Hot Chase Arcade – Forgotten Racing Gem From the ’80s
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🕹 Game Name: Hot Chase
📛 Alternate Names: None
📅 Release Date: 1988
🔫 Genre: Racing / Driving
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Konami
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Konami
🔢 Max Players: 1
⁉ Cooperative: No
🕹 Game Introduction:
Hot Chase is Konami’s fast-paced racing arcade game, designed to bring white-knuckle speed and arcade thrills to the late ’80s driving scene.
🕹 Game Description:
Players speed down highways dodging traffic, overtaking rivals, and racing against time. Explosive crashes and dynamic course changes keep the action high.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Accelerate through highways packed with vehicles.
👉 🏻 Dodge sudden obstacles at high speed.
👉 🏻 Race against a strict time limit.
👉 🏻 Survive explosive crashes and keep moving forward.
📕 Background & History:
Released in 1988, Hot Chase never hit the heights of Out Run but gave Konami fans a taste of speed with its arcade cabinets across Japan and Europe.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Hidden stage loops when hitting certain checkpoints.
👉 🏻 Score exploits with endless dodging in timed areas.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Rarely seen in North America, making it a collector’s oddity.
👉 🏻 Featured dynamic crash animations uncommon at the time.
👉 🏻 Built on Konami’s racing hardware platform.
👓 Lonster's Review:
Hot Chase is underrated. While it didn’t dethrone Out Run, it’s a blast for speed junkies and deserves more recognition among retro racing fans.
🌟 Legacy:
Today, Hot Chase is remembered as Konami’s overlooked racer — fast, fun, and a rare arcade treat for collectors and enthusiasts.