Night Driver

Released

October 1976 on Arcade

Credits

4 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Developers

Atari, Inc.

Moby Score

5.4

#21,779 of 162K

Critics

54% (4)

Players

(27)

Ranking

#184 on Atari 2600

Collected By

50 players

Genre: Action
Racing / Driving
Perspective: 1st-person
Interface: Direct control
Vehicular: Automobile
Track racing

Arcade Specs [ all ]

Input Devices Supported: Pedals, Racing/Steering Wheel
Multiplayer Options: Hot Seat
Number of Offline Players: 1-2 Players

Description official descriptions

Night Driver is an action racing game which takes place at night! Your goal is to score as many points as possible by racing through one of four different tracks. Points are scored by passing checkpoints located throughout the track. If your car crashes into the side of the road, oncoming cars, or any other obstacles, you will lose all of your speed and a lot of time! The game ends when the 90 second time limit is up. The four tracks you can choose from are beginner, pro, expert, and random (this track is different every time and can not be memorized like the other three). Several game options are included which allows you to select whether or not other cars will honk before entering the screen, and choose between a 90 second or infinite amount of time for a game.

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Credits (Arcade version)

4 People

Programmed by	Dave Shepperd
Engineered by	Ron Milner Steve Mayer Terry Fowler

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Critics

Average score: 54% (based on 4 ratings)

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Average score: 2.4 out of 5 (based on 27 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Inspiration

Night Driver was based on an image of a 1976 German arcade machine titled Nurburgring-Powerslide created by Dr-Ing. Reiner Foerst. Dave Shepperd was handed a piece of paper with a picture of the Nurburgring cabinet and the screen with the little white squares road which inspired Night Driver.