Ridge Racer Arcade — The Drift Classic You Must Play
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🕹 Game Name: Ridge Racer
📛 Alternate Names: Ridge Racer (ARCADE)
📅 Release Date: 1993 (Arcade)
🔫 Genre: Arcade racing / drift racer
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Namco
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Namco
🔢 Max Players: 2 (linked cabinets)
⁉ Cooperative: No
🕹 Game Introduction: Fast arcade racer that defined drift mechanics for the 90s.
🕹 Game Description: High-speed open courses, timed laps, drift scoring, bold neon visuals.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Pick from Porsche-like cars, master braking & drift to save time.
👉 🏻 Time-extend checkpoints keep runs tense.
👉 🏻 Compete head-to-head in linked cabinets.
📕 Background & History: Landmark Namco title that launched a long-running franchise and arcade drift culture.
👓 Lonster's Review: Pure arcade adrenaline — easy to jump in, hard to master. Drift feels glorious.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Ridge Racer inspired many later console racers.
👉 🏻 Early use of textured 3D polygons in arcades.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Master corner entry throttle control for fastest lap.
👉 🏻 Line choice on S-bends saves tenths — critical in time-attack.
🌟 Legacy: Started a franchise; influenced console racing and drift mechanics for decades.