[Arcade] Hot Rod Rebels (Atari)

blueshogun96 · May 18, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHu1R67xJi4

http://www.atarigames.com/safestuff/hotrod.html <- Not mine.
http://www.atarigames.com/files/3c9f0b28f5d69370a220339730744daf-4.html
http://system16.com/hardware.php?id=755&gid=3001#3001

Honestly, I'm really surprised that I'm the only one who's posted a video of this in Youtube, and on other forums that respect unreleased games! :shrug:

Anyway, this was Atari's last and final arcade game (IIRC) that was never released due to the fact that Atari decided to shutdown the coin-op business.

system16 said:

Notes from Scott : The unreleased sequel to San Francisco Rush 2049 and was cancelled before it was finished.

There are 8 tracks to choose from. Only three of the tracks are complete. Three other tracks are incomplete. You can race those tracks, but there are no textures so It's like Hard Drivin 2000! The last two tracks are unplayable and the music and sound effects are unfinished. The drone car logic is also not complete as they get lost while driving.

The cabinet is a standard 2049 cabinet with lots of modifications. There is a new Quad Stereo amp in the unit to power the new speakers in the tail pipes. Inside each tail pipe is a speaker and an LED light array. There are also real 'taillights' built into the base of the seat. The shifter ball is supposed to be a mini 8-Ball. The gas pedal is a throwback to the 70's pedals that were shaped like a 'cave man' foot. To the right of the monitor bezel is a light tree that signals when you should stomp on the gas. It only works at the beginning of the game. The monitor bezel and marquee bezel are black, instead of the 2049 blue. The seat looks like it is a new design, although it may be the same as Crusin Exotica.

The hardware is very different from the 2049 design. This game runs on a PC- a Pentium III 933mhz with a Geforce 2 card. It uses a special security board to keep the game from being bootlegged. The security board connects via the USB port. If the board is not present, the game will not boot. You cannot run this sofware in a 2049 cabinet.

This prototype gives you a good idea of what the sequel to 2049 might have been. The tracks are very cool, and the graphics are much improved. It's too bad Midway did not see this through to completion. This would have been an awesome chapter in the Rush series.
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If the ROM for this game existed, I'd still like to see it emulated. Having experience emulating x86 and NVx architecture, I'd still say it would be worth emulating. No clue what the sound hardware is like though, not enough information was released on it

Your thoughts?

Btw, why is there no arcade icon?

wombat · May 19, 2011

WOW that game looks awesome, especially the 'speed feeling' looks spot on. Shame indeed that this game never got finished.

Shou · May 29, 2011

blueshogun96 said: ↑

If the ROM for this game existed, I'd still like to see it emulated. Having experience emulating x86 and NVx architecture, I'd still say it would be worth emulating. No clue what the sound hardware is like though, not enough information was released on it
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The ROM exists as one of the big Atari collectors has the proto PCB + cab.

Greg2600 · May 30, 2011

Looked very good, sort of like an arcade mix of California Speed (N64) and Rush 2 (N64). I would have liked it for sure. Too bad it got canceled, and hopefully the rom is released as it serves no purpose to hoard it now.

[Arcade] Hot Rod Rebels (Atari)

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