Arcade Archives: Ridge Racer
A port of Ridge Racer, a racing game released by Bandai in 1993. It was originally released in arcades for the Namco System 22 hardware. The game has four modes to choose from, including three difficulty…
Arcade Archives: Ridge Racer is an arcade developed by Namco, released 5 June 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Arcade Archives: Ridge Racer is
Arcade Archives: Ridge Racer is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 2025. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A port of Ridge Racer, a racing game released by Bandai in 1993. It was originally released in arcades for the Namco System 22 hardware. The game has four modes to choose from, including three difficulty levels – Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced - as well as T. T. (Time Trial), where players compete one-on-one against a rival car to achieve the best time. Additionally, a DX version featuring support for an H-shifter and clutch is also included.
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: Ridge Racer is the 25th of 28 entries we hold in the Ridge Racer series. The next entry was Ridge Racer in 2026.
What it launched against
Arcade Archives: Ridge Racer launched on 5 June 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening and The Alters. It arrived 12 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, The Alters.
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