"Star Rider" - Williams - (1983) - Arcade Star Rider? Riding Into The Future? This game will always hold a very special place in my heart. I only played it once but it had such a powerful effect on me…
"The Great American Cross-Country Road Race" - Activision - (1985) - Commodore 64 Cannonball Run Or Cannonball Bum? Few people remember "The Great American Cross-Country Road Race." Activision Classic or Commodore Calamity? Activision were a hot company during the…
"Speed King" - Digital Integration - (1985) - Commodore 64 This was a little-known 'sim' motorbike racing game that a friend of mine lent me. Most of the games that are featured here tend to be 'little known' worldwide…
Revs - Acornsoft - (1984) - BBC Model B Microcomputer Teacher's Pet When I was at school those of us with home micro machines were split into two main camps - the Sinclair owners and the Commodore owners. Debate…
"Pitstop" - Epyx - Commodore 64 version (1982) Authentic Commodore 64 racing sim? Not every computer games shop in the 80's let you load up a game before deciding to buy it. For most of us, we had to buy…
"Road Race" Commodore VIC-20 (1981) - ROM Cartridge Road Rage for Commodore VIC-20 - first great arcade home racer? As the early home micro computers were pretty limited in terms of their graphical output, great driving games were thin on…
"Sprint 2" - Atari - (1976) - Arcade Version Black and White Beauty? This game is the only black and white game on this list. I think I've only ever seen this machine twice. It's not the only 'top-down'…
I've been captivated by arcade racing games since I was about 11 years old. Every year I went to the seaside with my Mum and Dad to play all the racing games I could find. I can literally talk about…