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desiv · 04 February 2024, 20:00

Kind of depends how you want to classify it...
I generally just call what I think of those type of games, "Pole Position style" as that's the game that I think defines them to me.

I mean, I could go back as far as Night Driver, but I think that's a bit too far back and there's no scenery in the distance... The big difference being that in Night Driver (at least the arcade version), the perspective is supposed to be from inside the car... First person. It's tougher to tell with the 2600 version, but I think that is still the case... ;-)

Pole Position, it was obvious the camera position was behind the car...

If I am looking for a differentiator between Pole Position and the Outrun/Hang on type games, other than just more advanced graphics, I suppose I'd go to the checkpoint system for continued gameplay...
I think that might be what I would clarify as an Outrun-style game. ;-)

04 February 2024, 20:00	#8
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	Kind of depends how you want to classify it... I generally just call what I think of those type of games, "Pole Position style" as that's the game that I think defines them to me. I mean, I could go back as far as Night Driver, but I think that's a bit too far back and there's no scenery in the distance... The big difference being that in Night Driver (at least the arcade version), the perspective is supposed to be from inside the car... First person. It's tougher to tell with the 2600 version, but I think that is still the case... ;-) Pole Position, it was obvious the camera position was behind the car... If I am looking for a differentiator between Pole Position and the Outrun/Hang on type games, other than just more advanced graphics, I suppose I'd go to the checkpoint system for continued gameplay... I think that might be what I would clarify as an Outrun-style game. ;-)