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Backfire!

Backfire! is a 3D rally racing arcade game released by Data East in 1995. Players can choose between 2 fictitious rally cars, "Farco R4 Cup" or "Andula 2.0", and race through 6 stages. It is also possible to…

1 March 1995

Backfire! is an arcade developed by Data East Corporation, released 1 March 1995 on Arcade.

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What Backfire! is

Backfire! is an arcade game developed by Data East Corporation and released in 1995. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Backfire! is a 3D rally racing arcade game released by Data East in 1995. Players can choose between 2 fictitious rally cars, "Farco R4 Cup" or "Andula 2.0", and race through 6 stages. It is also possible to play one against another on a split screen.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Backfire! launched on 1 March 1995, within three weeks of Chrono Trigger, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent and Discworld.

Released around the same time: Chrono Trigger, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent, Discworld.

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When did Backfire! come out?
Backfire! was released on 1 March 1995 for Arcade.

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