old skool racing

[8bit]

What racing games would you say were the great games prior to Gran Turismo? Pole Position and Bump N' Jump are pretty legendary. What other old favorites do you enjoy using emulation?

http://www.atariage.com/7800/screens...Position_1.png
http://www.atariage.com/7800/screens...Position_2.png

Bump N' Jump

http://www.quarterarcade.com/img/ggd...44_3_fs_sc.jpg
http://www.quarterarcade.com/img/ggd...44_2_fs_sc.jpg

[Aedan]

Revs was the first racing game I came in contact with - played on a BBC B Micro with an analog joystick!

[Toro]

super skid marks was always fun

[Aedan]

I found an image of Revs on the net (from http://www.btinternet.com/~lawrence....bccomp/bbc.htm ), so I've attached it. It's not my copyright!

[MONKEYMAN]

Burning rubber for the Amstrad cpc6128+/gx4000 console.

[Toro]

super off road was a bit of fun as well on the mega drive (genesis)

of course you always have micromachines!

[captaincurran]

i always enjoyed the mario kart games, and Road Rash was a good genesis game

[8bit]

Along the lines of the top down racing games like Sprint & Gran Trak 10. Some of the earliest racing video games/simulators ever.

[Darkest]

Roadrash was my favorite, then roadrash3...I remember wasting all my money on pole position in high school...."Nice driving! You qualified for lowest!" I still say that to people on the road today, LOL.

[8bit]

I used to avoid Donkey Kong and go straight to Rally-X, that was a fun game.

Rally-X 1981

[Chaz]

Originally Posted by Áedán

I found an image of Revs on the net (from http://www.btinternet.com/~lawrence....bccomp/bbc.htm ), so I've attached it. It's not my copyright!

Whoa! That brings back memories. I can remember the noise it made when you spun off the track, there was the tyres screeching noise, and then a metal wall suddenly appeared, with a CRUNCH! sound!

[8bit]

Rock N' Roll racing for SNES & Genesis, love those buggies.

16 bit era Rock N' Roll Racing

[chrisbard]

What about Formula 1 for Spectrum ZX? You wouldn't drive a car you would manage the team and the car entrance to the pit and assist the entire race from your seat calling your car to the pits for changing tyres and so on...Boy didn't I spent hours and days playing that game....

[8bit]

Sega Sand Buggy, it doesn't get more retro than this.

early 70s

[danrok]

Looks neat. I bet those are collectors items now.

[bradmax57]

Originally Posted by Áedán

I found an image of Revs on the net (from http://www.btinternet.com/~lawrence....bccomp/bbc.htm ), so I've attached it. It's not my copyright!

Revs was brilliant, ive fond memorys of that game

[8bit]

I was watching an old movie the other day and there was a scene at an amusement arcade and it had like one or two video game cabinets (Atari's Computer Space I think), all the rest were electromechanical games like Sega Sand Buggy, and mostly pinball machines. Yeah, pinball used to seriously rule until the late 70s.