Cruis'n World

Cruis'n World
Cruis'n World
Cruis'n World Box Art.jpg
Developer(s) Midway Games (Arcade)
Eurocom (Nintendo 64)
Publisher(s) Midway Games
Distributor(s) Nintendo
Designer(s) Eugene Jarvis (director)
Programmer(s) Eric Pribyl
Scott Posch
Artist(s) Xion Cooper
Ted Barber
Series Cruis'n
Engine Ultra 64 Engine
Platform(s) Arcade
Nintendo 64
Release date(s) Arcade
World 1996
Nintendo 64
Europe June 25, 1998
USA September 26, 1998
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Up to 4 players simultaneously
Rating(s) ESRB: Everyone (E)
Cabinet Standard
Sit-down
Full-Motion
Arcade system Midway V Unit
Display Raster
512 x 400 resolution
horizontal orientation

Cruis'n World is the 1996 sequel to the 1994 arcade racer Cruis'n USA. As the title implies, Cruis'n World allows players to race on various tracks around the world. The game also features more cars than Cruis'n USA. This game introduced stunts to the Cruis'n series. They served to dodge obstacles, take close curves and so. If the stunt makes the vehicle fly in the air, the game gives the player extra seconds of time. The game also uses small rocket boosts to speed up.

The game was later released on the Nintendo 64 in 1998, being the best received of the Cruis'n ports.

Contents

Courses

The developers of this game sent artists on a round-the-world trip to digitally capture sights and major tourist attractions.

Difficulty Track Name Real-life Equivalent (Route and Landmarks)
Easy Germany Travel through the country road going through towns and monuments with easy traffic and a few sharp turns later on. Route from Berlin Wall to Bavaria with views of Neuschwanstein Castle and driving through villages and Beer gardens.
Easy Egypt Rush through the sands of Egypt by rushing through pyramids and avoiding some easy traffic. (Great Sphinx of Giza, Giza Pyramids)
Easy Hawaii Race through the coastal highway of Hawaii with mild turns and harder traffic.
Medium New York Drive through the urban highway in New York with some harder traffic to overcome some jumps you can do. Route Cross Bronx Expressway from The Bronx through Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn with views of the Empire State Building, World Trade Center, World Financial Center and the Statue of Liberty.
Medium England Rush through country road of England with some sharp turns some easy traffic and some streetlights to avoid. Route westbound from London to Stonehenge. Start on Tower Bridge, drive by The Underground through Central London going past Harrods, Shepherd's Neame pubs as well as other London stores. Go past London Phone booths and Royal Mail letter boxes. Afterwards drive outside London to Stonehenge, with views of UFOs.
Medium France Race through the country of France in a narrow road with some easy traffic to avoid. Route from Provence through Alsace Lorraine and ending in Paris. Views of Lavender and Sunflower fields and Chateaus in the country, then in Paris you see a TGV train, the Concorde supersonic airplane and end at the Les Invalides, Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe.
Medium Kenya Drive through the African safari of Kenya with some easy traffic and some jumping factors. This course was known as Africa in the arcade version.
Expert Italy Drive through the streets of Italy in a long way to the finish line with some harder traffic. Start in Tuscany then approach Rome at the Aurelian Walls. Drive through Rome alongside the Tiber River before ending at the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine.
Expert China Race through the country road in China in a short time with a huge turning factor to overcome. Route starting from the Great Wall through the countryside and Pagodas. Enter Beijing with views of the Temple of Heaven and end at the Tiananmen gate of the Forbidden City.
Expert Australia Rush through the rushing roads of Australia with a huge turning factor with a huge stunt factor. The route is entirely in the Australian Outback with views of Uluru - Ayers Rock and Kata Tjuta
Expert Mexico Drive through the jungles of Mexico with some inviting jumps and turns. Route include ancient Mayan pyramids and Aztec sculptures in the tunnels.
Easy Russia Race through the roads with some less jumping factor and less traffic to overcome. This course was known as Moscow in the arcade version. Start and end in Red Square, beginning at the Kremlin with a MiG fighter flying overhead. End at St. Basil's Cathedral.
Medium Japan Drive through the country road in Japan seeing monuments with some little traffic. View of the Maglev train and the Golden Pavilion of Kyoto.
Easy Florida Rush through the swamps of Florida with some small factors and traffic. Route from Miami Beach to Cape Canaveral. Views of Kennedy Space Center and Space Shuttle. If you successfully complete this course in cruise the world more, a helicopter puts your car in the Space Shuttle and you take off to the Moon course.
Expert Moon (Nintendo 64) Go far out to the Moon with some crazy stunts and turns to do. On the course select screen, when you hover the selector over the Moon course, the flag will still be on Earth.

Cars

Development

The development of the Nintendo 64 version started in 1996 after the development of the Nintendo 64 version of Cruis'n USA. Eugene Jarvis has even admitted that the Cruis'n USA port wasn't good, so they promised the game to be an arcade perfect port. Eurocom took the Cruis'n license and decided to spend more time on the game than in Cruis'n USA. In early 1997, Nintendo had announced that Cruis'n World would be coming to the Nintendo 64 in the fall, but the game was silently delayed until 1998.

Arcade and Nintendo 64 differences

  • In the arcade version, many voice clips were present in certain stages, explaining about them. In the Nintendo 64 version, they were removed for unknown reasons.
  • In the arcade version, the animals explode into bloody chunks when the player hits them, while on the N64 version, the player passes right through them or they run across the road early enough so the player does not hit them. This was probably done to avoid the game getting a Teen rating.
  • The Nintendo 64 version gives the player the ability to race in a tournament mode, save data back to the ROM cartridge, and give the car custom boosts ("Power Levels") and paint jobs. The Nintendo 64 version also features split-screen multiplayer.
  • The Nintendo 64 version is Rumble Pack-compatible, while the steering wheel provides resistance on the arcade version when the player collides with something.
  • In the arcade version, at the start of the race, a woman appears on the screen and waves the checkered flag and says "READY...SET...GO!!" and then goes offscreen. In the Nintendo 64 version, there's an option in the Options menu that toggles this feature.
  • In the song, "Asia Minor" (originally known as "Noble Sama") that was used on the stages Japan and China, the sound of the tubular bells was removed.
  • The arcade version features original Cruis'n USA sounds. On the N64 version, these sounds were replaced.
  • The Orca (Porsche 993) was not included in the N64 version.

References

  1. ^ McLaren Automotive official website from McLaren


External links

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USA · World · Exotica · Velocity · Cruis'n · 6 (Working Title)


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