, I'll try man, thanks for the info!
What a coincidence. I was playing this game on my PC yesterday, and this morning your BOTP popped up. Great video of a fun game.
Nice 👍. Google is watching you 😋
that mame footage of ridge surely isn't running at 60 fps,really stuttery . did you use aviwrite or an external program ? also,yea,arcade ridge racer 1-2 and rave are life
Nope, this is a really old video so I was probably using an underpowered video at that point.
You forgot rave racer, it has original RR1 track
Pocket Racer is basically a PS1 running RR Revolution with the pocket car cheat enabled.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RACEEEEEEEEEEEE-*cough cough splutter*
IMO, you can't beat the very original. So nostalgic. Has the most mid-90s-racing-game vibe ever.
So true. The music, in your face announcer and vibrant colours. Classic.
It's kind of a shame they never ported Pocket Racer to the PlayStation; it looks like a hoot. It's amazing how much the PlayStation architecture was utilized during its lifetime, between the 3000+ consumer titles and many arcade PCBs.
it is ported in RRRevolution , it is hidden in the game
Amazing that a hand held system 13 years later could blow away £10,000 custom hardware from 1993. We were playing game boy and Atari Lynx back then to this.
It sure is. Technology moves so fast.
Are you using higher resolutions than the original games?
Seems tha polugons are smoother than the real thing.
No, not at all. The arcade really does look that crisp. It probably looks better than it does because it is followed directly by the PlayStation version which does look a bit messy. All games in this video are not using filters and are running at native texture resolution. The video is captured in 720p however but that won't make a difference to the texture quality.
Retro Core Yes that is what I said :-D
Smoother polygons not textures.
So the resolution is higher.
+Vincent GR hmm, the capture resolution is higher but the actual game is running in its native resolution. I run all the MAME stuff in its native resolution.
I used to do the same with epsxe.
Higher resolution to polygons but no filters on textures. They did look nicer than the original, especially games like Jumping Flash which run at 256x192 somthing resolution.
Great vid as always mate!
+Vincent GR I should try that. I actually use epsx on my phone. Runs every games I throw at it wonderfully. I also bump up the resolution to 1080p (my phones native resolution). Looks kick arse playing Bloody Roar 2 on it :)
One of my favourite series! I definitely like the new drifting system better than the old one as it makes playing longer sessions a lot more comfortable... And the newer games do make you re-race the same tracks over and over and over again.
The DS version is , well, shit. The less said about it the better. Luckily Namco made up for that with an excellent 3DS version... but then they dropped the ball again with Unbounded. Oh well.
I had a hard time with the controls on the PlayStation games when making this video. Funny because I used to be a master at this game.
I think I'll pop in Ridge Racer 6 on my 360 tonight for some nostalgia.
The only game I was genuinely good at. I would play it a ton at home, and go to the mall and set lap records. There was a Java version on phones back in the day, and it was the proper polygon 3D version, not some outrun interpretation of a 3D Racer. I managed to get a hold of the controls and played that version too. Only version I have now is the iOS version on an old iPod touch :(. The current iOS version is trash.
We had a wide screen mobile version in Japan back before smartphones were a thing. It was really cool.
I remember that! My friend had one when I lived on the Mainland. they sold them in China too. It was a sharp flip phone you could rotate the screen when playing games. Phones were more interesting then.I stuck to my Sony Phones as they had nicer cameras, and I gamed on a PSP then. @@RetroCore
Yep, that's the one. I had 2 different sharp phones that flipped the screen.
Retro Core nice. Now with smart phones especially android ones we are spoiled for retro games
Indeed. Android is amazing for games and emulation.
didn´t remember that wipeout type of soundtrack in playstation version XD
On ridge racer type 4 the 2nd disc or disc 2 will play ridge racer turbo alongside with playable demos and videos of namco games
I kinda wish you'd have played the games in their original resolution. It would make the difference between the ports more noticeable.
+TheHermitArcana They are played in their original resolution. Just captured in 720p
Retro Core Nope, everything is far sharper than its supposed to be.
The Zeebo version... with that music... was kind of hilarious!
It's pretty much the same as the Japanese mobile phone versions.
Great episode.
Just to note the N64 version wasn't developed by Namco but by Nintendo Software Technology (or NST for short) in the US, though likely overseen by Namco. It was only their second ever game and I always found it pretty weak compared to the PS originals. Still, it is better than the sort of port it got to the DS which to me was terrible.
Breaks my heart we didn’t get Tekken 64 which would basically be the N64 version of Tekken 2. It would also have an exclusive character to it and he’d of course be from a Nintendo IP, probably Ganondorf from the upcoming Ocarina of Time who’d be a hidden boss and unlockable character. I mean we got Ridge Racer and Resident Evil 2 on the system, why no Tekken 2 or Street Fighter Alpha 3? :( Yeah they’d be inferior (because they would somewhat slower and have blurry graphics) but it would’ve given N64 fans something to talk about back in the day. It seems neither Namco nor Capcom cares that much about the Nintendo 64 judging by the few games they put out on it. If you were a FG fan and a Nintendo fan, you must’ve had it rough. I can empathize with that. On the other hand, Sony and Sega were showered/blessed with J-fighters during that generation but Sony still gets fighters even to this day. But enough about that. Us N64 players got Ridge Racer but not Tekken. :(
I really wonder what Street Fighter would have looked like. Tekken 64 I can kind of imagine.
I wanna know how the PSP Ridge Racer REALLY looked. Because on my emulator, I can have it play with super awesome graphics but then the game will be played at only 30fps. If I go to the standard graphics with effects on cars (which still looks great but not as smooth and sharp) it goes to 60fps. Hard for me to decide which I like playing on more, but I think the fps for me wins over the graphics. Bigger difference in the gameplay then the graphics. How was the PSP version???
I don't remember. I haven't pkayed it in years
I have a soft spot for RR 64, since I played the DS port, one of the few great racing games on the console... Except if you try to play the idiotic Stylus driving mode, which is awful.
Who TF actually play the game like this? It's like first person view if you're the damn headlights...
You miss the (surprisingly ok) mobile one: Ridge Racer Slipstream
Ignacio Guerendiain the IAP purchases kill it after a while, like most mobile games it’s less skilled based after a while. Lots of grinding to afford upgrades. The graphics are nice. The older ridge racer was a PSP port and that was a lot better.
Great vid.
You missed the best version!
The mobile phone version.
The Mammalizer it’s a crap game, but for a 350kb Java game it’s quite impressive and if you are stuck in traffic on a bus, it’s a better use of your Sony Ericsson Walkman phone.
i remember rly like r4, but was their bonus disc rr turbo edition which make me go back .... and then be dissapointed with rr5
is 5 that bad?
5 isn't bad, I just found it far too short, and doesn't too enough to make repeat playthroughs worthwhile. Also feels a bit dated, quite the relic of its time.
right now i just remmeber those jaggies on the corners...
oder Best racing game !!! on Arcade ...
It deffinety is one of the all time classics, that's for sure.
It feels that the developers of the awful Playstation port of Re-volt did the Zeebo version of Ridge Racer. I mean, the graphics and the sounds feel very similar to that game.
The Zeebo Ridge Racer is based upon a western mobile phone port from what I understand. I'm not sure who developed it though.
Wait didn’t nintendo develop Ridge Racer 64?
The psp version does it for me and if you're not happy with it then just put the ps one game on your psp. A no brainer
Excellent arcade racer.
Zeebo needs a whole episode
I agree.
Too bad you didn't include the RRV for the PS2. That game had many variations of the famous 765 track.
No 3ds version, wtf!!? Regarding the PSP emulation, you should use the core that is in RetroArch, plays flawlessly
I forgot all about the 3DS version. I'll try the PSP emulation settings you suggest but the computer the emulation runs on isn't that powerful.
Speaking about that, there is also the DS version that wasn't released in Japan, like RR64. But it's also a lot like RR64.
I've never heard of a Zeebo ?
+Martin Sutcliffe Brazilian game console, mostly running java-based mobile games
Nobody heard of it as a matter of fact
Even ourselves don't pay attention to Zeebo
3:18 unless you’ve got a NeGcon...
8:00 Oh my god that’s the same as Ridge Racer DS lmao
psp version wins but the n64 version sounds like a tractor engine lol
You would think the N64 could easily handle a PS1 launch title, with it being the newer console.
To be fair, the N64 port was actually made by programming students! Not a bad job all things considered.
Students?! That's very impressive indeed. I had not realized you were emulating the N64, I checked out videos on real hardware and it runs perfectly. I'm surprised emulation of the N64 is still so crummy.
To be fair this is an old video so I was most likely using an underpowered Toshiba laptop at that time for the emulation.
Found Ridge Racer controls to be way too hard until Ridge Racer Type 4, and much preffered Daytona. I've had a ridge racer game on just about every system since (usually a release title for a new console)and is one of my favourite racing games.
They just don't make 90's arcade style racers like Daytona, Burnout etc. anymore so Ridge Racer is the only place to go for arcade thrills and i'm just not that into racing sims.
Ridge Racer Unbounded is a good game too though technichally not a Ridge Racer game as made by Bug Bear and only published by Namco.
I wouldn't even call Burnout arcade style racing. Daytona and Ridge Racer were the last two great arcade racers to be ever made. There are others such as Jelaco's GT24 but it's not as good as those mentioned. Since the end if the 90s there been no new really cool home arcade racers IMO. The best seemed to be cart based.
I meant the arcade style of racing from point to point through traffic an bright colours, it was heavily infulenced by the classic Outrun.
Kart racers are a lot of fun love Mario Kart and Sonic Transformed.
+Craig Wilson Sonic all star racing and transformed are fantastic games but I would love another Daytona system arcade Racer.
Don't know why Sega recently are not making or licensing remakes of their arcade hits for consoles to other developers, i'm sure Sumo Digital could make a great version of Daytona having previously coded Out Run 2 / Coast 2 Coast and the Sonic Racing games.
I used to get excited about going to the arcades and playing a Sega "sit on" racer, Hang On, Out Run, V.R. Racing, Daytona, Sega Rally, Scud Race.
+Craig Wilson those days are sadly gone it would seem :(
omg that n64 frame rate...
If you count RR64, why not RRDS? They're basically the same game with the most minor of changes content wise, but there'll be some interesting graphical sacrifices made.
Because I didn't have access to the DS game unless I bought it.
Fair enough, it's not that imperative that it's there, since 64 is already there. I've got it, so I might have to give RRDS another shot now.
I would have liked to have featured it but since I don't have a flash card for my 3DS it was a no go :(
There's a steering wheel down on the touch screen, which you can drag around to steer instead of using the d-pad, but it's really awkward to use. The list of other changes is small enough to the point where it's just a subsection of RR64 on Wikipedia.
remind me: it was about that time the whole euro trance megamix trendy time?
Or in Japan they like to call it Euro Beat. But yeah, it's around that time.
Textures, the fundamental reason behind the N64's demise. PlayStation's first Ridge Racer looks better than the revised N64 game mainly because of that.
RR Turbo Tech Demo does not have 60 fps.
According to the paperwork that came with my copy it does. Sure seems smother running.
+Retro Core It does run at 60/50fps, of course depending upon the reigon. There is an "original mode" in RR Turbo that shows the original game, without the texture and framerate updates.
It totally does, super obvious when you run it. But somehow the gameplay footage in this review does not show it at all. Probably a recording mistake.
I have a question, why does Namco hate the Sega Saturn?!
One answer, money from Sony. Both Ridge Racer and CyberSled were in development for the Saturn. CyberSled I even saw with my very own eyes at a trade show. But Sony needed exclusives and Namco was one of the major Japanese studios. For Europe they got Psygnosis.
Can’t hear the BGM in the N64 version at all. 😂
Just as well. Its not as good as the original.
Is that the resolution that run on the original Pocket Racer? In which year it was launched? It looks really awful!
+Lord Alfajor It looks awful because it's running on what is basically PlayStation hardware in an arcade cabinet. That is the original resolution too. Looks no worse that PlayStation Ridge Racer to be honest. I guess the smaller cars make it look worse.
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Yeah, the errors of saying stuff you knew were wrong but didn't notice after the editing was complete :(
17 that camera is horrible. At least the drift mecanic make it escape
I've always disliked the N64 version. Even running through RGB it looks unattractive. The music is also weak. I much prefer all the Ridge Racer games on the PS1. Someday, I'd like to own a Ridge Racer arcade machine, as it's such a feel-good game.
Kingston LJ Absolute nonsense.
mightbeen very late. the reason for the soundtrack change is property because N64 music was not cd audio, but more used tracker based music instead, due this type uses much less filesize on the cartridge, so its does make seance. The 12 songs on the game was taking about 12.7mb. the cd take much much more.
gotta love those 20fps on n64
The poor N64 never could produce a good racing game. There are many on the system but they all suffer from either poor frame rates or heavy fog 🙁
Gt 64,FzeroX,Mario Kart 64,Diddy Kong 64,Cruiis in World were great N64 racing games
The REAL game is 60 fps on de 64, but he played on an shitty emulator i guess...
This and Toh Shin Den solid me the PlayStation and I hated racing games, it simply blew everything around at the time away.
The Saturn looked inferior by comparison with Sega doing such a terrible job with Daytona USA and rushing it out.
I don't mind Ridge Racer blowing people away because it's a good game but Toshinden was so bad. When people would actually say it was a great fighter drive me nuts. It did look impressive but man, it's awful to play. I have all 5 Toshinden games on the PlayStation (yep, there's 5 of them) and they're all crap 😂
the psp version is Sweet.
+Matthew Leo It sure is. Just whish I had a real PSP to play the game on.
+Retro Core I had it for my PSP. It is really smooth! The slight auto-steering made it so you could pull off ridiculous stunts, like doing 360s, or even drifting the "wrong" way!
You did forget to mention that you could even play New Rally-X on it, and you'd unlock special cars if you scored a lot of points!
A "Zeebo", what the frick is "Zeebo"?
A Brazilian exclusive mobile phone level game console that had no physical media for it. Think of an Ouya but way before that existed.
Watched and subscribed!
Thanks Victor. Welcome to the channel.
Retro Core What version of Ridge Racer is your favorite?
Its pointless to include N64,Psp and Pocket Racer, (there is a DS also) these arent ports of the original arcade game.
System 22 difference with Psx is about the same with Model 2 and Saturn,game on the arcade is much more better visually with higher resolution,lots of more effects and details and ofcourse 60fps.
Tech demo is an improvement ofcourse but even that cant match the arcade System 22 graphics,that wasnt Namco's target anyway.
Still,Ridge Racer was made good on Psx and kept constant 30fps action,unlike Daytona USA on Saturn,which while is a better game overall-it suffers from big frameskips and watching them on megastores side by side back then,made you feel that Psx is stronger (and cheaper) and thats what you need.
Vasileios the Model 2 was more powerful than the System 22 board. If nothing else Model 2 had texture filtering, which the System 22 didn’t. So I wouldn’t put the comparison that way. I think the PlayStation has the easier job reproducing Ridge Racer than Saturn did Daytona, which even had two extra tracks. Sega did wonders with Sega Rally and VF2, but all the other Model 2 ports were visually lack lustre even the second round of Daytona.