Arcade Archives: Rave Racer
"Rave Racer" is a racing game released by NAMCO LIMITED (current Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1995. With dynamic presentation and more exhilarating drift control, this title evolved in every way…
Arcade Archives: Rave Racer is an arcade developed by Namco, released 26 February 2026 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Arcade Archives: Rave Racer is
Arcade Archives: Rave Racer is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 2026. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Rave Racer" is a racing game released by NAMCO LIMITED (current Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1995. With dynamic presentation and more exhilarating drift control, this title evolved in every way, becoming a hit that soared past the high expectations set for the third installment in the RIDGE RACER series. The diverse soundtrack further pumps up the race, igniting a frenzy that truly lives up to its name—RAVE!
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ridge Racer series
Arcade Archives: Rave Racer is the 27th of 28 entries we hold in the Ridge Racer series. The next entry was Arcade Archives 2: Rave Racer in 2026.
What it launched against
Arcade Archives: Rave Racer launched on 26 February 2026, within three weeks of Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert Enhanced, Reanimal and Marathon. It arrived 13 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert Enhanced, Reanimal, Marathon.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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