The crummy thing about Outrun was also losing 5-7 seconds anytime you crashed. Do it more than once and you might as well restart the map. Was happy when I first played Crusin’ USA and found that this was not an issue
0:03 @@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , I wonder if you covered The Fast and the Furious arcade and console racing games in your video as well? I think that one of them was horribly redone as the Wii title of Cruis'N', which was a low point for the franchise.
I bet you _really_ hated Ferrari F355 Challenge. Sega was always more punishing in their racing games which are more fitting for home consoles where you can practice instead of the arcade where it's eating quarters quickly.
You missed the entire point of arcade games you dingus. They're meant to be punishing so you can pump more quarters in so the operator can keep their doors open
The Cruis'n series is definitely some of my favorite Arcade racing titles. Every time I go to the Arcade, movie theater, or pizza joint, and I see a Cruis'n game there, it was definitely my go-to Arcade game I would play. I remember back in 2017, I tried Cruis'n Blast at Dave & Buster's, and it was a lot of fun. Of course it got released on the Nintendo Switch and it is STILL a blast to play albeit no online multiplayer modes.
Eugene Jarvis is a true arcade gaming legend. He also worked with Housemarque on Nex Machina. His newest team did Crusin Blast too, which is really fun.
I just want to say you are one the few arcade video gaming documentary channels that I actually stop and take the time to watch. You actually go into deep detail about the development of these games. (Unlike so many other channels that just rush 10 minute video to get max TH-cam advertisement money. And barely go into details of the history of making the game).
I was coming to type this. Before the documentary mentioned the full motion version I thought that it was just a prototype. Also now that I think about it I don't know if I ever seen a stand up cabinet either.
I played this racer in the arcade and I loved it. I was thankful that I was able to enjoy this experience on my Nintendo 64 and it was very exciting buying this on day 1
I'm really salty when I remember this game, because my father asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said this game, but a sellsman was like "if your son likes that, buy "San Francisco Rush 2049"!!" This is the second time I was let down by my father, because "San Francisco Rush 2049" and "Cruisin' USA" aren't AT ALL the same experience!! It sucked!! 🤬🤬
Pat, I’ve been binging your videos for the past few days and thoroughly enjoying all of them. Thank you for all the effort and dedication you put into these! The Cruisin’ games are a fondly remembered part of my childhood. The local pizza place in my tiny hometown had the stand up version and it was one I always played when my parents took me. When USA came out on the N64 I scrounged up from my jobs delivering papers and mowing lawns to get it. I spent SO many hours playing it! I’d love to see more videos on the various sequels and other Eugene Jarvis games on this channel!
Well done! I love this series. It was fun arcade racing games like this that made me a retro gamer and track down a N64. I have all the Cruis'n games on the N64 and I can tell you the N64 Race Wheel really imposes the twitchy game controls. I also have Cruis'n for the Wii as well as Crus'n Blast on the Switch. In a sea of hyper realistic racers, these Cruis'n games are a breath of fresh air with their focus on fun arcade style racing.
Honestly, what the game needs is to have the Wii title of Cruis'N' to totally be redone, as well as to make an equivalent to the Super Mario All-Stars/Super Mario Collection/Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario World bundle pack, but with the Cruis'N' games, and, hopefully, with the permission of the proper parties, to have the additional The Fast and the Furious, as well as The Fast and the Furious: Super Bikes, games ported to the Switch in this collection, as well as to also add bonus games, such as Excitebike 64, Excite Truck, and the entire Excitebike series, including the FDS/Japanese games, into the collection as well.
loved this in the arcades and so many memories of the 64 port. i remember listening to the actual radio someone hooked up to the side. it was so weird but cool at the same time. taught me how to drive when i was a kid.
Found this channel because I was raised a feral child in arcades, and I was fascinated to know everything about mad dog McCree. Not only did Patman deliver, but it is so amazing that he has covered every arcade classic! There's not a game in the arcades from the 80s and 90s that I didn't at least try once, so I love learning the backstory and history behind all of them! Just know that we love and appreciate you Patman!
Sorry to double comment but I've watched a couple of your videos now and i really appreciate that you take the time to show a sample of everything in the games. Most videos would just list the tracks and move on.
Thanks. It's a lot of work and unfortunately I'm not able to capture everything because no matter how many times I replay a game certain elements are just random. I appreciate you noticing. Thanks
Can't believe I've fallen so far behind. Well, just more Patman videos for me to watch on such a fun channel. The setup kinda reminded me of the classic Chase HQ game. Was never too good at this one though, but was definitely fun. Narc I was able to finally beat though in more recent years. I remember Raw Thrills. They did Target: Terror, which was fun. They promised a sequel which never came out.
Hours of playing Outrun in the car-shaped cabinet at the local arcade is probably why I'm still drawn to the genre (e.g. Slipstream and 80's Overdrive on the Switch). It's a shame I never got to play Cruis'n USA back then.
I remember my cousin from Canada came to visit me in the UK and we were playing this at the arcade in the bowling alley and he showed me how to unlock the school bus and cop car. I didn't even know there were cheats for arcade machinces. It was epic.
I remember discovering the alternate vehicles by accident by randomly pressing buttons on the selection screen. I was so stoked. Also, figuring out how to do flips over those jumps was another shocker, and always something people loved to see. So many people had no idea you could even do that. I miss the days when you could gather a crowd playing arcade games.
I got your golden shower joke there, good one. When it comes to the cruisin games i hated them with a passion and i love driving/racing games. Well Patman you did it again my freind, another awesome documentory.Thankyou again.
yeah, I didn't believe it till I tried it and once I confirmed that you crashed less from hits, that became my favorite vehicle. Also, If you look closely you may see someone scared in the emergency exit.
I grew up in a rural area. The only arcade we had was at the county fair one week of the year. I vividly remember standing in the crowd of people surrounding the Cruisin USA machine, quarters in my hand waiting for my turn. What an epic game!
I didnt know he was behind Raw Thrills. Ive seen their games at the arcade, but didnt know much about them. They all have a very retro feel despite being relatively new games.
Huh there is a fourth hidden car at least on the link cabinets. Had to hold the top and bottom view buttons(or all three it’s been decades...) swing the wheel left, swing the wheel right then double tap the gas and select the italia P69 and as it exits the garage it is the same car but green with white stripe.
Cruis'n USA was a cool game I remember my cousins owning a restaurant in the neighborhood back in 95' and they had 7 arcade cabinets in the store. They said they had room for one more and I vouched for this one, so they bought it and it was a hit with customers especially with me because they only let me play free during closing time on Thursday and Saturday nights. Those were the days! 😁
How sweet is that. Never knew anybody to give me free credits (aside from begging my parents for quarters that is) on a machine so that would have been quite the treat
One of my favorite games growing up. At my local chuck e cheeses is where i first played the sit down cabinet. I was proba like 5 tho. Then for the first time I played the standing cabinet at an arcade museum last year. Deff liked the sit down one better. And i still play the n64 version. Such great games! Would like to see a doc on the cruisin world game. I also played that one alot as well. Arcade and n64! Love the documentary’s! Keep em coming my dude!
Nostalgia. I grew up in the middle of nowhere by a lake. A few miles around the lake there was a resort that had a small game room that had this. In the winter we would go swim in their indoor pool and play in the arcade. 🥰
I can recall going to campgrounds as wellAnd they would always have a few arcade games. I used to play Mat mania And some old light gun game which I don't recall the title of
Awesome video as always. I adore Cruisn' USA and its sequels. Its such a shame that most aren't playable in MAME still... as the N64 ports whilst ok (especially when upscaled) don't play the same. I was really hopeful Eugene would release a Cruisn' series compilation on the Switch... but at least we got Blast. One thing to note is Cruisn' also came out on the Wii which was basically Fast & Furious arcade game with a name swap. The Wii struggled to run it though. I am so desperate to play this again in the arcade... Arcade Club in the UK had a stand up once when I went years ago there... but it got replaced... Each time I go in the queue at Arcade Club they have a Cruisn Exotica not working which rubs it in to me as I never got to play it in the arcades only on the N64. I do adore Raw Thrill games and really wish they released their games in the home... So many from their Super Cars, Super Bikes, Dirty Drivin' etc are pure heaven and more people need to play it. I was really hoping this would happen after Cruisn' Blast got released... but I guess sales weren't great.
The first two games are playable in Mame emulator but exotica still has issues. He does want to release a trilogy on the switch so we'll see. Thanks for the info on the Nintendo Wii version I should've mentioned that.
Im 42 and have never seen the full motion Afterburner type cabinet in my life until this video. We had the seated deluxes but I had no idea that lil car existed.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Yup, I wanted to hop in and play but my SO and I said to the kids that we came to skate not game. It took way more will power than I wanted to admit lol.
We must not forget that before Cruis'n Blast, there was a version of Cruis'n for the Nintendo Wii, simply called Cruis'n, XD, however, this game was a port of the official game of the fast and furious for arcade by raw thrills, which was quite a Cruis'n game but without the name, and on the Wii, without the license of The fast and furious.
Is EugenecJarvis the severed head in the N64 version that says "I love this job!" on the conveyer bent that goes by if you scroll to thevleftvaftef entering your initials on the license plate? That was how you unlocked the flashing lights for the cop car and bus.
No, that's one of the developers from the Nintendo 64 version. He didn't have anything to do with that except for overseeing it from what I've gathered
Blast is amazing. The silly unlockables are more than worth the price of admission, especially when you can easily find the game on sale. Great throw back to when you bought a game with earnable content instead of paid dlc.
I also recall "Midtown Madness" and "Streets of SimCity" along with "SimCopter" The one I always hoped for a sequel was SimCopter...it was so far ahead of its time, you could build your city in SimCity2000 then fly it in SimCopter. That was just too awesome at the time!
Didn't play a whole lot of Sim copter. I loved Midtown madness as I am a couple hours away from Chicago and was familiar with the layout of the city. Very cool
i throughly enjoyed this video. i loved Crus'n USA on my N64 so much. I think that and Star Fox were my go to games i could just pick up and beat in a session every time. Great balanced games. the music in USA is SO GOOD! even though the arcade version is higher fidelity audio i am partial to the N64 versions of the songs just out of nostalgia. N64 hooked up to my VCR which had a BASS BOOST button was *chef kiss*
1. The arcade machines have special inputs for the secret vehicles, you can play as a semi and other things as well. 2. You can PIT the cars and basically cheat to win.
Ha, those selectable songs for Outrun were something else. ;) Outrun, I wish had continues but a classic arcade game. Hard Drivin' was cool, but very tough at first. Crusin' USA was a fun game and a little easier for me than Outrun. Thanks for the great reviews and console versions, Patman!
I went to a local Geeks Mania Arcade place in town that had all the old arcade racing games, including 2 Cruis'n USA cabinets.. MAN I forgot how small the steering wheels are on that cabinet! Easily the smallest steering wheel (must've been made for children only) of any arcade racing cabinet I have seen. They had San Francisco Rush as well but one of the cabinets was in rough shape and barely worked. So they do have head-to-head action at the Geeks Mania Arcade in town, but the machines are kind of worn down (and a lot of the arcade cabinet's have either very bad CRT's or LCD screens with bad scaling and wrong aspect ratios, etc. Not on the racing machines but on most other arcade games), but it was cool seeing two Cruis'n USA cabinets for head to head gameplay.
Honestly it's been a long time since I played an actual cabinet so I couldn't tell you about the size of the wheel. That sounds really cool, where is that at
Oh yes, it is a local place near our Dave & Busters here in Madison, Wisconsin. It is about $15 a day per person (was $12 a few years ago), but if you bring kids or family under 15 you get a family rate of $10 a day, so we took a Saturday and went for 3-4 hours in the morning, then came back for more fun 9pm-midnight, pool tables, ski ball, air hockey, a huge 8 person dual projector X-Men Arcade machine, The Simpsons and TMNT Arcades, all the fun ones. The Cruis'N USA machines are in the racing machine area (lots of oldschool ones you probably remember), and when I sat down to play it I thought "Man, I haven't played this game in Arcades since I was a kid, and I mostly played it on the N64 with my friend, but this steering wheel is TINY in comparison to other racing games!" Now when I was a kid the steering wheel felt normal, so maybe that's why they did it, but now that I'm an adult and have driven a car and school bus and all kinds of stuff it seems like a tiny baby toy. The force feedback was still pretty good, but the game does get old quick when you don't have someone to race with (my wifes boys didn't want to play some of the games I did haha), and the A.I. in Cruis'N must've been set to hard because I could not beat anyone to save my life. I do have some crazy nostalgia for Cruis'N USA though, I really loved that game as a kid and played it A TON on the N64 with my friend at that time. That and Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey are what I remember most. Still a great game, it is a bit simplistic but I always like games that had traffic to dodge and stuff to run over.@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Sounds like a great place. I was in Milwaukee a few years ago for the Midwest gaming classic which was pretty cool. I've also been at galloping ghost once which was unreal@@casedistorted
I can't remember if this easter egg was in the Rush or one of these Cruis'n N64 games but when you went to enter your initials and tilted the analog stick left for a few minuets you hear a voice saying something and the developer's head appeared on the conveyor belt.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries finished watching it would be great to see more in-depth coverage of the other Cruis N games. The only 2 I never played was Cruis N Blast and Cruis N on the Wii. I recently found a Cruis N game on the GBC too.
The crummy thing about Outrun was also losing 5-7 seconds anytime you crashed. Do it more than once and you might as well restart the map. Was happy when I first played Crusin’ USA and found that this was not an issue
Yes, it was a nice addition
0:03 @@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , I wonder if you covered The Fast and the Furious arcade and console racing games in your video as well? I think that one of them was horribly redone as the Wii title of Cruis'N', which was a low point for the franchise.
That’s what the Chicago outfit does for ya
I bet you _really_ hated Ferrari F355 Challenge. Sega was always more punishing in their racing games which are more fitting for home consoles where you can practice instead of the arcade where it's eating quarters quickly.
You missed the entire point of arcade games you dingus. They're meant to be punishing so you can pump more quarters in so the operator can keep their doors open
The Cruis'n series is definitely some of my favorite Arcade racing titles. Every time I go to the Arcade, movie theater, or pizza joint, and I see a Cruis'n game there, it was definitely my go-to Arcade game I would play. I remember back in 2017, I tried Cruis'n Blast at Dave & Buster's, and it was a lot of fun. Of course it got released on the Nintendo Switch and it is STILL a blast to play albeit no online multiplayer modes.
Yeah it stinks they never released that online multiplayer update.
I agree, still a lot of fun to play
Eugene Jarvis is a true arcade gaming legend. He also worked with Housemarque on Nex Machina. His newest team did Crusin Blast too, which is really fun.
And yet my favorite of his will always be Gorgar pinball.
He also started raw thrills as well.
This game is still being made today.
Wasn't this the game in which you
Could drive through a place?
But why does Housemarque pretend that Transworld Snowboarding never existed?
I never made the connection but Cruisin USA was really a 3d outrun without the branching paths
Pretty much
Midtown Madness & Midnight Club 1 very similar
I loved Midtown madness on the PC.@@eddy5388
More like Pole Position
I used to pay that arcade some attention back in the days when arcade rooms in malls were still around. I kind of miss those days at times
So do I
I just want to say you are one the few arcade video gaming documentary channels that I actually stop and take the time to watch. You actually go into deep detail about the development of these games.
(Unlike so many other channels that just rush 10 minute video to get max TH-cam advertisement money. And barely go into details of the history of making the game).
While I appreciate that, I tried to put in as much detail I can without boring the viewer. Thanks a lot
Dammit Patman.
I'm not one to often laugh out loud, but you had me doing just that 30 seconds into this video.
lol, thanks :-)
Damn, I've never seen the deluxe full motion cabinet. Loved Cruis'n The World with 5 arcade cars connected to one game.
Cruzin USA was the first game I got with my N64 that Christmas.
Oh wow I have never seen a full motion cabinet of Cruis'N either, that must be very rare.
I was coming to type this. Before the documentary mentioned the full motion version I thought that it was just a prototype.
Also now that I think about it I don't know if I ever seen a stand up cabinet either.
I have never seen it either
They were crazy. I want to say my arcade charged $2 a play on it.
I played this racer in the arcade and I loved it. I was thankful that I was able to enjoy this experience on my Nintendo 64 and it was very exciting buying this on day 1
I liked it back in the day as well
I'm really salty when I remember this game, because my father asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said this game, but a sellsman was like "if your son likes that, buy "San Francisco Rush 2049"!!" This is the second time I was let down by my father, because "San Francisco Rush 2049" and "Cruisin' USA" aren't AT ALL the same experience!! It sucked!! 🤬🤬
Pat, I’ve been binging your videos for the past few days and thoroughly enjoying all of them. Thank you for all the effort and dedication you put into these! The Cruisin’ games are a fondly remembered part of my childhood. The local pizza place in my tiny hometown had the stand up version and it was one I always played when my parents took me. When USA came out on the N64 I scrounged up from my jobs delivering papers and mowing lawns to get it. I spent SO many hours playing it! I’d love to see more videos on the various sequels and other Eugene Jarvis games on this channel!
This was an awesome walk down memory lane. Thank you for putting this together
Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks a ton
LOVE this series. So fun and underrated
I agree
Just stumbled across this. YES! Definitely do the deep dive on the rest of the series!
Thank you
Well done! I love this series. It was fun arcade racing games like this that made me a retro gamer and track down a N64. I have all the Cruis'n games on the N64 and I can tell you the N64 Race Wheel really imposes the twitchy game controls. I also have Cruis'n for the Wii as well as Crus'n Blast on the Switch. In a sea of hyper realistic racers, these Cruis'n games are a breath of fresh air with their focus on fun arcade style racing.
I agree, that's all I want with my arcade racers just pick up and play
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Yep.
This game deserves a remaster! Please tell me the saved the original assets!😊
LOL good call
Honestly, what the game needs is to have the Wii title of Cruis'N' to totally be redone, as well as to make an equivalent to the Super Mario All-Stars/Super Mario Collection/Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario World bundle pack, but with the Cruis'N' games, and, hopefully, with the permission of the proper parties, to have the additional The Fast and the Furious, as well as The Fast and the Furious: Super Bikes, games ported to the Switch in this collection, as well as to also add bonus games, such as Excitebike 64, Excite Truck, and the entire Excitebike series, including the FDS/Japanese games, into the collection as well.
Great to see somebody else from Quebec having success on this platform, great job buddy!
Much appreciated!Thanks a lot
Would love to see a "Cruis'n Arcade Trilogy" remaster in the future.
I agree, Eugene said that he has been trying to get that done
loved this in the arcades and so many memories of the 64 port. i remember listening to the actual radio someone hooked up to the side. it was so weird but cool at the same time. taught me how to drive when i was a kid.
That is very cool
Found this channel because I was raised a feral child in arcades, and I was fascinated to know everything about mad dog McCree. Not only did Patman deliver, but it is so amazing that he has covered every arcade classic! There's not a game in the arcades from the 80s and 90s that I didn't at least try once, so I love learning the backstory and history behind all of them! Just know that we love and appreciate you Patman!
Thanks a lot. Glad you enjoyed my content. Cheers my friend
Sorry to double comment but I've watched a couple of your videos now and i really appreciate that you take the time to show a sample of everything in the games. Most videos would just list the tracks and move on.
Thanks. It's a lot of work and unfortunately I'm not able to capture everything because no matter how many times I replay a game certain elements are just random. I appreciate you noticing. Thanks
Can't believe I've fallen so far behind. Well, just more Patman videos for me to watch on such a fun channel. The setup kinda reminded me of the classic Chase HQ game. Was never too good at this one though, but was definitely fun. Narc I was able to finally beat though in more recent years. I remember Raw Thrills. They did Target: Terror, which was fun. They promised a sequel which never came out.
Hours of playing Outrun in the car-shaped cabinet at the local arcade is probably why I'm still drawn to the genre (e.g. Slipstream and 80's Overdrive on the Switch). It's a shame I never got to play Cruis'n USA back then.
It's still around especially in retro arcades
Cruise Usa was a part of my childhood. Great game. Please do a deep dive in the sequels.
Thanks
Please do a deep dive with all the ones in the series. Awesome video.
Thanks a lot
I remember my cousin from Canada came to visit me in the UK and we were playing this at the arcade in the bowling alley and he showed me how to unlock the school bus and cop car. I didn't even know there were cheats for arcade machinces. It was epic.
It was cool when you discover those things
I remember discovering the alternate vehicles by accident by randomly pressing buttons on the selection screen. I was so stoked. Also, figuring out how to do flips over those jumps was another shocker, and always something people loved to see. So many people had no idea you could even do that. I miss the days when you could gather a crowd playing arcade games.
Love your videos. I just found your channel and I've started bing watching all your cool arcade docs. Gonna sub, thanks and keep up the awesome vids!
Thank you very much, Welcome aboard and hope you enjoyed the content
Cruis’n World is my favorite on the N64 when I played and borrowed it from my cousin!!!
The conversion turned out pretty good as well
I got your golden shower joke there, good one. When it comes to the cruisin games i hated them with a passion and i love driving/racing games. Well Patman you did it again my freind, another awesome documentory.Thankyou again.
Thanks a lot :-)
29:01 A wild Todd appears! Awesome video, I love the Cruis'n series.
Happy New Year with a Happy Little Game. Awesome!
Happy new year! VThanks so much
I always loved using the school bus for the race. It always was great having the extra mass when you hit other cars
Honestly II never thought of that
yeah, I didn't believe it till I tried it and once I confirmed that you crashed less from hits, that became my favorite vehicle. Also, If you look closely you may see someone scared in the emergency exit.
I grew up in a rural area. The only arcade we had was at the county fair one week of the year. I vividly remember standing in the crowd of people surrounding the Cruisin USA machine, quarters in my hand waiting for my turn. What an epic game!
New year fresh new patman.🎉
Thanks buddy
I didnt know he was behind Raw Thrills. Ive seen their games at the arcade, but didnt know much about them. They all have a very retro feel despite being relatively new games.
Absolutely, and there are a lot of fun as well
Magical Golden Showers. An R.Kelly reference?!
I heard that too and was like, wtf…
Magical sound shower. Wonder if the “mistake” was intentional lol
Now that's a remix waiting to happen ...
Oops, a Freudian slip! 😂😂😂
I thought I was tripping when I heard that lol
Huh there is a fourth hidden car at least on the link cabinets. Had to hold the top and bottom view buttons(or all three it’s been decades...) swing the wheel left, swing the wheel right then double tap the gas and select the italia P69 and as it exits the garage it is the same car but green with white stripe.
I wasn't aware of that, thanks
We have to celebrate their anniversary, it's been 30 years!
Eugene Jarvis is the Game God
Keep em comin' Patman!! Excited for this one!
Thanks buddy
Another great video! I only really ever played the first one, I didn't know much about this series.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks a ton
Awesome work and in depth quality documentary as always! This is the episode me and Cruis'n fans have been waiting for.😎🚗🏎
Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed it
Heck yeah! Do a deep dive on the Cruisin games!
Thanks
Cruisin Blast is a blast !!! It’s the best !! The original pales in comparison !!
Cruis'n USA was one of the games that I rented the most for the N64. Great video!
Cool, thanks!
Cruis'n USA was a cool game I remember my cousins owning a restaurant in the neighborhood back in 95' and they had 7 arcade cabinets in the store. They said they had room for one more and I vouched for this one, so they bought it and it was a hit with customers especially with me because they only let me play free during closing time on Thursday and Saturday nights. Those were the days! 😁
How sweet is that. Never knew anybody to give me free credits (aside from begging my parents for quarters that is) on a machine so that would have been quite the treat
Always bringing Goodyear memories from the past. I loved play this games in arcades
Thanks, so did I
One of my favorite games growing up. At my local chuck e cheeses is where i first played the sit down cabinet. I was proba like 5 tho. Then for the first time I played the standing cabinet at an arcade museum last year. Deff liked the sit down one better. And i still play the n64 version. Such great games! Would like to see a doc on the cruisin world game. I also played that one alot as well. Arcade and n64! Love the documentary’s! Keep em coming my dude!
Definitely prefer the sitdown version as well. Thanks a lot
keep up the good work bro!!! i enjoy your videos
I appreciate it!Thanks
The double tap on the throttle would also allow you to jump other cars and go on 2 wheels for turns.
Excellent info
And do flips when going over jumps. Not sure if I missed that part in the video, but can't recall seeing it.
I remember playing this at a few different places back in the day ! The bowling alley had it ! And I even think pizza hut in colona had it
Holy crap, I was reading that without noticing who it was from
Nostalgia. I grew up in the middle of nowhere by a lake. A few miles around the lake there was a resort that had a small game room that had this. In the winter we would go swim in their indoor pool and play in the arcade. 🥰
I can recall going to campgrounds as wellAnd they would always have a few arcade games. I used to play Mat mania And some old light gun game which I don't recall the title of
Awesome video, well done and interesting!
Excellent
Wow Patrick I remember playing this at the bowling alley so much memorable times buddy ! Let's go bowling soon
Thanks Eddie, let's go
Wanted this so bad when n64 was just released
What’s with the bad audio with Cruisin Exotica ??
This brought back memories, Thanks
"Check Point"
Thanks for watching
Thanks for making these great videos
Glad you like them!
Awesome video as always. I adore Cruisn' USA and its sequels. Its such a shame that most aren't playable in MAME still... as the N64 ports whilst ok (especially when upscaled) don't play the same. I was really hopeful Eugene would release a Cruisn' series compilation on the Switch... but at least we got Blast. One thing to note is Cruisn' also came out on the Wii which was basically Fast & Furious arcade game with a name swap. The Wii struggled to run it though.
I am so desperate to play this again in the arcade... Arcade Club in the UK had a stand up once when I went years ago there... but it got replaced... Each time I go in the queue at Arcade Club they have a Cruisn Exotica not working which rubs it in to me as I never got to play it in the arcades only on the N64.
I do adore Raw Thrill games and really wish they released their games in the home... So many from their Super Cars, Super Bikes, Dirty Drivin' etc are pure heaven and more people need to play it. I was really hoping this would happen after Cruisn' Blast got released... but I guess sales weren't great.
The first two games are playable in Mame emulator but exotica still has issues. He does want to release a trilogy on the switch so we'll see. Thanks for the info on the Nintendo Wii version I should've mentioned that.
Another fine video sir. Thank you.
So nice of you, Thanks
love the cop cars plate "OINK" LOL
LOL
Im 42 and have never seen the full motion Afterburner type cabinet in my life until this video. We had the seated deluxes but I had no idea that lil car existed.
I never have either
Pocahontas, Illinois had one of these. Neat little bar/grill on the FlatLands. 14yr old me loved it.
Excellent, I have never heard of that Town
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries it's where country music Star Gretchen Wilson is from, if that helps.
Another great trip down memory lane
Thanks so much!
We have the dual sit-down cabinet at our local skating arena! Definitely brings back some good memories.
That is awesome, one of the games that I would always have to play
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Yup, I wanted to hop in and play but my SO and I said to the kids that we came to skate not game. It took way more will power than I wanted to admit lol.
So cool Patrick ! I remember playing this at Happy Joes in muscatine many years ago 😂
Thanks Shelley, I can recall happy Joe's always having really cool games especially in the early 80s
Nice choice. What an iconic series
I couldn't agree more
We must not forget that before Cruis'n Blast, there was a version of Cruis'n for the Nintendo Wii, simply called Cruis'n, XD, however, this game was a port of the official game of the fast and furious for arcade by raw thrills, which was quite a Cruis'n game but without the name, and on the Wii, without the license of The fast and furious.
I'm still debating rather California speed game counts as a cruisin series
At 25:44, all the gfx are messes up...what's up with that?
As I said in the video, it's not emulated profitably in Mame
Let's Go Been Praying for you Brother stay strong 💪
Cruis'n USA is still my favorite Cruis'n game. I'm glad it received such an amazing port for the N64!
Yes, it's not bad
oh man, even the saturday morning cartoon music...you got me on every point with this one. First arcade I actually beat.
Thanks a ton, congrats
Right on. No biggie. I enjoyed the video. Thanks man!
Thanks for watching
Hopefully someday we'll see a Cruis'n collection on the Nintendo Switch with the arcade and N64 versions of USA, World, and Exotica.
Hopefully
WHy does the game simulate getting data from a satellite when u boot the game up?
I think it used to transmit Usage data back to A server somewhere
Is EugenecJarvis the severed head in the N64 version that says "I love this job!" on the conveyer bent that goes by if you scroll to thevleftvaftef entering your initials on the license plate? That was how you unlocked the flashing lights for the cop car and bus.
No, that's one of the developers from the Nintendo 64 version. He didn't have anything to do with that except for overseeing it from what I've gathered
That one song in Outrun is actually called "Magical Sound Shower". 😅
I heard "Magical Golden Shower" and thought, I don't think that's the proper title. LOL.
You sure about that? ;-)
Mr. Jarvis is absolutely a class act. Thats one hero you definitely wanna meet.
Extremely nice guy
Nah have a foster brother like him, that’s enough.
Man, I always remember the night I took home my N64 with Cruis'n USA and Blast Corps and playing all night with my dad.
That's fantastic, thank you for sharing
I loved Cruisin' USA. One of my favorites at the arcade.
It's a ton of fun
Dude you just made me download the rom and beat this game on my PC. Good for you..
Hah, glad I could help :-)
Blast is amazing. The silly unlockables are more than worth the price of admission, especially when you can easily find the game on sale. Great throw back to when you bought a game with earnable content instead of paid dlc.
Yes, it's really good. Would love a trilogy on the switch
My go-to was always holding that button for the 2nd car list and choosing the Jeep Wrangler, that sucker was nimble
Absolutely, I always preferred the cop car
I also recall "Midtown Madness" and "Streets of SimCity" along with "SimCopter" The one I always hoped for a sequel was SimCopter...it was so far ahead of its time, you could build your city in SimCity2000 then fly it in SimCopter. That was just too awesome at the time!
Didn't play a whole lot of Sim copter. I loved Midtown madness as I am a couple hours away from Chicago and was familiar with the layout of the city. Very cool
Cruisin' USA was a fun rental back in the day. A friend ended up giving me his copy of it after Cruisin' World came out for N64.
Excellent, what a good friend
i throughly enjoyed this video. i loved Crus'n USA on my N64 so much. I think that and Star Fox were my go to games i could just pick up and beat in a session every time. Great balanced games. the music in USA is SO GOOD! even though the arcade version is higher fidelity audio i am partial to the N64 versions of the songs just out of nostalgia. N64 hooked up to my VCR which had a BASS BOOST button was *chef kiss*
Oh very nice. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks
The song from Outrun was “Magical Sound Shower”, fyi. “Magical Golden Shower” is something completely different. From what I’ve been told, of course.
That was my attempted humor
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries haha! I like it. Keep up the good work:)
Still have my original N64 copies of Cruis'n USA and Cruis'n World.
I enjoyed them back in the day
1. The arcade machines have special inputs for the secret vehicles, you can play as a semi and other things as well.
2. You can PIT the cars and basically cheat to win.
I had no idea about the semi trucks
7:58 please use this clip before all sponsored announcements in the future hahah
I typically do
I remember I loved playing this game when I was a kid. I used to love playing it after school. 😎👍💯
Fantastic
“After these messages we’ll be right back” haven’t seen that in like 25 years! Takes me back to watching Saturday morning cartoons
Thanks buddy, glad I could scratch that nostalgic edge
You should watch nostalgia critic commercials.
Ha, those selectable songs for Outrun were something else. ;) Outrun, I wish had continues but a classic arcade game. Hard Drivin' was cool, but very tough at first. Crusin' USA was a fun game and a little easier for me than Outrun. Thanks for the great reviews and console versions, Patman!
Absolutely, thanks a lot my friend
I loved the Cruis’n games. I also played Raw Thrills’ TMNT game. Me and a friend of mine have played that to completion a few times.
Excellent
I went to a local Geeks Mania Arcade place in town that had all the old arcade racing games, including 2 Cruis'n USA cabinets.. MAN I forgot how small the steering wheels are on that cabinet!
Easily the smallest steering wheel (must've been made for children only) of any arcade racing cabinet I have seen. They had San Francisco Rush as well but one of the cabinets was in rough shape and barely worked.
So they do have head-to-head action at the Geeks Mania Arcade in town, but the machines are kind of worn down (and a lot of the arcade cabinet's have either very bad CRT's or LCD screens with bad scaling and wrong aspect ratios, etc. Not on the racing machines but on most other arcade games), but it was cool seeing two Cruis'n USA cabinets for head to head gameplay.
Honestly it's been a long time since I played an actual cabinet so I couldn't tell you about the size of the wheel. That sounds really cool, where is that at
Oh yes, it is a local place near our Dave & Busters here in Madison, Wisconsin. It is about $15 a day per person (was $12 a few years ago), but if you bring kids or family under 15 you get a family rate of $10 a day, so we took a Saturday and went for 3-4 hours in the morning, then came back for more fun 9pm-midnight, pool tables, ski ball, air hockey, a huge 8 person dual projector X-Men Arcade machine, The Simpsons and TMNT Arcades, all the fun ones.
The Cruis'N USA machines are in the racing machine area (lots of oldschool ones you probably remember), and when I sat down to play it I thought "Man, I haven't played this game in Arcades since I was a kid, and I mostly played it on the N64 with my friend, but this steering wheel is TINY in comparison to other racing games!"
Now when I was a kid the steering wheel felt normal, so maybe that's why they did it, but now that I'm an adult and have driven a car and school bus and all kinds of stuff it seems like a tiny baby toy. The force feedback was still pretty good, but the game does get old quick when you don't have someone to race with (my wifes boys didn't want to play some of the games I did haha), and the A.I. in Cruis'N must've been set to hard because I could not beat anyone to save my life.
I do have some crazy nostalgia for Cruis'N USA though, I really loved that game as a kid and played it A TON on the N64 with my friend at that time. That and Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey are what I remember most.
Still a great game, it is a bit simplistic but I always like games that had traffic to dodge and stuff to run over.@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Sounds like a great place. I was in Milwaukee a few years ago for the Midwest gaming classic which was pretty cool. I've also been at galloping ghost once which was unreal@@casedistorted
I can't remember if this easter egg was in the Rush or one of these Cruis'n N64 games but when you went to enter your initials and tilted the analog stick left for a few minuets you hear a voice saying something and the developer's head appeared on the conveyor belt.
It was in the original game for the Nintendo 64
Always a must at the local arcade
I couldn't agree more
Okay, about the third song in Outrun, it's called "Magical Sound Shower". Not "Magical Golden Shower". That's just gross.
Yes that was just my attempt at humor
Omg I love this series!
It's a definite classic
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries finished watching it would be great to see more in-depth coverage of the other Cruis N games.
The only 2 I never played was Cruis N Blast and Cruis N on the Wii. I recently found a Cruis N game on the GBC too.
Okay thanks@@rosse119
I only played Cruisin World but the first game sounds fun. Thank you for your coverage.
Absolutely, thanks for watching