Sega are releasing Daytona USA 3!

Dr.Wily · Nov 8, 2016

Which system is used for this game ?

rso · Nov 8, 2016

Noone (outside of Sega) knows for sure yet, but imho looking at their recent platforms "something PC based" would be a good guess. For such a high profile title I'd kinda expect them to develop* something new.

* meaning "slap together a decent current-gen PC, then sprinkle some security on top, just like last time"

MrThunderwing · Nov 8, 2016

Here's the official logo

pato · Nov 12, 2016

Johnny said: ↑

I still think the original Daytona USA is the arcade multiplayer perfection. No other game comes close to it. Used to play it during my teenage years and even during college. Me and my friends played it everytime we had the chance to. It always felt like a great time. To me, the game is an racing game icon that should be praised, just like what Street Fighter 2 did to fighting games.

The reason people still see the original game on the arcades is because it's a big money maker. And that is because the game is simple enough that anyone can play, the rubberband keeps races close and the graphics are good to this day.

System16.com quote is pretty much spot on: "The first game to come out on this hardware (Model 2), worth mentioning above and beyond anything else due to the fact that it is the number one grossing game of all time. I have no figures to quote but I do know that in the UK alone it made close to twice the figures the second best selling game did (that honor goes to Time Crisis 2). 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".

As for Daytona USA 2, GameWorks Rio used to have a 8 player DX set, but the game never felt "right" for me and my friends. It's a great game, and while the graphics were simply insane back in the day i always felt the style was a bit exaggerated. Maybe it's because the original was simpler, i don't know. Also, i think the driving mechanics aren't as good as the original. We still played it a lot though. Same with Sega Super GT.

Anyway, hope that with this Daytona USA 3 announcement, Sega is finally able to re-release Daytona USA and Daytona USA 2 for current gen systems and also on Steam.
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Didn't know that there was a Daytona USA 2 cabinet in Brazil, actually the fact it ended being exclusive only to the arcades and the quirky style of the game made it very unkown here, in fact, even Scud Race have more units here.

Johnny · Nov 12, 2016

You're right. I really don't remember Daytona USA 2 being too popular.

GameWorks Rio had an insane Racing games area, and since they opened in 1999, Daytona USA 2 was a mandatory choice. The cabinets that might be still being operated today are probably in one of the HotZone arcades. The company that represented GameWorks in Brazil is the same that runs HotZone.

pato · Nov 14, 2016

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Sega are releasing Daytona USA 3!

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