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The Need for Speed
Sign in to saveAlso known as Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed, Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin', Road & Track Presents: Over Drivin' DX, Over Drivin', Over Drivin' DX
1994 video game
Game data
- Released
- 1994-08-31
- User rating
- 3.78 / 5
- Genres
- Racing, Arcade
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, 3DO
- ESRB
- Everyone
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Game details · IGDB
Welcome to The Need For Speed racing game. Here you'll find spine-tingling action coupled with awesome graphics. As you race down an alpine road in your choice of eight high performance cars, you'll be amazed by the detail and realism. The sophisticated physics model recreates the feel of the cars themselves; you'll notice the difference in handling, breaking and just plain power. Plan your strategy for each track, there are six to choose from during regular play, and each demands a different style of driving. There's also a bonus track if you win the Tournament. There are four game modes …
- Released
- 1994
- Genres
- Racing, Simulator
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, DOS, PlayStation
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Need for Speed
- Developer
- EA Canada
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
Key facts
- Developers
- EA Canada , EA Seattle (PC)
- Publishers
- Electronic Arts , Electronic Arts Studios (PC)
- Producer
- Hanno Lemke
- Programmer
- Brad Gour
- Artist
- Markus Tessmann
- Composers
- Jeff van Dyck , Saki Kaskas
- Series
- Need for Speed
- Platforms
- 3DO , MS-DOS , PlayStation , Saturn , Windows
- Release
- December 2, 1994 3DO EU : December 2, 1994 NA : December 13, 1994 MS-DOS NA : September 1995 PlayStation NA : March 20, 1996 EU : March 29, 1996 Saturn NA : June 26, 1996 EU : July 5, 1996 Windows NA : December 30, 1996 EU : January 2, 1997
- Genre
- Racing
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed (also known simply as The Need for Speed) is a 1994 racing game developed by EA Canada, originally known as Pioneer Productions, and published by Electronic Arts for 3DO. Versions with additional tracks were released for MS-DOS (1995), PlayStation (1996), and Saturn (1996). The 1996 Windows release is subtitled SE (Special Edition).
The Need for Speed allows driving eight licensed sports cars in three point-to-point tracks either with or without a computer controlled opponent. Checkpoints, traffic vehicles, and police pursuits appear in the races. Electronic Arts collaborated with automotive magazine Road & Track to match vehicle behaviour, including the mimicking of the sounds made by the vehicles' gear control levers. The game contains precise vehicle data with spoken commentary, several "magazine-style" images of each car's interior and exterior and short video clips highlighting the vehicles set to music.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Need for Speed” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.