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Description

Hard Drivin' is a 3D arcade hit from Atari Games. You are in control of a high-performance sports car. Your objective is to race around the course as fast as possible and hit as many checkpoints as possible. If you hit a checkpoint you gain extra time to go farther. You will see traffic on the road both in your direction and coming down the opposite direction, so be careful when you pass...

The course has two sections: speed track, and stunt track. Speed track is longer, but you can usually achieve higher speeds. Stunt track requires you to perform several stunts such as jumping bridges, driving through a loop, and so on.

Crashing the car has no serious consequences and indeed shows a replay of your crash from a cinematic angle. Admire your crash head-on into the cement truck, or clipping the minivan, or flying off the bridge in the wrong angle... You lose several seconds as your car is "reset" and you get up to speed again.

The home conversions retain most of the then-advanced 3D graphics but lack the force-feedback that was in the arcade version.

Alternate Titles

  • "Hard Drivin' 1" -- Informal name
  • "ハードドライビン" -- Japanese spelling

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The Press Says

Power Play Apr, 1991 61 out of 100 61
Video Games Mar, 1991 57 out of 100 57
Computer and Video Games (CVG) Feb, 1991 52 out of 100 52
Mean Machines Jan, 1991 51 out of 100 51
All Game Guide 1999 2.5 Stars2.5 Stars2.5 Stars2.5 Stars2.5 Stars 50
Sega-16.com Jan 26, 2009 4 out of 10 40
The Video Game Critic Jan 08, 2001 D- 16

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Trivia

A NES port was planned, programmed by Mark Morris, but was eventually not released.


This entry was contributed by B.L. Stryker (20702), Guy Chapman (1747), NGC 5194 (17333), tbuteler (3030), Xoleras (66439), Martin Smith (63217) and Servo (55941)
 

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