Ridge Racer 2

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Ridge Racer 2
Arcade system		Namco System 22

Ridge Racer 2

(which had been released in the previous year), than an actual sequel.

Gameplay

The gameplay is very much like that of the original, but unlike the

(which was a single-player game), in Ridge Racer 2 up to eight players can play simultaneously when four two-player cabinets are linked together. A player's number determines their car.

There also are six new songs, including remixed ones from the original, that can be selected with the gear shifter at the start. The enormous television screen above the entrance to the first tunnel shows footage from Namco's 1979 title Galaxian (in the original, it was playing Mappy). All the billboards are for earlier Namco games, there is a rear-view mirror at the top of the screen, so a player can see other cars coming from behind). There is also a change in daylight from day to night (a car driven into the track's tunnel during the day will come out the other end at night).

Legacy

In 1995 Ridge Racer/Ridge Racer 2 was followed by two true sequels: an arcade sequel, named Rave Racer, which was developed for Namco's System 22 hardware and a home console sequel, named Ridge Racer Revolution, for the PlayStation (which inherited Ridge Racer 2's soundtrack).

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Ridge Racer 2 on their August 15, 1994 issue as being the fourth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade game of the month.

References

Notes

Footnotes

External links

• Ridge Racer 2 at the
  Killer List of Videogames
• Ridge Racer 2 at the Arcade History database