Alpine Racer
| Alpine Racer | |
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Screenshot of Alpine Racer | |
| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | Arcade game |
| Release date(s) |
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| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Arcade system | Namco System 22 hardware |
| CPU | 68EC020, TMS32025, M37710 |
| Sound | Sound Chips : C352 |
| Display | Horizontal, Raster, 640 x 480 pixels, 32768 colors |
Alpine Racer is a 3D Alpine skiing arcade game released by Namco in 1994. It features downhill and gate with three courses and two play modes - Race and Time Attack. The player stands on a set of ski-like foot stands while holding onto two bars for stability to play.
Series
- 1. Alpine Racer (1994)
- 2. Alpine Racer 2 (1996)
- 3. Alpine Racer 3 (2002)
- 4. Super Alpine Racer (2013)
Namco also released a PlayStation 2 version of Alpine Racer 3 in 2002. In 2009 Namco Bandai released a remake for iPhone and iPod Touch.
In 2009, the game was ported to the Zeebo.
Reception
A critic for Next Generation praised the texture-mapped graphics with their numerous details and most especially the unique and realistic method of control, and scored the game five out of five stars, due to "its atypical approach and its success in execution".[1]
Alpine Racer won the award for Best New Equipment at the 1995 Amusement and Music Operators Association Expo.[2]
References
- ↑ "Hot Dog!". Next Generation. Imagine Media (10): 131. October 1995.
- ↑ "US Arcades Get Ready for War". Next Generation. Imagine Media (12): 24. December 1995.