Hi-Octane
Hi-Octane is a racing/vehicular combat video game released in 1995 for the PC, PlayStation and Sega Saturn developed by Bullfrog and based upon their earlier Magic Carpet game code. It is notable amongst…
Hi-Octane is a racing developed by Bullfrog Productions, released 29 December 1995 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
What Hi-Octane is
Hi-Octane is a racing game developed by Bullfrog Productions and released in 1995. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hi-Octane is a racing/vehicular combat video game released in 1995 for the PC, PlayStation and Sega Saturn developed by Bullfrog and based upon their earlier Magic Carpet game code. It is notable amongst racing games for its wide and open tracks, and the resulting freedom offered to the player, and also for its excessive speed. It suffered in the marketplace due to thematic similarities with the better received Wipeout by Psygnosis and the generality of its graphics engine made for a very short depth of view compared to contemporary racing games. Hi-Octane is rumored to begin life as something several Bullfrog programmers coded in free time, and then decided to improve the game and market…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Hi-Octane holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Hi-Octane launched on 29 December 1995, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Screamer. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Screamer.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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