Daytona USA

Box front of Daytona USA

Details

Released
1996
Developer
AM R&D Dept. #2
Publisher
SEGA Enterprises, Inc.
Genre
Racing & Driving
Players
Up to 1; single player
Type
Commercial
Rating
K-A - Kids to Adults
Platform
Windows 9x
Pack
eXoWin9x
Manual
Included in the pack (PDF)

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Title screen of Daytona USA
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Gameplay of Daytona USA
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Gameplay of Daytona USA
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About this game

A port of the most successful arcade racer ever, the home versions of Daytona USA include the same elements that made the original version successful: three highly detailed tracks, arcade driving physics that challenge the player to find the best trajectory to make a flying lap without kissing the rails and beating the checkpoint timer. The 40 cars of the Easy race (later named 3-7 Speedway), one of the stalwarts of the original version, are also present in this version.

These home versions include a new mode (Saturn or PC Mode, depending on the platform) where the three tracks are played without the timer, and optionally in mirror mode, using one of the bonus cars (with additional abilities such as driving on grass or hitting the rails without losing speed) and in one of three lengths: Normal (identical to the arcade original), Grand Prix (2.5 times longer) and Endurance (10 times longer).

On the downside, detail and frame rate suffered a drop to fit the game into the limited hardware of the Saturn and Personal Computers, and lacking any kind of multiplayer, comparing to the two to eight player rumbles of the arcade version.

Also known as

デイトナUSAJapan
梦游美国China

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Collection
SEGA Sports games