Back ريدج ريسر (لعبة فيديو 1993) Arabic ريدچ ريسر (فيديو لعب 1993) ARZ Ridge Racer Spanish Ridge Racer (videopeli) Finnish Ridge Racer (jeu vidéo, 1993) French Ridge Racer (videójáték, 1993) Hungarian Ridge Racer ID Ridge Racer Italian リッジレーサー Japanese 릿지 레이서 (1993년 비디오 게임) Korean
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco PlayStation
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| Producer(s) | Toru Iwatani |
| Composer(s) | Shinji Hosoe Nobuyoshi Sano Ayako Saso |
| Series | Ridge Racer |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation, mobile phone, Zeebo |
| Release | Arcade PlayStation |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Arcade system | Namco System 22 |
Ridge Racer[a] is a 1993 racing video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It is the first installment in Namco's Ridge Racer series. It was released initially on the Namco System 22 arcade system board and ported to the PlayStation home console in 1994. Ridge Racer was notable for being the first arcade video game with 3D texture-mapped graphics, with its System 22 hardware capable of texture mapping and Gouraud shading.
Development took eight months, and the game is based on a trend among Japanese car enthusiasts, which involves racing on mountain roads while drifting around corners. The first home version was released in Japan in 1994 as a launch title for the PlayStation; the versions for North America and Europe were released in 1995, also as a launch title for both regions. While an accurate conversion, its frame rate was halved to 30 per second (25 for PAL) due to PlayStation hardware limitations. Ridge Racer played a major role in establishing the new system and gave it an early edge over its nearest competitor, the Sega Saturn; it was considered a rival to Sega's Daytona USA.
Ridge Racer received a highly positive reception. Reviewers praised the 3D texture-mapped graphics, audio, drifting mechanics, and arcade racing gameplay, although some were critical of the lack of strong artificial intelligence and a multiplayer mode. It was followed by an arcade update in 1994, Ridge Racer 2, and a fully-fledged sequel, Rave Racer, in 1995; the PlayStation received a separate sequel, Ridge Racer Revolution, released in 1995 in Japan, and in 1996 in North America and PAL regions. The soundtrack was remixed and released on the Namco Game Sound Express Vol. 11 album.
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