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Shutokō Battle
''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' (東京エクストリームレーサー, ''Tōkyō Ekusutorīmu Rēsā''), also known as in Japan, is an arcade-style racing video game series created by Genki, inspired by street racing on the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo. Its first installment, ''Shutokō Battle '94: Drift King'', was released in 1994 for the Super Famicom, while the latest installment is ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'', that released in early access on PC on 23rd January 2025 which is Genki's first major platform racing game release in 18 years as the last major release was back in September 2007. While the series was most commonly localized under the name ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'', when published by Crave Entertainment, other publishers have given certain installments entirely different names, such as '' Tokyo Highway Battle'' when published by Jaleco and THQ International; '' Import Tuner Challenge'' by Ubisoft; and even '' Street Supremacy'' when released by Konami. There is also a sub-series name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genki (company)
is a Japanese video game developer. It was founded in October 1990 by Hiroshi Hamagaki and Tomo Kimura, who left Sega to form the company. The company is best known for its racing game titles inspired by Japan's on-going underground ''tōge'' and ''wangan'' racing scene. History In its early years, Genki released games in different genres, looking for its niche. On one end of the spectrum, there was ''Devilish (video game), Devilish'', a game similar to ''Arkanoid'' that was released for Sega's Game Gear and Mega Drive systems in 1991. On the other end, there was ''Kileak: The DNA Imperative'', a first-person shooter, first-person mecha shooting game for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation which was released in 1995 and received a sequel, ''Epidemic (video game), Epidemic''. They developed two MotoGP video games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, SNES: ''GP-1'' (1993) and ''GP-1 RS: Rapid Stream'' (1994). Genki found its niche in 1994 with the release of ''Shuto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |