Cruis'n Velocity

Infobox VG
title = Cruis'n Velocity


developer = Graphic State Games
publisher = Midway Games
distributor = Nintendo
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engine = Doom engine
series="Cruis'n"
release = vgrelease|NA=November 28, 2001 vgrelease|EU=February 8, 2002
genre = Racing
modes = Single Player
Multiplayer
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ratings= ESRB: E (Everyone)
platforms = Game Boy Advance

"Cruis'n Velocity" is the 4th game in the "Cruis'n" series. The game was for the Game Boy Advance and was released in 2001. The game was considered to be different from the other games due to not having an arcade style gameplay.

Gameplay

Unlike the previous games in the series instead of the racing down one-way courses consisting of streets based on real-life locations while avoiding various road hazards such as oncoming traffic and construction you travel through a large environment racing seven different cars and winning the races without getting hit by walls and such.

There's a new speed boost system by pressing on the gas button twice. There's also an option that you can have a damage system on or off and there will be a damage bar and it can go down when you crash into different objects.

There are three different races to chose from. You can neither chose the Cruis'n Cup you can go through and unlock new courses and new cars. Championship which you go through courses and if you win the race you earn points like in Mario Kart. In Freestyle you can go through courses to get the highest track record.

Features

Cruis'n Velocity uses the updated Doom engine and it has these features like a Multiplayer mode which you play with friends. Also instead of a save feature this game used a password system so that you can save your content by writing down a password and continue with the game later on.

Courses

There are 14 different courses that existed in real life but there are only four different areas you could travel to like.

*Las Vegas
*Holland
*Alaska
*Mars