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The best 16bit racing games?

  • 06-02-2024 11:58pm
    #1
    CiDeRmAn
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    Hi,

    I'm not looking for lists, but your favourite racing titles from the 16bit generation.

    This comes up because I was looking for a decent F1 game on the MD, aside from Virtua Racing, and I came across Nigel Mansell on the system, and I was pleasantly surprised.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EL_xMGTpIk


    Feels like Top Gear X Formula 1!

    And I like the polygonal track scenery and the inclines in the track

    How about you all?

    What whets your racing whistle on the 16bit systems?



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  • #2
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Not straight up racing, but I grew up with Road Rash II so that always hits me in the nostalgia feels when I stick it on for a bash. Got lots and lots of play time that one.

    Also like most other Megadrive owners back in the day, I had Mega Games 3 which had Super Monaco GP. Probably pants now, I haven't played it in years but it sure did get a lot of play time back then too.

    Interestingly, I didn't play Mario Kart when it came out, not even once. Had some relatives with Super Nintendos but for whatever reason, nobody bought it. Didn't play it for the first time till emulators in the very late 90s/early 2000s



  • #3
    Retr0gamer
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    Domarks F1 games on the megadrive are similar but also quite better.

    You looking for realistic racers?

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  • #4
    Dr Turk Turkelton
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    F-Zero on the Super Nintendo.



  • #5
    mehico
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    Formula 1 Grand Prix by Geoff Crammond on the Amiga felt as realistic as it got in early 90's, not sure how it has aged but great memories of it.



  • #6
    CiDeRmAn
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121732393#Comment_121732393

    Anything, whatever floated boats back in the day or even now.

    I can play them all via emulation but I'll probably pick suggested ones up and they don't appear to be expensive to collect.



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  • #7
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Stunt Car Racer by the aforementioned Geoff Crammond was my favourite 16 bit car game (racer might be pushing it with only one opponent). It was a work of art on 8 bit too.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • #8
    Carne
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    Lotus II and III on the Amiga, still play them to this day.



  • #9
    Drexel_3
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    Rock N' Roll Racing. Loads of fun and great soundtrack!

    https://youtu.be/auoTvdvN9uk?si=l3uTvjhQ3n0msX3b




  • #10
    KeRbDoG
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    Super Skidmarks on the Amiga, cracker of a game. Unsure if Super Skidmarks 2 was released on the 16bit Amiga, there was a caravan version of that one. A series of games well worth a look

    https://youtu.be/gGqB6GKGtHI?si=WcORZmed6cbejOt4




  • #11
    mehico
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121735344#Comment_121735344

    True, it possibly shouldn't have worked on 8 bit machines but played it on the C64 at the time and was great game, tried to play it again recently and didn't realise how difficult it was!



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  • #12
    CiDeRmAn
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121737371#Comment_121737371

    I played it on the Spectrum 48k!

    And it was surprisingly good there



  • #13
    Optimus Prime
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    Another Vote for Rock N Roll racing , loved that game. Mario Kart as well on the Super Nintendo.



  • #14
    Inviere
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121737778#Comment_121737778

    James, slams into first!

    Agreed great game. Never played the MD version, so can only vouch for the Snes version. The MSU1 version is amazing, but the original is king.

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  • #15
    geotrig
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    on the nigel mansells game above ,i have the snes version and its a lot different more like super monaco gp than what is above. still an ok game but i thinkid prefer the md version



  • #16
    z80CPU
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121732450#Comment_121732450

    Add the Atari ST for this game as well.



  • #17
    bop1977
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    super mario kart all day long.



  • #18
    bop1977
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    micro machines 2 with the F U to Sega and the extra ports on top of the cartridge.



  • #19
    Robert Nairac
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    Super Hang-on. Street Racer was fun too.



  • #20
    NIMAN
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    Have fond memories of Revs on the BBC MICRO when back in secondary school.

    It was the only game we had on it, and there was a daily battle during lunch breaks to try to beat the record time for a lap.

    I proudly held it for a few days. Ah, good times.



  • #21
    chopperbyrne
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    I assume there's at least one good 16bit port of OutRun.



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  • #22
    Quigs Snr
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    surprisingly.. not really. The Saturn one was the best I played but that’s 32 bit.



  • #23
    Akrasia
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    Another for Micro Machines 2. Spent so much renting it from Xtra vision that we would have been better off buying the game



  • #24
    Quigs Snr
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    Not exactly 16 bit, but from that Era (1993)… World Rally in the Arcade was always strangely compelling to me. Sort of a proto-sega rally in Isometric 3D. I remember the sound being deafening on it in the Arcade. Surprisingly I can't find a home port of it, although I do see it is on the Evercade Gaelco Arcade 1 cartridge. Which I am going to pop into my amazon basket now.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8VpFlRTrPY



  • #25
    Inviere
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122190116#Comment_122190116

    Love that game, I remember playing it in a few different arcades. Still enjoy the odd blast of it these days through MAME.

    Was the PC Engine port of Outrun up to much?

    In terms of the thread itself, did Chase HQ ever get a near arcade console port? I know there was a few ports to various Micros, and maybe 8bit...but 16bit ports aren't springing to mind.

    Lotus and Buggy Boy on the Amiga, Top Gear, Rock n Roll Racing, Mario Kart and F-Zero on the Snes, Road Rash and Super Hang On on the Megadrive are all superb games.

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  • #26
    romperstomper
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    Another vote for road rash 2 on MD, and a slight variation with a nod to super monaco 2 (ayrton senna's)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrton_Senna%27s_Super_Monaco_GP_II



  • #27
    Retr0gamer
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122190469#Comment_122190469

    I think the saturn port was pretty close or arcade perfect.

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  • #28
    Inviere
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122191256#Comment_122191256

    60fps version? 32bit though....

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  • #29
    geotrig
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    Pc engine version was bad, Saturn and ps2 where pretty good IIRC ps2 was perfect



  • #30
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Apparently the team behind the Space Harrier and After Burner 32x ports were also due to make an Outrun port.

    What could have been, eh?



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  • #31
    Quigs Snr
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122191256#Comment_122191256

    True, in both the case of Outrun and the Japanese only port of Chase HQ… (I found PC Engine versions of both to be fairly poor).



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