Ballistics (2001)
Genres:Strategy, Arcade, Racing
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:Ballistics is a futuristic racing computer game developed by Grin and published by Xicat Interactive in 2001. Grin developed an arcade version of the game, released in 2002 featuring a unique reclined seating position cabinet by Triotech Amusement. Players race across seven different tracks in various leagues against other competitors on high-speed hoverbikes.
The game was Grin's first to be released, and featured the first version of their Diesel game engine. Grin worked closely with NVIDIA to incorporate then new technologies into the game, and was marketed as one of the flagship titles for the GeForce 3 Series of graphics cards.
Critical reaction was generally favourable, with reviewers being impressed by the beauty of the graphics and the thrilling depiction of speed. They were however, slightly disappointed with the shallow nature of the gameplay. A newer version of the arcade game was released in 2003, incorporating motion simulator technology into the arcade cabinet.Show more
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NO other game comes close to the sense of breaking the sound barrier as Ballistics (sound literally deafens once you break it). The soundtrack is amazing , the environment and tracks are great and the concept is pretty easy.
Some elements didn't age too well like UI/HUD, but the basic element of racing, learning your favorite track and memorizing where the obstacles are and which curves to place yourself in to max your speed are top tier.
Some say Wipeout, Redout or FZero are the fastest, I beg to disagree, once you hit max speed in Ballistics, there's nothing that compares to it.
Here's two youtube video to show off a bit how it feels ( jhaIwUo4-08 and 4kRh5CLByds )
Hope ONE day it will pop up on GOG!
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