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Speed Freak
Developer(s) Vectorbeam
Publisher(s) Vectorbeam
Designer Larry Rosenthal
Engine Engine Missing
status Status Missing
Release date 1979 (Arcade)
Genre Racing
Mode(s) Single player
Age rating(s)
Platform(s) Arcade Game
Arcade system Vectorbeam hardware
Media
Input 1 Steering Wheel, 1 4-Position shifter and 1 foot pedal
Requirements
Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough

Speed Freak is a monochrome vector arcade game created by Vectorbeam in 1979. It is a behind the wheel driving simulation where the driver speeds down the computer generated road past other cars, hitchikers, trees, cows and cacti. Occasionally a plane will fly overhead towards the screen. One must avoid crashing into these objects and complete the race in the alloted time. The player can crash as many times as he wants before the time runs out and players were treated to two different crash animations. The first was a simple cracked windshield effect, the second was a crash where the car explodes into car parts that fly through the air.

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