Daytona USA

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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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Alternate Titles

• "デイトナUSA" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Daytona USA series
• SEGA Sports games

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The Press Says

MAXIMUM Magazine	SEGA Saturn	Oct, 1995		100
Shin Force	SEGA Saturn	Jul 19, 1999	9.2 out of 10	92
Game Players	SEGA Saturn	Aug, 1995	90 out of 100	90
GameFan Magazine	SEGA Saturn	Jul, 1995	88 out of 100	88
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Nov, 1996	80 out of 100	80
The Video Game Critic	SEGA Saturn	Apr 30, 2004	B	75
World Village (Gamer's Zone)	Windows	1996		60
Power Play	Windows	Oct, 1996	52 out of 100	52
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Mar, 1997		50
Gamesmania	Windows	1996	35 out of 100	35

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Trivia

Promotion

At one point to boost Saturn sales Sega of America ran a promotion where if you bought a Sega Saturn they would give you Daytona USA, Virtua Cop and Virtua Fighter 2 for no extra cost.

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