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Daytona USA

The player is put behind the wheel of a stock car (known as the Hornet), with the choice of three tracks as well as an automatic or manual transmission. The player's objectives are to outrun the competing…

80 1 August 1993

Daytona USA is an arcade developed by Sega AM2, released 1 August 1993 on Arcade.

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What Daytona USA is

Daytona USA is an arcade game developed by Sega AM2 and released in 1993. It was published by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.. It is available on Arcade only. It runs on Sega Model 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Daytona USA is a 1994 racing game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for arcades. Inspired by the popularity of the NASCAR motor racing series in the United States, it has players race stock cars on one of three courses. It was the first game released on the Sega Model 2 arcade system board.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Daytona USA holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1993 averaged 64, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Daytona USA launched on 1 August 1993, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo and Super Mario All-Stars. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo, Super Mario All-Stars.

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When did Daytona USA come out?
Daytona USA was released on 1 August 1993 for Arcade.

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