{"id":24055,"date":"2023-02-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/daytona-usa-was-one-of-the-miracles-of-the-xbla-era-so-grab-it-while-you-can\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T08:00:00","slug":"daytona-usa-was-one-of-the-miracles-of-the-xbla-era-so-grab-it-while-you-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/daytona-usa-was-one-of-the-miracles-of-the-xbla-era-so-grab-it-while-you-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Daytona USA was one of the miracles of the XBLA era, so grab it while you can"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Sometimes you really don&#8217;t know how good you&#8217;ve got it. Just over a decade ago Sega dropped a batch of Model 2 ports on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, providing impeccably presented emulations of some of the games that carved its reputation in 90s arcades. Virtua Fighter 2, Cyber Troopers Virtual-On and Sonic the Fighters all received near-immaculate re-releases, but the best of the lot was the first to arrive: Daytona USA, AM2&#8217;s almighty racer which, back in 2011, got a port that had no right being as good as it was. It&#8217;s about to be delisted from Microsoft&#8217;s marketplace, so I&#8217;d strongly suggest you grab it while you can.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhat makes it so special? First off it&#8217;s worth acknowledging the impact of the 1994 original &#8211; or at the very least the impact it had on me and millions of other impressionable young players. 3D games weren&#8217;t anything particularly new or novel &#8211; I remember my first glimpse of Virtua Fighter, running on Sega&#8217;s Model 1 board, in the dark corner of a bowling alley &#8211; but the texture-mapping introduced by the Model 2 felt like a bigger step forward still. Somehow I was lucky enough to find myself at London&#8217;s Trocadero when it made its debut here in the UK, a large crowd gathered around as we all patiently waited to take our turn behind the wheel. It felt like a glimpse of the future.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThere&#8217;s more to Daytona USA than technical prowess, though, and it stands out as an icon of Sega&#8217;s legendary 90s output. It&#8217;s not quite as groundbreaking as Virtua Racing, and I don&#8217;t think it plays quite as well as Sega Rally Championship, but Daytona USA has a special charm all of its own. It&#8217;s the arcade racer as a rhythmic experience, something its designer Toshihiro Nagoshi would expand upon in his Edge column nearly a decade after the game&#8217;s original release.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/daytona-usa-was-one-of-the-miracles-of-the-xbla-era-so-grab-it-while-you-can\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you really don&#8217;t know how good you&#8217;ve got it. Just over a decade ago Sega dropped a batch of Model 2 ports on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, providing impeccably presented emulations of some of the games that carved its reputation in 90s arcades. 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