The unique arcade model of Ridge Racer is coming to Swap 2, marking its first ever launch on a house system.
Hamster Company, which has been releasing retro arcade video games below its Arcade Archives collection for the previous decade, is launching a brand new collection referred to as Arcade Archives 2.
The primary sport on this new collection is Ridge Racer, which might be coming to Swap 2 on the identical day the console releases, June 5.
Though Ridge Racer was ported to the Sony PlayStation in December 1994, it was a considerably visually downgraded port of the unique 1993 arcade launch.
As such, this Swap 2 port marks the primary time the unique arcade model has been made accessible on house techniques.
To this point there have been 354 video games launched within the Arcade Archives collection, with an additional 108 launched in a separate collection referred to as ACA Neo Geo.
Just about all of those video games have been sprite-based titles, which means the polygonal Ridge Racer marks a notable change in path for Hamster Company, therefore the brand new Arcade Archives 2 collection.
Whereas it’s not but been confirmed if all Arcade Archives 2 titles might be primarily based on polygonal releases, Hamster says they’ll not less than differ from the unique Arcade Archives collection in that they’ll provide new options.
Every Arcade Archives sport options Unique Mode, Excessive Rating Mode (the place you retain enjoying till you die) and Caravan Mode (the place you need to get the very best rating inside a sure time).
Arcade Archives 2 video games may also add Time Assault Mode (the place you attempt to attain and defeat the ultimate boss as shortly as attainable) and Community Mode (the place you may play on-line). Nonetheless, Ridge Racer received’t have Community Mode as a result of it’s a single-player launch.
The sport may also embrace VRR help, enabling a extra correct replica of the arcade model’s body fee, in addition to a number of save slots, a rewind characteristic and a Fast Begin characteristic.
