San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing Game Sample - N64

Originally released in Arcades in 1996 and developed by Atari Games, "San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing" is the first game in the popular "San Francisco Rush" series. It was later ported to the N64 by Midway in 1997 (and met with positive reception) and to the Playstation by Climax Group in 1998 (and met with remarkably poor reception). I've never played the Playstation game, but the N64 game is pretty good. The original game was updated two other times under the names "San Francisco Rush: The Rock" and "San Francisco Rush The Rock: Wave Net". The N64 game is primarily a compilation of the first two games with arranged features and new modes.

The N64 game features seven tracks (six normal, one hidden), about a dozen vehicles (a few being hidden), a variety of cool cheats, and the other features which made the game popular in the first place (plenty of odd or fascinating shortcuts, hidden stage keys, unearthly gravity, HUGE jumps, and crazy crashes - among other things). The graphics aren't particularly good, but the stages have a lot of depth and personality. The audio is compressed quite a bit from the Arcade game to compensate for the N64's lower sound capabilities, but the good thing is that all the tunes are here and you can select them as you like during a race by pausing the game and choosing what you want. New to the N64 game is two extra modes, Practice Mode (pretty self-explanatory except there is a time limit) and Death Race (if a player crashes, the game is over). There are several options that can be configured as well, from difficulty to how much "fog" is available.

This is a video of the game in action. What's your name? Nothin' nasty now. Enjoy.