Ridge Racer
Ridge Racer was initially released on the Namco System 22 arcade system board and was later ported to the PlayStation console. It is the first title in the long-running Ridge Racer series of games released for…
Ridge Racer is a racing developed by Namco, released 1 October 1993 on PlayStation and Arcade. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Ridge Racer is
Ridge Racer is a racing game developed by Namco and released in 1993. It is available on PlayStation and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the PlayStation version, the player can play a mini-game of Galaxian as the game loads. If the player wins before the game loads, eight additional cars become available to drive in the game. The twelve cars are varied in their specifications, with some featuring a high top speed, others excelling at acceleration or turning, and others being more balanced. Certain cars are named after other Namco games, such as Solvalou, Mappy, Bosconian, Nebulasray, and Xevious. Once the game has loaded, all that is needed afterwards is to play six instrumental music tracks. The player can replace the disc at any time during gameplay, although the game does not update to reflect the switch; regardless of…
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. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Ridge Racer series
Ridge Racer is the first of 28 entries we hold in the Ridge Racer series. The next entry was Ridge Racer 2 in 1994. Its critic score of 82 is 9 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Arcade Archives 2: Ridge Racer at 90.
How it was received
Ridge Racer holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1993 averaged 64, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 2 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Ridge Racer launched on 1 October 1993, within three weeks of Sonic CD, Disney's Aladdin, Myst and Fatal Fury Special. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Sonic CD, Disney's Aladdin, Myst, Fatal Fury Special.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ridge Racer yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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