
Secret View: To get an overall view of the race condition during gameplay, hold the Start button and simultaneously press view change buttons 2+3+4. Special Ending: You must finish in third place or better in every course. Virtua Racing" - V.R "Super Monaco GP" - SMG "Stadium Cross" - S.C "G-Loc - Air Battle" - GLC "GP Rider" - GPR "SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative" - SDI "Thunder Blade" - T.B "Hang-On" - H.O "After Burner" - A.B "Virtua Fighter" - V.F "Galaxy Force" - G.F "F1 Exhaust Note" - EXN "Turbo Out Run" - TOR "Fantasy Zone" - F.Z "Quartet" - QTT "Space Harrier" - S.H "Power Drift" - P.D "Super Hang-On" - SHO "Rad Mobile" - R.M "Strike Fighter" - S.F "Out Runners" - ORS "Enduro Racer" - E.R "Sword of Vermillion" - VMO "Out Run" - O.R "V.R. Here is the list (Game name - Initials to enter): You can enter special initials at the Name Entry Screen to hear music of some of SEGA's classic games. Hidden Musics: If you play well enough to make the high score table. If you score high enough to rank in this mode, the letters 'T.A.' (For Time Attack) are shown next to your record in the ranking table. In Time Attack Mode, only the cars controlled by players are shown in action. Time Attack Mode: At the Transmission Selection screen, hold the Start button and press the Accelerator. UPDATES The US version has the "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen. Toshiba EMI released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Daytona USA / B-Univ - TYCY-5392) on September 7, 1994. This game contains statues of Sonic the Hedgehog and Jeffrey from "Virtua Fighter". Daytona also caused and still causes a problem in the arcade industry, Sega had come up with such a 'killer app' that no other game from them or any other company since has matched it in terms of profitability, leading to the phrase heard from most site operators, 'It's no Daytona'. The first game to come out on Sega Model 2 hardware, worth mentioning above and beyond anything else due to the fact that it is the number one grossing game of all time.
Players: 2 Control: paddle Buttons: 7 TRIVIA Even if titlescreen says 1993, Daytona USA was released in March 1994.
TECHNICAL Runs on the Sega "Model 2" hardware. An excellent checkpoint-style racing game. Curiously, the game is not marked as bootleg in MAME until 2020, which has both sets, although emulation in MAME is very patchy and thus marked as not working.Arcade Video game published 29 years ago: Daytona USA © 1993 Sega. As a result of the nitrous boost, the numeric speedometer is designed to accommodate four digits, as opposed to usual three.Īt least two versions of the game has been dumped, although ElSemi's Model 2 Emulator only supports one of them.Additionally, going too fast can make the car difficult to handle. However, the "turbo" as the game calls it is limited in stock and is non-rechargeable. Nitrous boosts, accessed with start button.When pressed, the ghost replay from previous user who raced at the track will be displayed as a ghost car (advertised as "shadow car" in the game), ideal for time attack runs. An ghost replay ability, accessed with green V.R.When pressed, the countdown from the start appears, and then the car accelerates to the maximum speed of 360 km/h (MT), with "MAXX" flashing during this effect, lasting several seconds. A turbo boost, accessed with yellow V.R.This feature was not included in any of official ports of the game (original or Championship Edition/ Deluxe). A rear mode view, accessed with the blue V.R.button only, as the other VR buttons are changed to provide new functions below: 6 modes of view, the fifth and the sixth providing even higher cameras than the stock fourth.To The MAXX advertises itself as "NEW ENHANCED PLAY!!" in the attract mode and includes the following changes to the original game: