The Need for Speed: Special Edition

aka: Road & Track presents: The Need For Speed: Special Edition

Released

1996 on Windows

Releases by Date (by platform)

1996 (DOS)
1996 (Windows)

Publishers

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developers

Moby Score

7.6

#4,915 of 155K

Critics

83% (12)

Players

(98)

Ranking

#216 on DOS
#2,565 on Windows

Collected By

81 players

Genre: Racing / Driving
Perspective: 1st-person
Behind view
Interface: Direct control
Vehicular: Automobile
Street racing

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Need for Speed: Special Edition adds two new race tracks (Burnt Sienna and Transtropolis), changeable time of day settings, 8-player network/modem support, in-game music, and Windows 95 support to Need for Speed.

The game lets you drive 8 speed devils including Lamborghini Diablo VT, Ferrari 512TR, and Porsche 911 Carrera. The race tracks are highly detailed with the help of texture mapped vector graphics The soundtrack is digitally recorded, and of professional quality.

Need for Speed SE has indepth coverage of the cars and race tracks. Video clips of the cars are also included.

Spellings

The Need For Speed SE - Alternative spelling
极品飞车：特别版 - Simplified Chinese spelling

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Design	Hanno Lemke Richard Mul
Lead Programming	Douglas A. Deardorff
Programming	Michael Lankerovich Chuck Walters
Additional Programming	Andrew Brownsword Gordon Ludlow Daniel Teh
Graphics / Artwork	Eduardo Agostini Shelley Armstrong Mike Cressy Peter King Giovanni Sasso Robert Sculnick Victor Von Beck
Additional Graphics / Artwork	Andy Fuller
3D Modelling	Kent Maclagan
Music	Jeff van Dyck Saki Kaskamanidis
Sound	Robert Ridihalgh
Art Director	Scott Jackson
Executive Producer	Sam Nelson
Producer	Hanno Lemke
Associate Producer	Gregg Giles Foster Hall
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