
Compared to most console racing games of its time, Turbo Racing was simple. It was an arcade-style driving format, with flat-out racing permissible on all courses. The cars had a three-speed gearbox, but shifting was never necessary outside of acceleratin (more...)

Monster truck game where you go from LA to NYC through different kinds of races. At every stop, you first drive a qualification round against your opponent, which is in top-down perspective. Here, you can collect money and several power-ups to use to win (more...)

Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge is a simulation of the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit, and thus operates like a racing game. The gameplay action was always through an in-car perspective. Players could chose to run single races at each track, or run for th (more...)

Cobra Triangle is a game developed by Rare for the Nintendo Entertainment System following the success of their previous game, R.C. Pro-Am. Similar to R.C. Pro-Am, this game is an action racing game in the diagonal perspective, though instead of cars the (more...)

Days of Thunder is a 1990 NASCAR racing simulation video game loosely based off of the 1990 movie Days of Thunder. The game utilized elements from the movie, using a movie license from Paramount Pictures, for its graphical elements, plot and music soundtr (more...)

Eliminator Boat Duel is a ruthless one on one boat racing game that can either be played against the computer or a human opponent. The races take place in such settings as open water, the bayou, and even industrial water districts. Each boat race consists (more...)

Whether the player chooses to race solo or against computer-assisted riders, he/she races against a certain time limit. The goal is to qualify for Excitebike (the championship) race by coming in at third place or above in the challenge race (preliminary r (more...)


F1 Race was the very first racing game released for the Family Computer, developed by Nintendo. Quite similar to Pole Position, the success of this game in the Famicom's early years may ultimately be responsible for the complete absence of a Pole Posi (more...)