Racing & Speed
From kart tracks to simulation circuits — games where the track itself is the opponent.
21 games in this room
▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Excitebike
エキサイトバイク
Excitebike is a 1984 Famicom motocross racing game that introduced a track editor — Design Mode — allowing players to bu…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Rad Racer
ハイウェイスター
Rad Racer is a 1987 racing game developed and published by Square — known in Japan as Highway Star — featuring pseudo-3D…
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Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race
ファミコングランプリ F-1レース
Released in October 1987 for the Famicom Disk System, Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race was one of the earliest racing games …
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Family Computer Disk System
Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
ファミコングランプリII 3Dホットラリー
Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally launched in April 1988 as the sequel to the original F-1 Race, shifting focus from c…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Super Hang-On
スーパーハングオン
Released in October 1989 as a Mega Drive launch-adjacent title, Super Hang-On brought Sega's beloved 1987 arcade motorcy…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super Mario Kart
スーパーマリオカート
Super Mario Kart is the 1992 Super Famicom game that founded the Mario Kart franchise and invented the kart racing genre…
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Ridge Racer
リッジレーサー
Ridge Racer launched alongside the original PlayStation in Japan on December 3, 1994, and became the console's defining …
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Sega Saturn
Sega Rally Championship
セガラリーチャンピオンシップ
Sega Rally Championship is the 1995 Sega Saturn port of AM3's arcade rally racing game, one of the most acclaimed Saturn…
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Sega Saturn
Daytona USA
デイトナUSA
Daytona USA (1995 Saturn) is the home port of what became the most successful arcade racing game of all time. Developed …
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▶ Nintendo 64
Mario Kart 64
マリオカート64
Mario Kart 64 was the second entry in the Mario Kart series and the first to render its tracks in full 3D polygonal envi…
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Nintendo 64
Wave Race 64
ウェーブレース64
Wave Race 64 is the 1996 Nintendo 64 launch-window jet ski racing game produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, remembered above al…
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PlayStation
Gran Turismo
グランツーリスモ
Gran Turismo (1997) is the game that invented the modern racing simulation genre for home consoles. Designed by Kazunori…
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Diddy Kong Racing
ディディーコングレーシング
Released in 1997, Diddy Kong Racing distinguished itself from Mario Kart 64 by adding a full adventure mode with an over…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Snowboard Kids
スノーボードキッズ
Snowboard Kids (1997) is Racdym and Atlus's cheerful N64 snowboarding racer — a cartoon-styled game where a cast of chil…
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Nintendo 64
F-Zero X
F-ZERO X
Released in 1998, F-Zero X achieved something that seemed impossible: 30 racers on screen simultaneously at a locked 60 …
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Gran Turismo 2
グランツーリスモ2
Released in December 1999, Gran Turismo 2 expanded Kazunori Yamauchi's vision of the 'Real Driving Simulator' to an unpr…
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▶ Dreamcast
Crazy Taxi
クレイジータクシー
Crazy Taxi (2000), developed by Hitmaker (formerly Sega AM3) and directed by Kenji Kanno, is an arcade racing game that …
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Ferrari F355 Challenge
F355チャレンジ Passione Rossa
Directed by Yu Suzuki — creator of Out Run, After Burner, and Shenmue — and developed by Sega AM2, Ferrari F355 Challeng…
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▶ Nintendo GameCube
Wave Race: Blue Storm
ウェーブレース ブルーストーム
Released as a GameCube launch title in 2001, Wave Race: Blue Storm was Nintendo's showcase of the console's water-simula…
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F-Zero GX
F-Zero GX
F-Zero GX (2003) is a GameCube racing game co-developed by Sega's Amusement Vision division and published by Nintendo — …
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▶ Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
マリオカート ダブルダッシュ!!
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is the 2003 GameCube entry in Nintendo's kart racing series, introducing the two-character sys…
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