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1995 · CAVE · Racing

High Velocity

Sega exclusive

A touge racing game developed by Cave.

Released
10 November 1995
Platforms
Sega Saturn
Genres
Racing
Developers
CAVE
Publishers
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Series
Touge
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Age ratings
ESRB E

About

High Velocity – Mountain Racing Challenge (Touge King: The Spirits - 峠KING・ザ・スピリッツ) is a racing game developed by Cave and published by Atlus for the Sega Saturn video game console. It focuses on one-on-one races staged on circuits made from Japanese mountain roads, featuring Japanese performance cars. It is the first in Atlus’ long running Touge series.

It was released on November 10, 1995 in Japan, and in North America in 1996.

Keywords

  • motorsports

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game offers three core gameplay modes – King Battle, Vs. Battle, and Time Trial – as well as six vehicles and three circuits.

In King Battle, players participate in a series of one-on-one heats around each configuration of each of the game's three circuits.

Reception

A reviewer for Next Generation found many merits with the game: "With a top-speed comparable to any of the big names in the racing world, this game earns high marks for being an exciting fast ride. There are also an impressive list of options and technical achievements that go along with the racing action including absolutely no draw-in slowdown, a successful two-player mode (which offers the choice of either vertical or horizontal split-screen), a full list of engine modifications, and an awesome replay feature with seven choices of camera angles." However, he felt the fact that players can only race against one other car at a time is a major flaw which keeps the game from being a wholly great experience, and scored it three out of five stars. GamePro's brief review also deemed the limited number of competitors to be a major flaw, additionally criticized the sound effects, and was more dismissive of the game in general.

The game saw strong sales in Japan.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Sega Saturn10 November 1995Japan · North America 31 December 1996

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