Introduction
Ridge Racer as you may have already
guessed from the name is a racing sim. for the N64. It was originally made for
the playstation by Namco but Nintendo was appointed by Namco to port it to the
N64. Therefore there were many graphic and detail improvements.RR64 is a good
game. It is a 256Mbit cart and the graphics are quite good. RR64 also features
some good tracks as music. Ridge Racer 64 has about 12 cars. But when the game
starts there are only a few available. I think about 4 or 5. By winning the
tracks in Grandprix mode the cars can be unlocked but winning is not so easy.
In the beginning the game seems quite simple and winning is quite easy. But
later the tracks will have to be mastered in both forward and reverse mode.
The best thing about the N64 port of Ridge Racer is that it has a higher resolution
and better frame rate.It was tested on Nemu 0.7a because that is the only emu
that plays it.
Graphics:
8/10
The graphics otherwise in the N64
are excellent. In Nemu0.7 there are a few bugs such as black textures but the
game is playable. Some places the polygons are all wrong but otherwise the game
is enjoyable and easily playable.
Sound:6/10
Ridge Racer has good tracks but
the only thing is that it has a lot of skippings in Nemu even on a P450. But
the tracks cannot be compared to the tracks in the NFS series. What I mean is
that the music is not really pumping kind of...(hope you understand ;) The Music
is ok and the sfx are excellent.
Playability
and Gameplay:8.5/10
The playability is not really good
since the cars are not very responsive and all that. And the Gameplay is good
hence the 8.5 because later the game becomes pretty challenging and tough and
can keep you trying for hours on end.
Screenshots
On
The Real N64
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Taken
with NEMU0.7a
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Overall:7.5/10
Ridge Racer is quite a challenging
game but it lacks the responsivity in cars which is so much required in sims.
The best part of Ridge Racer are the really well designed and detailed tracks.
But it's worth the download. Go get it!
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