Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition is a 1996 retail re-release of The Need for Speed for PC which includes several improvements over the original 1995 PC release. It introduced support…
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition is a racing developed by EA Canada, released 31 December 1996 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition is
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition is a racing game developed by EA Canada and released in 1996. It was published by Electronic Arts, Inc.. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition is a 1996 retail re-release of The Need for Speed for PC which includes several improvements over the original 1995 PC release. It introduced support for Microsoft Windows 95, whilst capable of running on Microsoft DOS, and several improvements to its rendering engine as well as two additional tracks. The complete soundtrack playing during races was also made available on the Special Edition. This feature was previously only in the PlayStation and Sega Saturn releases.
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.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition is the third of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. The next entry was Need for Speed II in 1997.
What it launched against
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed - Special Edition launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.
Official trailer
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