Racing & Speed

From kart tracks to simulation circuits — games where the track itself is the opponent.

15 games in this room

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Excitebike

エキサイトバイク

Racing / Motocross · 1984

Excitebike is a 1984 Famicom motocross racing game that introduced a track editor — Design Mode — allowing players to bu…

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Rad Racer

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Rad Racer

ハイウェイスター

Racing · 1987

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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Super Famicom / SNES

Super Mario Kart

スーパーマリオカート

Racing · 1992

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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Sega Saturn

Sega Rally Championship

セガラリーチャンピオンシップ

Racing / Rally racing · 1995

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

Racing · 1995

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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Mario Kart 64

Nintendo 64

Mario Kart 64

マリオカート64

Racing · 1996

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

Racing / Jet ski · 1996

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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Gran Turismo

PlayStation

Gran Turismo

グランツーリスモ

Racing simulation · 1997

Gran Turismo (1997) is the game that invented the modern racing simulation genre for home consoles. Designed by Kazunori…

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Nintendo 64

Diddy Kong Racing

ディディーコングレーシング

Racing · 1997

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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Nintendo 64

F-Zero X

F-ZERO X

Racing · 1998

Released in 1998, F-Zero X achieved something that seemed impossible: 30 racers on screen simultaneously at a locked 60 …

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Crazy Taxi

Dreamcast

Crazy Taxi

クレイジータクシー

Arcade racing · 2000

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

Racing Simulation · 2000

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

Racing · 2001

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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Uncommon

Nintendo GameCube

F-Zero GX

F-Zero GX

Racing · 2003

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!!

Racing / Kart racing · 2003

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is the 2003 GameCube entry in Nintendo's kart racing series, introducing the two-character sys…

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