Video Game Reviews: PlayStation Portable
Ridge Racer
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Ridge Racer
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GameSpy
Namco is an old hand at delivering great arcade-style racers. There's no disputing this fact.
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GameCell UK
Namco are sorry, real sorry. They are so sorry in fact, for giving us R: Racing Evolution and not a true Ridge Racer sequel like they should have, that they have brought us the best peace offering you can imagine. Titled simply Ridge Racer, this is a
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PopCultureShock
It’s time for race fans to strap in and go mobile!! Ridge Racer brings all of the things fans loved about the franchise to the portable table. Ridge Racer is known for its flashy style of driving; incorporating lots of speed with drifting. Ridge Racer
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Modojo
It's focused, detailed, highly tweaked on gameplay, and loaded with options galore. It's got the old-school greatness of the series and a shiny new gloss rolled into one, with nothing ruined or tarnished in the process.
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HonestGamers
As of the 12th of December 2004, Nintendo are on notice. With the successful launch of their PSP in Japan, Sony have delivered a dire warning to the Kyoto based gaming giant. They want the handheld market, and they want it bad. No retreat, no surrender
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Electric Playground
Namco blows the doors off the PSP with this beautiful arcade racer, and leaves all of the other launch titles in the dust.
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Gaming Age
Thanks to the responsive controls, the over/understeering necessary for drifting soon becomes second nature. The d-pad and analog nub both provide for excellent handling, with neither having a clear advantage over the other.
...read the complete Ridge Racer review at Gaming Age
VideoGamesLife
ThumbBandits
I was never a fan of the original Ridge Racer releases. It takes something pretty special to get me hooked on a racing game and I just didn’t see what was so special about it. To me it was just another racing game and yes it was good for its time but
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The Laser
Injecting the PSP launch with an incredible adrenaline rush, Namco's brilliant Ridge Racer features more than 20 different courses from many previous Ridge Racer titles. The game's new World Tour mode offers a stunning amount of depth and challenge. From
...read the complete Ridge Racer review at The Laser
Game Chronicles
Deeko
To call Ridge Racers on the PSP a satisfying game would be a lie. The entire experience is euphoric, a game that is beyond satisfying and is quite easily one of the finest racers on a handheld to date.
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1UP
The verdict is clear, this is the epitome of great racing, handheld or otherwise. It's a greatest hits collection of the greatest arcade racer of all time, presented as stylishly and lovingly as possible. The words 'fast,' 'exciting' and 'beautiful'
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UnderGroundOnline
We've already looked at two racing launch titles for Sony's PSP, and we must say we were pleasantly surprised. Need for Speed and Wipeout Pure were solid games, no doubt about it. So what are the odds that we'd have yet another very playable racing game
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Portable Review
Ah, Ridge Racer. One of the few non-kart racing games that I actually enjoy. Namco has never done me wrong with the Ridge Racer games. Screw Gran Turismo and its actual car brands. It’s all about the fun for me, not the realism. So when I heard that
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Next Level Gaming
Serious racers and arcade fans alike are going to love this.
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Gamers Hell
It would only seem logical for a reviewer such as myself to do the cliché and refer to a series of onomatopoeias to start a review about two incredibly fast racing games. Taking into consideration that I am neither logical, nor am I cliché (arguable by
...read the complete Ridge Racer review at Gamers Hell
DarkZero
Sony console launches and Namco arcade racer. The two names have been going hand in hand for the past 10 years to great effect. Ridge Racer started out life as just a rival to Sega arcade racing prominence and has now out grown most others arcade racers
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Gaming Target
Ridge Racer and PlayStation-branded hardware launches have become a traditional combination. 10 years ago when Sony entered a very different gaming business, Ridge Racer was there for the PlayStation, showing off the capabilities of the console. 5 years
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VGPub
Packed with replayability. There are so many races that this game may take you some time to beat. Plus, this game is perhaps one of the best racing games I have played including any console racing games.
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NZGamer
Ridge Racer and WipeOut were launch titles with the PlayStation way back in 1995. Both titles helped to lend a degree of coolness to Sony's little grey marvel with their amazing visuals, fantastic sense of speed and pumping soundtrack. It was mainstream
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IGN
The essence of speed, reinvigorated and released from all boundaries.
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Pro-G
A PlayStation launch wouldn't be complete without a new Ridge Racer game, and thankfully Namco has kept with tradition. Ridge Racer is actually a compilation of sorts, bringing together tracks from the series' history (meaning the Japanese name of Ridge
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Console Gameworld
Gamers Europe
PSP Advanced
Many racing titles have released in the recent months across various consoles. Big name titles include Gran Turismo 4 for the Playstation 2, Need for Speed Undergourd 2 which has released on numerous platforms, and other racing ventures. The overcrowded
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Eurogamer
If I had to put a score on it, it would very likely be an eight edging towards a nine, and, in this hypothetical scenario, I'd probably also spend tonight lying awake - not excited about tomorrow (Merry Christmas, by the way), but haunted by the
...read the complete Ridge Racer review at Eurogamer
GamePro
Adrenaline-pumped racing to a cheesy dance track: great visuals, smooth controls, solid, if simple, gameplay.
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GotNext
It seems that whenever Sony has a new system coming out, Namco isn’t far behind with a quality offering for those poor souls who have to wait in line for up to twelve hours for their new little toy. They pulled it off with the PSOne and the PS2, and
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DreamStation.cc
Ten years ago Ridge Racer, one of the original PlayStation's (PSone) launch titles, set the standard on that system for racing games when it was released. Now, ten years later Namco has done it again with Ridge Racer for PSP. The game starts with a great
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Total Video Games
Digital Entertainment News
Halo. Metal Gear Solid 2. Soul Calibur. Super Mario 64. While many in the videogame industry cringe at the terms "killer app" and "system seller", there's no denying that most successful videogame systems hit the ground running largely in thanks to a
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Games are Fun
Outside of the Mario Kart series, I've never really liked racing games. Even Nintendo's "other" racing franchise, F-Zero, never really stuck with me (outside of their cool, mobile F-Zero AX arcade game). I've even played the PSP's other racing launch
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Sydney Morning Herald
mode provides 24 wonderful tracks, many of which are reprises of the best circuits from previous Ridge Racer games. The pace is frantic as you upgrade to the fastest cars, but there is little frustration as drivers can have unlimited attempts at tough cha
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Entertainment Depot
Similar to how Ridge Racer impressed gamers during the launch of the original PlayStation, so does its predecessor, the aptly titled Ridge Racer, on the PSP. Having gone back to the basics, Namco has created an arcade racer that is easy to get into but
...read the complete Ridge Racer review at Entertainment Depot
Armchair Empire
With its impressive graphic and new Nitrous boost feature, RR positions itself as the best game in the series and it provides a great example of the quality of games we can expect from the PSP.
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Thunderbolt
While the wireless feature is one of the best things in Ridge Racer, the very best feature of Ridge Racer comes in the form of its gorgeous graphics engine... Ridge Racer looks freaking amazing.
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Gaming Nexus
After playing Ridge Racer we can never look at portable racing games the same away again.
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MobileTechReview
First appearing in its arcade form back in 1993, Ridge Racer quickly became a staple of the racing genre and a signature title for Namco. Ridge Racer struck fame again as a launch title for the original Sony Playstation, and has since covered many major
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Game Revolution
It will never have the depth of a "Gran Turismo," but then again, it’s not supposed to. 400 horsepower of arcade style fun isn’t a bad way to ring in your new PSP.
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Gamer Within
There is no doubting that the Playstation Portable hardware is quite impressive. The sleek slimline unit can certainly pack quite a punch in variety of different functions that the system offers, with one of the most notable features being the system’s
...read the complete Ridge Racer review at Gamer Within
Ferrago
In the end it's this lack of additional play modes that lets Ridge Racers down a bit, but that shouldn't detract from the fact that what is offered is extremely entertaining, remarkably solid and technically incredible.
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WHAM! Gaming
series. There are also the quirky announcer comments that are constantly shouted out to you, and while they get old after a while, you can usually just tune them out. Ridge Racer is the kind of game you can pick up and play for a quick 5 minute race, or f
...read the complete Ridge Racer review at WHAM! Gaming
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