Defunct Games reviews NeoSprint by Atari, available June 27 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Switch and PC.
NeoSprint is yet another fun update from Atari. Four decades after leaving its mark in pizza parlors and bowling alleys, the Sprint series is back, and you might be surprised by how faithful it is to the arcade classic. Although it’s a bit on the easy side and is sorely missing online multiplayer, this is a game jam-packed with modes, tracks and unlockables. And just when you think you’ve seen it all, you’ll discover an almost unlimited amount of user-created stages just waiting to be raced. NeoSprint is a loving sequel that perfectly captures the spirit of Super Sprint.
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Your voice has me pumped to play this badboy!
If you build a circuit, it will on average have 4 right turns.
If you build a figure 8 track, it will have 3 right turns and 3 left turns on average.
Depending on geometry.
So figure 8's are more balanced.
Anyone know if this works with the PS4/PS5 steering wheels?
Reminds me of Micro Machines on NES
Is the footage slowed down
Got it for steam, its pretty good and fun
Wait, it's not releasing on the Amico? 😂👎
Terrible name for a game.
"Modern audience"
I hate the tire marks disappearing
Looks way too slow, the original was fast and furious so to speak.
This game looks horrible. Slow cars and narrow tracks. 😞
It just looks WAY too slow when compared to the original.
Looks slow when compared to the old game.
Game looks like it has some nice physics on it too.
QOTD, Favorite overhead racer, that Micro Machines game on the genesis.
I remember my mate peeing behind the arcade cabinet in the arcade we hung out in! We loved Supersprint. That, Mario, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, Operation Wolf, Hyper Sports, Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine, Narc, Final Fight, Colin Macrae, Daytona, Return of The Jedi and so many others. We were lucky and had so many great games. Funny to think you had to play an arcade game to get futuristic graphics now that we basically have arcade cabinets in our living rooms. Thanks for the review, you did it before many others and this game could become a cult classic 👍
I forgot how much I loved Super Sprint growing up and this looks like a great way to relive it, flaws and all. I'll check if it's on the XBox store in Japan.
f1 spirit gameboy and art of rally are my favorites
wait there are no leaderboards for the tt and time attack? that would be dissapointing. i love to set a time an compare it with others. and how long is the gametime? for 25€ i expect a bit of.
24.99? Lol
– please let this be a normal field trip
-With the Frizz?!
– 2:22
QOTD I vaguely recall something called “badlands” which was super sprint but you could blow up the other cars with rockets among other things, while I didn’t get the chance to either see it in the wild nor play it with people, I used to own midway arcade treasures 3 which apparently not very many people liked I found out years later…I liked it fine
My favorite overhead racers are Championship Sprint and Ironman Stuart Off Road
It's also available on the Atari VCS
There's one thing which kind of bothers me here, and it's the way the cars drive. Maybe it's just the way the physics are done, but I feel a realistic feel to the movement is off. Maybe it feels different when being played. Which is a shame, I was certainly interested in seeing how they'd pull this off.
As for QotD: I think it's got to be Slicks, a C64 exclusive from Codemasters which had a damn neat progression system which had you challenging (or be challenged by) your rivals in each race – which could see you trading rides should you beat them (if you challenged them), or if they beat you (should they challenge you).
Yeah, Steam doesn't even have a price listed yet, so for me, not sure if it worth it or not. As for the question, think I'll go way Old School, one I had fun playing on dad's old Atari 2600 and say Indy 500.
QotD: I'd much rather do someone else's homework or donate blood than play a single screen overhead racer.
Except this game is doing everything in its power to win me over. It's my favorite, by far, at least until I have a chance to try it.
glad to hear this one turned out to be a fun one! definitely thinking of picking this one up. QOTD: gotta go with my favorite of these, Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off-Road! Who do I talk to to get a similar styled update to THAT game?!
I've been playing this on the VCS since last October. A lot of the features in the broader release were in response to VCS community feedback. One cool thing about the VCS version is support for the VCS Classic Joystick's spinner control for steering.
This type of game (overhead single screen) could benefit from super realistic graphic like the one you find on pro pinball series (PS1).
DOTD : Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat, its pit strategy element makes it even more fun.
QOTD; Death Rally all the way. And not just because of the legacy it started as Remedy's first game, it was an absolute blast in the LAN parties in the 90s.
I feel like we already have a modern iteration of this: Circuit Superstars, and it was done outstanding! It was like a hybrid between RC Pro AM and Super Sprint and they even threw in some progression elements and championship modes. This game looks like a cheap flash game you'd see in the mid 2000s.
… fav classic is pro'bly super off-road on the snes. Somewhat newer blaze rush on the ps4 …
The game looks so slow…. combine that with the no online and bad AI and this looks like a $10 game to me
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