A tribute to those daredevil drivers of Rush

For those of you who are unaware, San Franciso Rush Racing was an Atari Arcade game released in the mid 1990's. As wikipedia says :

"The game is notable because of the high level of detail that went into recreating the city of San Francisco and the fast arcade-style physics and exaggeration of gravity."

Wikepedia link

Essentially, the game was the spiritual descendant of Stunt Car Racer. You could fly through the air with the greatest of ease. The best part of the game was that you didn't have to follow the race track, so you could take short cuts through San Franciso's China Town, leap Lombard St (the windiest Street in the world) in a single bound. Other short cuts included 1st floor office bulding car parks, a 'half pipe' though San Francisco city park as well as racing down a drain.

An extended version was released a few years later with a few new tracks (including some great short cuts around the San Francisco water front) and a bonus track "Alcatraz", based around the rock itself.

My friends and I played this game relentlessly. We made the top 10 high score lists in all the machines located in Melbourne, and but for some snotty-nosed kid from a Camberwell high school we would have dominated them all. The game also became the inspiration for a lesser-known upfront progressive-house combo who burst onto the 1998 music scene with a great tune called 'Regret'.

Here are some screen shots.
















Go here Midway link and click on the video trailer for a taste of the action.

Word came across the old bush telegraph on Friday that there is now an X-box port for Rush Racing. And once again, my brave friends are taking to the streets and skies of San Francisco for more acts of daredevilry.

To those magnificent men in their driving and flying machines.. this post is for you ;)