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The Complete History of Sega Racing Arcade Games
BadMouth:
Daytona was HUGE in South America as well.
Just because it's stock car racing, people assume that it was only popular in the U.S.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: wp34 on October 08, 2013, 08:22:01 am ---Crazy Taxi might be my favorite to play--although I've not played a dedicated Outrun in years.
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Another history tidbit: Sega sued Electronic Arts over their use of the overhead arrow navigation aid in the game Simpsons Road Rage, claiming it was stolen from Crazy Taxi. Sega actually patented the concept of the arrow floating above the car to point you in the right direction.
The whole game concept was stolen if you ask me. Sega won and EA had to pay them damages.
wp34:
That is interesting. I honestly just assumed that the Simpson's game was a port of Crazy Taxi since they are so similar. We used to play the PS2 version of Road Rage a lot with my kids and their cousins at the in-laws. I never noticed it was made by EA and not Sega.
--- Quote from: BadMouth on October 08, 2013, 09:13:15 am ---
--- Quote from: wp34 on October 08, 2013, 08:22:01 am ---Crazy Taxi might be my favorite to play--although I've not played a dedicated Outrun in years.
--- End quote ---
Another history tidbit: Sega sued Electronic Arts over their use of the overhead arrow navigation aid in the game Simpsons Road Rage, claiming it was stolen from Crazy Taxi. Sega actually patented the concept of the arrow floating above the car to point you in the right direction.
The whole game concept was stolen if you ask me. Sega won and EA had to pay them damages.
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opt2not:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on October 08, 2013, 09:13:15 am ---
--- Quote from: wp34 on October 08, 2013, 08:22:01 am ---Crazy Taxi might be my favorite to play--although I've not played a dedicated Outrun in years.
--- End quote ---
Another history tidbit: Sega sued Electronic Arts over their use of the overhead arrow navigation aid in the game Simpsons Road Rage, claiming it was stolen from Crazy Taxi. Sega actually patented the concept of the arrow floating above the car to point you in the right direction.
The whole game concept was stolen if you ask me. Sega won and EA had to pay them damages.
--- End quote ---
It was actually Sega vs. Fox. I remembered that because a Vancouver game company, Radical Entertainment, developed that game for Fox Interactive (the owners of the Simpson license).
Some good details here:
http://www.patentarcade.com/2010/07/case-analysis-sega-v-fox.html
LeSpank:
What is GRID doing on there? Isn't it a Codemasters developed game?
And the use of Saturn screenshots for some of the games. Budget!
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