California Speed (video game)

Infobox VG| title = California Speed


caption = North American box art
developer = Atari Games
publisher = Midway Games
engine = San Francisco Rush Engine
released = Arcade
vgrelease|NA=1998vgrelease|EU=1998

Nintendo 64
vgrelease|NA=February 28 1999
genre = Racing
modes = Single player, multiplayer
ratings = ESRB: Everyone (E)
platforms = Arcade, Nintendo 64
media = 128 Megabit cartridge
requirements = Controller Pak
Rumble Pak
input = Nintendo 64 Controller

"California Speed" is a racing game for the Arcade and for the Nintendo 64 with the support for the Controller Pak and the Rumble Pak also the full support for multiplayer mode. It's developed by Atari Games, then it was published by Midway Games. It was released for the arcade in 1998 for both North America and Europe. Then later it was ported over to the Nintendo 64 on February 28, 1999.

Gameplay

"California Speed" is similar to games like Cruis'n USA and San Francisco Rush. Players drive through the streets of California with exotic jumps and crazy tracks. You travel the streets with eight different racers on the track trying to take the league. Sometimes on the road you encounter traffic you must avoid and hills to jump. Players get to choose a lineup of generic cars to race with neither the Automatic or Manual transmission. There are fourteen different tracks with three different difficulties from Easy to Hard.

Tracks

Here are the featured stages :

*Monterey
*Silicon Valley
*Highway 1
*Central Valley
*Los Angeles
*Santa Cruz
*San Diego
*San Francisco
*Mt. Shasta
*Yosemite
*Mojave Desert

These are the unlockable stages (N64 Only):

*Clover
*Oval
*Fuji
*San Andreas
*California

This game is also featured in an arcade version, which does not feature the unlockable cars. It also has its own in-game music, meaning each stage has its own music. Also, the arcade version adds 3 more stages with those above (excluding the unlockable stages), all in total of 14 stages, they are:

*Laguna Seca Raceway
*Willow Springs Raceway
*Sears Point Raceway

=See Also=
*KLOV game|id=7260|name=California Speed