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Description

A port of the most successful arcade racer ever, the home versions of Daytona USA include the same elements that made the original version successful: three highly detailed tracks, arcade driving physics that challenge the player to find the best trajectory to make a flying lap without kissing the rails and beating the checkpoint timer. The 40 cars of the Easy race (later named 3-7 Speedway), one of the stalwarts of the original version, are also present in this version.

These home versions include a new mode (Saturn or PC Mode, depending on the platform) where the three tracks are played without the timer, and optionally in mirror mode, using one of the bonus cars (with additional abilities such as driving on grass or hitting the rails without losing speed) and in one of three lengths: Normal (identical to the arcade original), Grand Prix (2.5 times longer) and Endurance (10 times longer).

On the downside, detail and frame rate suffered a drop to fit the game into the limited hardware of the Saturn and Personal Computers, and lacking any kind of multiplayer, comparing to the two to eight player rumbles of the arcade version.

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The Press Says

Hobby Consolas Jul, 1995 92 out of 100 92
GamePro Aug, 1995 4.5 out of 5 90
GameFan Magazine Jul, 1995 88 out of 100 88
Power Unlimited Jul, 1995 8.5 out of 10 85
Entertainment Weekly Jun 09, 1995 B+ 83
Video Games & Computer Entertainment Jun, 1995 8 out of 10 80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Jul, 1995 7.8 out of 10 78
The Video Game Critic Apr 30, 2004 B 75
Game Freaks 365 2007 6.1 out of 10 61
Kingdom of Desire Apr 12, 2008 4.5 out of 10 45

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This entry was contributed by Chris Edgar (1474) and quizzley7 (21320)
 

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