I show you the 1st Need For Speed of history! (RETRO GAMEPLAY)
Everyone here knows the importance of the Need For Speed franchise in the world of video games. As far as the racing genre is concerned it is undoubtedly a reference, I in particular is the one I have played the most and I have always been quite happy with what it offers, of course, the game is improved with each edition that is released and that somehow makes us discredit a little the games of the past, but that assessments should be made in a timely manner, that is, at the time the game is released.
Now, have you ever wondered which was the first Need For Speed in history, well, I think it's an interesting question since there have been so many editions or versions that surely at some point we lost track of it, even, we may have never played it or possibly completely ignored its existence. So, I tell you that the first NFS was released in 1994, but for Play Station and Sega Saturn it was released in 1996.
As can be seen in the image, it was titled “The Need For Speed”, this is striking because later the name changed to Need For Speed, which is how we all know it here. The game was developed mainly by Electronic Arts, Inc. and from then on it became pure video game history.
Moving on, you will now see the game modes and types of races, this did not change much in the following years as I remember the same in more recent games. Single Race, Time Trial and Tournament are undoubtedly the most popular race types.
For this Gameplay, I chose the track called Vertigo Ridge, which was a fast 2-lap race. On the other hand, I chose to race the Mazda RX-7 and I did so because I recognized it immediately because it is the one used by Keisuke Takahashi in the anime Initial D.
Graphically it is everything I expected, those were times when even images like the ones you will see below were quite striking, so surely in those times few would have complained. I must say that later this improved a lot in the following versions of Play Station. As for the gameplay, it is also just as I expected, it was quite fluid as the car took care of what I asked, so in that sense everything was fine.
It was a pleasure to share with you this gameplay of the first Need For Speed in history, I hope it has been of your interest, best regards!
Herramientas usadas y fuentes / Tools used and sources:
- Video capture: OBS Studio
- Video edited with: CapCut
- Game: The Need for Speed (Play Station)
- Video recorded with: Samsung Galaxy A32
- Gamepad: Joystick Logitech F310
- Translator: DeepL Translate
- Main image edited with: PowerPoint 2016
- Images of the post: Screenshots made on my PC
- Copyright free music (CapCut): Retro Game
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Yes this is an interesting game in my opinion, in 2018 or 2019 I often play this game on my PS 3. It's a good game my brother @musicandreview
NFS for PS3 should be very good, obviously much better than the 1st ever. Definitely a good game, cheers!
recuerdo leer en alguna parte que fue el primer juego de carreras en usar tecnologia de modelado 3D, antes existia una tecnica para emularlo como hacian los F Zero pero este fue el primer juego propiamente dicho que fue en tres dimensiones
Fíjate que no sabía ese interesantes dato, bueno, al ser el 1er NFS no me extraña que haya sido el primer juego lanzado en 3D. Agradezco la interesante información. ¡Saludos!
Bro, this game is the holy grail of NFS, I think I only played it a couple of times, but I'll tell you that I had a hard time getting it for the Play, the following ones were easier, but not this one. I agree with you the Hot Persuit is the best, the 4 or High Stakes was good but its graphics went backwards, it looked like this one hehehe 😅
Very cool video and demo my brother, as always, bringing great games that marked our lives 🤘... You Fuc&%$ Rockkk!!! 👍😎🔥🎮❤️
Actually I think that few have played this game, it was not as mediatic as the following ones that were very famous. And well, for me Hot Pursuit is the best (talking about Play Station 1), maybe I think this because I played it in a very beautiful stage of my childhood, but it's great.
It was a pleasure to share this historical game. Greetings!