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ナムコのR:Racing Evolutionの発売日が最近発表された（2003年11月27日）。私はPS2版を買うか、GC版を買うか, XBOXを買うかそれか比べるために同時に三つを買うかはまだ迷ってる（迷ってるのは、私だけじゃないし・・・）。
そしてゲームのサイトにナムコのRacing game historyについてのページが追加された。驚いたのは、ナムコの最初のレースゲームの日付を見た時：1969！第二次世界対戦が終わった直後ですね。天国にいる私のじいちゃんが遊んでたゲームかもしれない。
GamespotのThe history of Video Gamesで調べてみたら、最初に”テレビゲーム”と言えるものが作られたのは1958年だそうです。。。

Namco announced the release date for R:Racing Evolution recently as the 27th of November this year. I'm not sure whether to buy the PS2 version, the Gamecube version or the XBOX version, or maybe all 3 so I can compare them directly. Whilst browsing the Namco site I found an interesting new page had been added - Namco's Racing Game History. What surprised me the most was the date on Namco's first ever arcade racing game - 1969!! That's, like, World War II era... I wonder if my poor old grandpa, god rest his soul, played it?

On a sidenote, Gamespot has an interesting page: The History of Video Games. Apparently the first ever "tv video game" was made in 1958...

Posted by T-virus at 11:15 AM on Fri, 22 August 2003

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	なんやったら、分担する？ PS2かGC版やったら買ってもええで～「ポールポジション」懐かしい。子供のころ近所のゲームセンターによく行ってたなぁ。「ファイナルラップ」「リッジレーサー」もゲーセンで入り浸ったなぁ。今、ゲーセンでそこまでのゲームって無いなぁ。 F-ZeroもGX出たとたんAXしなくなったし。
	Colnitiwa

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	Winning Run was the racing game.. 3d with a high frame rate (for the time), dastardly difficult course but I must have spent 100s of pounds on the thing. The best 5 arcade games of all time in my opinion are: Marble Madness OutRun Winning Run Starblade Prop Cycle
	PixelJunk

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	1969年が第二次大戦直後というのはギャグですか？
	Anonymous

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	微妙ですね　(^o^);;

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	ギャグのつもりだった (_ _;) すみませんでした。
	T-Virus

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	しかし1969年なのに白黒の写真ですし、”長い歴史”を感じさせるためにこの写真を使ったと思う。画面写真がないから、実際にどういうゲームだったか分からないけど、想像ではビデオを使うゲームだったかも。昔こういうゲームを一回だけ見た覚えがある。ビデオだけなら、やろうとしたら、大事対戦直前の技術では作れたはず。現在の技術なら、PS2のIPUで何とかなりそう（QTVRのビデオとかで）
	T-Virus

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	Prop Cycle was an interesting game, although I didn't play it a lot...I used to play Daytona USA instead. Unfortunately I've never seen Starblade (did anyone play the Playstation port?) In the same style I liked Galaxy Force II a lot. No FZERO-AX in the top five? What about Double Dragon/StreetFighter? :-)
	T-Virus

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	The playstation version of starblade was bad quality FMV (full motion video) running at 15fps and with a sprite cursor on top. It was awful. Originally Namco had a deal with Sony to release 6 games for the Playstation during its first half year of launch. The only one they put any real effort in for was Ridge Racer. I can't even remember the other 3 but Starblade and Cyber Sled were very poor attempts. Fzero-AX doesn't get into the top 5... yet, it takes time to become a classic.
	PixelJunk

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	Here is the new movie of R:Racing Evolution. cubemovies.ign.com
	Motoyan

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	hmm.. I get Access Denied when I tried looking at that URL, is it available anywhere else?
	PixelJunk

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	it looks like you have to be an IGN insider (pfff..) strange, I could watch it this morning... there are a few new images (one of them dated January 3, 1970 ;-) mediaviewer.ign.com
	T-Virus

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	I managed to see it from the url below (its on the righthand side of the link you posted) mediaviewer.ign.com
	PixelJunk

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	I found an official site! www.racing-evolution.com
	Motoyan

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	What is this crap???
	moose

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	This a cool website but is down right now so remember it www.eskimobob.com
	moose