History of Racing Games

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  • Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
  • The History of Racing Games!
    Welcome to part 1 of my 2 part series covering the history of racing video games.
    Titles covered in this video:
    1973- Space Race - Atari
    1973- Astro Race - Taito
    1974- Speed Race - Taito
    1975- Wheels - Midway
    1974- Gran Trak 10 - Atari
    1976- Crashing Race - Taito
    1976- Road Race - Sega
    1976- Moto Cross - Sega
    1976- Man T.T - Sega
    1976- Fonz - Sega
    1976- Night Driver - Atari
    1977- Night Racer - Micronetics
    1977- Twin Course T.T - Sega
    1978- Road Champion - Taito
    1979- Head On - Sega / Gremlin
    1979- Monaco GP -Sega
    1979- The Driver - Kasco
    1980- Rally X - Namco
    1981- Turbo -Sega
    1982- Pole Position - Namco
    1983- Pole Position 2 - Namco
    1983- TX1 - Tatsumi
    1983- Change Lanes -Taito
    1983- Turnin Turbo Dashboard- Tomy
    1984- GP WORLD - Sega
    1984- Laser Grand Prix - Taito
    1984- Top Gear - Universal
    1984- Cosmos Circuit - Taito
    1984- Kick Start - Taito
    1984- Buggy Challenge - Taito
    1984- Excitebike - Nintendo
    1984- Jumping Cross - SNK
    1984- Mad Crasher - SNK
    1984- Seicross - Nichibutsu
    1984- Road Fighter - Konami
    1984- The Battle-Road - Irem
    1984- Plazma Line - Technosoft
    1984- REVS - Geoff Crammond
    1985- HANG ON - Sega
    1986- Turbo Esprit - Durell
    1986- Out Run - Sega
    1986- WEC Le Mans - Konami
    1987- Final Lap - Namco
    1987- Rad Racer - Square
    1987- Roadblasters - Atari
    1987- Test Drive - ACCOLADE
    1988- Chase HQ - Taito
    1988- Paris Dakar Rally Special - CBS Sony
    1988- Winning Run Namco -
    1989- Hard Drivin - Atari
    1989- Idianapolous 500 - Papyrus Design Group
    1989- Super Monacoo GP - Sega
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 103

  • @simracersnl3798
    @simracersnl3798 7 років тому +1

    Nice Video!!! The best on this subject there is on youtube ! I would love to see part 2. I hope you'll find time to finish it someday.

  • @vogliounacocacola
    @vogliounacocacola 7 років тому +1

    Wow, I actually played some of them when I was a kid. You made me feel old. :D
    Looking forward to the 90's part. Great stuff.

  • @dnmoscato92
    @dnmoscato92 5 років тому

    Awesome video. Thanks for the awesome visuals too!!

  • @kylewhite2985
    @kylewhite2985 8 років тому +7

    Wow dude, just wow! You kicked some big "gaming history" channels ass quite nicely here! The amount of research and footage is truly amazing, subbed without a doubt and waiting for more great content, specially the rise of the modern racing sims! I can still remember my mind blown as a child the first time i played Hang On, my body weight almost wasnt enough to bank the bike to the sides, lol but that impression never left my mind and is a big reason why im a racing simmer today, my first Tommy Racing and when my dad bought Super Monaco GP which we spent days in front of the TV contributed too. Cheers dude, cheers!

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  8 років тому +4

      +Caio Branco Thanks dude! Funnily enough after I finished this video I decided to play through Super Monaco GP! I think I spent HUNDREDS of hours playing it as a kid!

    • @happycoolhayden8767
      @happycoolhayden8767 Рік тому

      ​@@LetsTestDrive What about the Racing 112?

  • @eljulogaming7515
    @eljulogaming7515 5 років тому

    Great work dude. Really enjoyed it. I love outrun, chase hq (I just replayed yesterday) and daytona usa for the classics. I think this games still be enjoyable even in the next 20 years!

  • @TheoPhilpot
    @TheoPhilpot 8 років тому

    Another AMAZING video! Keep up the awesome work!

  • @RTRGT6
    @RTRGT6 8 років тому +1

    Great job Rob!! Brings back memories. I'm old enough to remember some of the 70's arcade racers tho' I wasn't old enough to play them. Revs on the BBC Model B was my first racing sim back in the mid-80's and I loved anything by Geoff Crammond. I was a big F1 fan in the 80's/90's and played Microprose Grand Prix on the Amiga to death (with a joystick!!) in the early 90's at Uni.. Looking forward to Part 2. Suggestion for a future vid: Geoff Crammond Special :-)

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  8 років тому

      +RTR - Banger Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it! I really need to play REVS and some of these other classics. Think it's time to try some emulators!

  • @mvagusta
    @mvagusta 6 років тому +5

    Great video, where's part 2?

  • @chasebrewer1387
    @chasebrewer1387 8 років тому

    Good job! Hope to see more amazing content in the future!!

  • @pez334
    @pez334 3 роки тому +1

    I would like to point out a couple of games from the 70s that I think were overlooked like Le Mans, or F1, superbug and fire truck other then that great video!

  • @bryanhudgens4350
    @bryanhudgens4350 7 років тому

    Great recap - a lot of games I didn't even know existed.

  • @THIAG0UVEA
    @THIAG0UVEA 8 років тому +4

    OMG why don't you have more views? awesome video dude

  • @Shom909
    @Shom909 7 років тому

    Great vid bought back some great memories 😎

  • @jakesaddo
    @jakesaddo 7 років тому

    Great video. all of these games on this list were before my time, the earliest racing game I played was SEGA Daytona, which would probably make an appearance in part 2

  • @stevensgoodallsg
    @stevensgoodallsg 3 роки тому

    Great vid

  • @nooch8692
    @nooch8692 7 років тому +2

    I remember playing Hard Drivin' at my cousins house has a kid. That game was seriously hard!

  • @AerialTheShamen
    @AerialTheShamen 7 років тому +1

    You forgot to mention the most important earliest 3D arcade car racing games, that is to say "Nürburgring" of 1975 by Rainer Foerst, and the first true 3D modelled vector game "Speed Freak" of 1979 by Vectorbeam (which used this technique even before Atari made "Battle Zone").

  • @ivandaems281
    @ivandaems281 8 років тому +1

    I remember Out Run being in so called "lunaparks" here in Belgium when I was a kid. Hell yes those graphics at the time rocked! I think it was also the first time I saw elevation difference i such games. It was so addictive. :)

  • @SunLevi
    @SunLevi 8 років тому

    Awesome video man!

  • @ze4133
    @ze4133 8 років тому

    Thank-you that was very interesting

  • @tommcdaniel6623
    @tommcdaniel6623 4 роки тому

    The sit-down arcade cabinet of "Turbo" was my favorite in the early 80s.

  • @lajuanjennings0025
    @lajuanjennings0025 8 років тому

    Alright I'm here dude I am a new subscriber keep it up.....

    • @lajuanjennings0025
      @lajuanjennings0025 8 років тому

      I played game's only for the 80's starting out then next thing you know moving up in the world

  • @mellegerda
    @mellegerda 6 років тому

    Speed Race (around 1977) was quite something. There was a digital score board for the best five on the left hand side of the machine. I always find it hard not to crash while driving on gravel (momentarily and real slippery)

  • @ryanware6044
    @ryanware6044 6 років тому +5

    WE NEED PART 2!!!!

  • @rubena3909
    @rubena3909 8 років тому

    omg you uploaded a video!!!

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  8 років тому

      +Rubens exotics Trying to decide what to make videos on is the hardest part :P

  • @BenJabituya
    @BenJabituya 6 років тому

    OutRun and Hang-On were what I grew up playing in Arcades and on my SEGA Master System. You forgot to mention "Enduro Racer".

  • @williamcrowe2576
    @williamcrowe2576 5 років тому

    Some of the games on this list are ones that I never got to experience in my childhood.

  • @ryanchenoweth5673
    @ryanchenoweth5673 7 років тому

    Where can I access the part two?
    Also where has your iRacing review gone?
    Great stuff man!

  • @Aurora2097
    @Aurora2097 4 роки тому

    I still am looking for one particular game... must be early 90ies or late 80ies and had spectecular fil like graphics... butbthe most iconic thing was: you actually had to fight against armed bikers and one of the bikers would attack you with an axe and the axe would remain stuck in your cars engine hood! Epic and totally mad max...

  • @525Lines
    @525Lines 7 років тому

    The Coleco Telstar Arcade (1978?) had a race game with a shift knob and steering wheel.

  • @Noone-of-your-Business
    @Noone-of-your-Business 4 роки тому

    3:05 - Considering the serious step backwards in graphics from The Fonz to Night Driver: How did the Fonz *_work??_* They must have been using analogue tricks for the smooth curving road. Also, the enemy sprites curve _with the road,_ so there is clearly some dirty improvisation going on here. Also, no MAME emulation for this one yet. Please go into more detail on this.

  • @xXRobbie98Xx
    @xXRobbie98Xx 8 років тому

    Played the shit out of hard drivin on the SNES. Is part 2 coming soon?

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  8 років тому

      I did start planning part 2, but this video doesn't seem to be getting many views as people probably aren't searching for "history of racing video games" and it's not being recommended by youtube so I will put it on hold for now. This video took a huge amount of time to create, and as fun as it was to make it may not be worth my time making part 2 if not many people get to watch it :(

  • @jasonmoyer
    @jasonmoyer 8 років тому +2

    The first racing arcade game I remember (and not mentioned in this video) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-1_(arcade_game)
    There's a video on YT showing the gameplay and also how the mechanical bits worked behind the screen.

    • @jasonmoyer
      @jasonmoyer 8 років тому +2

      Oh, and a note for Hard Drivin' - it's the first sim I can remember that attempted to simulate a real manual gearbox including a pedal for clutch disengagement and mis-shifts.

  • @Biomech011
    @Biomech011 6 років тому +2

    Damn..... That's My Super Monaco Deluxe @12:50 lol Nice.... (Approved)

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  6 років тому

      haha thanks! Your showcase video was great, and it was the best I could find on the super monaco cabinet!

  • @SiriusSam
    @SiriusSam 4 роки тому +1

    damn, .20 cents for video game, never seen that before

  • @TacticalCardboard
    @TacticalCardboard 7 років тому

    Pace Car Pro, the predecessor to iPacing. Who knew!?
    Also, RoadBlasters ftw.

  • @aces-ww8zl
    @aces-ww8zl 7 років тому +4

    OMG i had one of them Tomy turbo dashboards lol!!!!I think it was white though, i didnt play it much as it sucked batteries for fun!!!!!

    • @stevensamuel1968
      @stevensamuel1968 3 роки тому

      pro trick: you can watch series on flixzone. Been using them for watching a lot of movies these days.

    • @danielmathew6634
      @danielmathew6634 3 роки тому

      @Steven Samuel yup, I've been using flixzone for years myself :)

  • @horacesfamily4799
    @horacesfamily4799 3 роки тому

    Do you have part 2?

  • @bliglum
    @bliglum 6 років тому

    Great vid, love the thourough examination of the genre... But oh my god that horribly repetative royalty free crap in the background will haunt my gaming nightmares!

  • @sakuraharukamelody
    @sakuraharukamelody 2 роки тому

    Taito Grand Prix?, a hidden game that included a complex "Carrer mode"

  • @1m9lizzy
    @1m9lizzy 6 років тому +1

    What About New Rally X & Buggy Boy/Buggy Boy Jr ?

  • @pablocordova4680
    @pablocordova4680 Рік тому

    ¿Y el Super Speedy Race de Taito? Ese sí es un clásico

  • @TigerClawTV
    @TigerClawTV 7 років тому

    +1 subscriber

  • @DiePixelspieler
    @DiePixelspieler 8 років тому +10

    Pretty cool Video, but slow it down. The infos are very intresting but you going way too fast.

    • @kylehill3643
      @kylehill3643 5 років тому +1

      Finally someone with sense! I think he did it thru his phone. Phone only people tend to do things on speed and to them it's 'normal'.

  • @Nestalgba92023
    @Nestalgba92023 6 років тому

    Wait, where's Namco's F1 Race(1976)? Which had a honoured cameo in George A. Romero's Dawn Of The Dead.

  • @DNHarris
    @DNHarris 4 роки тому

    Where is part two, Chuck?

  • @PennPal573
    @PennPal573 6 років тому +1

    Where's part 2?

  • @Hyvelez
    @Hyvelez 7 років тому +1

    No Street Rod?????

  • @alfonso3967
    @alfonso3967 6 років тому

    Where is Taito´s Super Speed Race series?

  • @gunmatheretrogamer747j
    @gunmatheretrogamer747j 6 років тому

    not mentioning f1 spirit and a1 spirit on msx?

  • @hypersega777
    @hypersega777 4 роки тому

    I have a wind up Tommy space ship jumping game

  • @PopescuSorin
    @PopescuSorin 7 років тому

    where is part 2?

  • @AppleOno
    @AppleOno 5 років тому

    Very interesting little doc! I would edit it to mention a few important ones:
    * the various mechanical racing games from the late 50s through the late 60s
    * Sprint 8 by Atari!!! Very early color game (1976!), for 8(!) players. You can’t leave this out!
    * Pitstop II from Epyx, which came out in 1984 was the first(?) split screen competitive racing game
    * I didn’t see Spy Hunter mentioned - while not racing per se, it was a HUGE driving game hit
    Also, the docu is confused about what the first 3-D or first person racing game was. At one point it says Night Driver, then Turbo, but I think Fonz should get the honor - unless you count the mechanical Grand Prix by Sega from 1969, check it out!
    m.ua-cam.com/video/DQO5ALjBh_A/v-deo.html

  • @cuffs821
    @cuffs821 4 роки тому

    My Dad Had A Record Of A Old Car game In 10 Years.

  • @kylehill3643
    @kylehill3643 5 років тому +1

    You forgot part 2. Oops!

  • @Khosumi
    @Khosumi 5 років тому +1

    No mention of Daytona USA? :(

    • @kylehill3643
      @kylehill3643 5 років тому

      Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooling Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart! :) There happy? Where's part 2 did you ever find it?

  • @VaughnJogVlog
    @VaughnJogVlog 8 років тому +2

    No Spy Hunter?

    • @PCBSLC
      @PCBSLC 8 років тому +1

      It wasn't truly a racing game but I thought it deserved a nod of recognition. It was pretty innovative and definitely compelling!

    • @kylehill3643
      @kylehill3643 5 років тому

      @@PCBSLC No San Francisco Rush? California Speed?

  • @HazewinDog
    @HazewinDog 8 років тому +1

    aww too bad Stunts is from 1990 haha. that's the oldest game I enjoyed playing as a '93 kid

  • @JRude88
    @JRude88 8 років тому

    where's part two

  • @mistasno4880
    @mistasno4880 6 років тому

    Forgot daytona usa

  • @Jarod_Schultz
    @Jarod_Schultz 5 років тому

    It's funny how some of these racing games like "hang on" and "pole position" have road signs with Marlboro ads. 8:56 This would never happen by today's standards.

  • @josneira1827
    @josneira1827 3 роки тому

    kickstart was not a road racing bike game, it was a side scrolling motocross game based on a tv series, and spawned a sequel kickstart II, ua-cam.com/video/AP4yJDGHZBc/v-deo.html i should know i played them both.....some classics here for me were gran trak 10, , revs, and indianapolis 500.., kickstart even had the same theme music...ua-cam.com/video/zObFwxq8LB4/v-deo.html

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  3 роки тому

      "Kickstart" was a third person motorbike racing game released by Taito in 1984. You're referring to a series released after 1985 titled "Kikstart", which is a completely different game.

  • @brianglenn1838
    @brianglenn1838 3 роки тому

    the model at Fonz was a hot chick!

  • @falkerhard
    @falkerhard 5 років тому

    Good video but music does not evolve.

  • @griffo83X
    @griffo83X 8 років тому

    no enduro racer

  • @VirtualVernon
    @VirtualVernon 6 років тому

    Its not see-gah, its say-gah. Have you ever played Sonic 2? It says the proper title when you turn it on.

  • @bontengco3456
    @bontengco3456 4 роки тому

    Where's initial d

  • @mintontube11
    @mintontube11 5 років тому

    california cruising

  • @negative949
    @negative949 5 років тому

    i wanted to watch this but the un-needed music was too much to overcome...

  • @joaorosa7618
    @joaorosa7618 7 років тому

    Are you Japanese?
    I'm looking for the similar arcade game of atari enduro.
    would you help me ?

    • @joaorosa7618
      @joaorosa7618 7 років тому

      ***** Thank you for your attention to this case. I "ve been waiting for !

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  7 років тому

      Do you have any more information? What color was the road and sky?

    • @joaorosa7618
      @joaorosa7618 7 років тому

      LetsTestDrive I Play this game in a pack MAME 1000 games for PC.
      The sky and road change the colors in few moments: normal, clear, ice, black sky. It seems the Enduro Atari 2600 so much.
      But with other name.

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  7 років тому

      What year did you play the MAME 1000 games pack? I'll also pin this post just incase anyone can help.

    • @LetsTestDrive
      @LetsTestDrive  7 років тому

      Is it by any chance "Driving Force"? It has day, night, ice and looks similar to Enduro and was released the following year in Arcades. ua-cam.com/video/4jHB32dR7JU/v-deo.html

  • @lurkerrekrul
    @lurkerrekrul 6 років тому

    Seg-ga not See-ga. Toe-mee, not Tommy. Also, it's OK to take a breath once in a while. It sounds like your entire video is one long sentence.

  • @dr.awkward9075
    @dr.awkward9075 7 років тому

    Seega.

  • @antonnym214
    @antonnym214 6 років тому +1

    This is great material. I had to stop watching because i'm autistic. The repetitive music that is in the background for you is in the foreground for me. In the future, it would be great for autistics if you could have music leading into the talking part, but no music at all while you talk. All good wishes.

    • @kylehill3643
      @kylehill3643 5 років тому

      Same here. I down vote videos like this. It's a phone thing people like to do. They think stitching things together on their phone somehow makes them a creative genius. They are taught in Liberal collages and Universities they are special 'snowflakes' so they think they are.