Lost In Translation/Ridge Racer

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Ridge Racer
Manufacturer	Namco
Released	1993
Control Method	Paddle Pedal 1 Button(s)
Main CPU	68020 (@ 24.576 MHz) (2x) TMS32025 (@ 49.152 MHz) M37702 (@ 16.384 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo C352 (@ 16.384 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 640 x 480 pixels 60.00 Hz 32,768 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	27 ROMs 21,005,056 bytes (20.03 MiB)
MAME ID	ridgerac · ridgeraj

About The Game

Ridge Racer is 3-D car racing arcade video game in which the player competes against computer cars or attempts to set a 'personal best' in a time trail event. Ridge Racer features just a single racing track, but different sections of the track become available to add variety to the racing.

Ridge Racer's superb game-play places a large emphasis on 'power sliding'; locking the car in a slide and drifting through corners. Perfecting this skill is key to winning races.

Trivia

A Ridge Racer unit is prominently shown in the second episode of the Japanese TV show "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger," showing an actor playing the game rather poorly.

According to a promotional flyer, Ridge Racer was the first 3-D arcade game to feature texture-mapped polygons.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Ridge racer : Namco Game Sound Express Vol.11 - VICL-15025) on 21/01/1994.

A graphically enhanced version of the short track appears in Ridge Racer V as 'Sunny Beach' and Ridge Racer PSP as 'Seaside Route 765'. A graphically enhanced version of the long track appears in Ridge Racer V as 'Green Field' and Ridge Racer PSP as 'Ridge City Highway'.

Series

1. Ridge Racer (1993)
2. Ridge Racer 2 (1994)
3. Rave Racer (1995)
4. Ridge Racer Revolution (1995, Sony PlayStation)
5. Rage Racer (1996, Sony PlayStation)
6. R4 - Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998, Sony PlayStation)
7. Ridge Racer V (1999, Sony PlayStation 2)
8. Ridge Racer 64 (2000, Nintendo 64)
9. Ridge Racer V - Arcade Battle (2000)
10. Ridge Racer DS (2004, Nintendo DS)
11. Ridge Racer (2005, Sony PSP)
12. Ridge Racer 6 (2005, Microsoft XBOX 360)
13. Ridge Racer 7 (2006, Sony PlayStation 3)

Staff

Music Composed By

Shinji Hosoe

Ayako Saso

Nobuyoshi Sano

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Ridge Racer arcade cabinet.

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  Inside of the Ridge Racer flyer.

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  Inside of the Ridge Racer flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Sony PlayStation (1994)

Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "NamCollection") (Japan only)

Others

Mobile Phones (2005, "Ridge Racer 3D")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Namco Game Sound Express VOL.11 Ridge Racer	VICL-15025	1994-01-21	Victor Entertainment	CD version.
Ridge Laser	VICL-15038	1995-02-22	Victor Entertainment	CD version.
Ridge Racer	VICL-23119	1996-09-28	Victor Entertainment	CD version.
Ridge Racer Remix Collision	PCCG-00473	1998-12-18	Pony Canyon, Inc.	CD version.
RIDGE RACERS 2 SPECIAL MEGAMIX	BNG-P002	2006-09-14	Namco Bandai Group	CD version.
Ridge Racer / NSM	JVC-9002-2	1996-09-28	JVC Music	CD version.
Ridge Racer - The Ray Keith Mixes	JVCD-0002-6	1996-01-01	JVC Musical Industries Europe Ltd.	Vinyl version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.