Speed Freak
1979 video game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Speed Freak is a monochrome vector arcade game created by Vectorbeam in 1979. Along with Atari, Inc.'s Night Driver and Bally Midway's Datsun 280 ZZZAP–both from 1976–it is one of the earliest first-person driving games and the first such game known to use vector graphics.[2]
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| Developer(s) | Vectorbeam |
| Publisher(s) | Vectorbeam |
| Designer(s) | Larry Rosenthal |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | March 1979[1] |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Arcade system | Vectorbeam hardware |
Gameplay
The game is a behind-the-wheel driving simulation where the driver speeds down a winding computer-generated road past other cars, hitchhikers, trees, cows and cacti. Occasionally a plane will fly overhead towards the screen. One must avoid crashing into these objects and complete the race in the allotted time.[3] The player can crash as many times as he wants before the time runs out and players were treated to two different crash animations. The first was a simple cracked windshield effect, the second was a crash where the car explodes into car parts that fly through the air.[4]
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