Josh Griffiths writes: "It’s been eight months since the last time Antonis Pelekanos provided an update for The 90’s Arcade Racer. So, we’ve dug around to find out what happened to this throwback arcade racer. What we found is somewhat conjectural, but no less disappointing.
The 90’s Arcade Racer is likely dead."
NE: "A new gameplay video for 90’s Arcade Racer has come online showing the latest progress with AI and functioning gameplay mechanics."
Well to be fair Shenmue did have a kick starter started by sony LOL. More money faster delivery.
VVV: "We recently brought you gameplay footage of 90's Arcade Racer, a game that until recently has been very much off the radar. And now we can reveal the tracks you'll be racing around (see below).
The tracks on offer include an oval, mountain courses, an airport level and there's even a bonus track set in a kid's playroom. The tracks range in difficulty and all have their unique 90's arcade era charm with vibrant colours and surroundings."
I keep reading how this was developed by one guy. I'm assuming he hired artists and musicians and that quote just refers to the coding itself... Otherwise we're dealing with savant-levels of talent here, the game looks and sounds great.
Stephen East writes: "The 90's Arcade Racer is a Kickstarter funded project we haven't discussed here on Cliqist in the past, but I have a feeling we'll be checking it out much more in the future based on the new gameplay video that was just released. In a backer update from earlier today the developer revealed a beautiful WII U gameplay video featuring glorious 60fps racing action."
YAY!!! new news about this game. I have been really patient for this one. Big SEGA arcade fan and this one had me on board from the first pics.
i think the games industry is in serious trouble.
i mean, how many games are being funded by gamers? all these kickstarters, gamers must be the dumbest consumers ever. first of all they convince us to buy additional content through download that once was included as standard as part of a finished product, now they are begging us for money to make the game from scratch. then buy the game once its completed. really people, wake up, you are being had.
and to top it all off, it looks rubbish. it looks crap and has a generic title to round it all off. why would anyone want what is essentially a ridge racer clone, just play ridge racer. is gaming in such a dire state that we are now reduced to playing bad interpretations of classic games? its the gaming equivalent of the movie industry releasing a film called '90s dinosaur film' (ie a rip off of Jurassic park) and people getting excited about it.
ugh
If more people were as negative as you the industry really would be in trouble.
no... look at what is happening- sega are gone, konami look like they are on the way out, nintendo are changing their strategy by adding mobile division... arcades are long gone. looks to me like the industry is changing radically. many studios are literally surviving on fan handouts (ie kickstarter/charity)
maybe within the next few generations console gaming as we know it will be a thing of the past. trends are changing, lifestyle is changing, people havent got the time to spend in front of the tv, people dont even centre their entertainment round the television anymore...
you may call it negative, given the amount of change in the industry, i would say its an inevitability. dont shoot the messenger
Nah you just need serious help, never known anyone so miserable, actually scratch that Foxtrot and lol wut, u should all just get together every month and spew all your negativity and hatred to each other as no one else wants to know as everyone else has a thing called a LIFE and are not sado's like u.
Wowsers looks really nice... that was arcade racing at it's best.
Sucks, this game looked promising too
wtf happened, it looked pretty fun
Say what? I was really looking forward to this, especially to review it. This is awful.
Damn..... I was looking forward to this game since I love the 90's arcade racers.
Hmm the developer just posted a new screenshot on twitter a few weeks ago and used the hashtags steam and 90racer.
The game really does not look dead to me.