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
• Launch title: Saturn (United States)
• SEGA Sports games

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Critic Reviews

Mean Machines	SEGA Saturn	Sep, 1995	96 out of 100	96
Hobby Consolas	SEGA Saturn	Jul, 1995	92 out of 100	92
PC Team	Windows	Feb, 1997	86 out of 100	86
Power Unlimited	SEGA Saturn	Jul, 1995	8.5 out of 10	85
Entertainment Weekly	SEGA Saturn	Jun 09, 1995	B+	83
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Nov, 1996	80 out of 100	80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SEGA Saturn	Jul, 1995	15.5 out of 20	78
All Game Guide	SEGA Saturn	1998		60
Power Play	Windows	Oct, 1996	52 out of 100	52
Defunct Games	SEGA Saturn	Feb 07, 2004	40 out of 100	40

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Daytona USA appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

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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