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Tokyo Xtreme Racer series

Highway 2000

Rev up for the road race of the century! Highway 2000 delivers driving excitement with all cylinders firing! Fly through five harrowing highway courses with your choice of three high-performance racing…

1 February 1996

Highway 2000 is an arcade developed by Genki, released 1 February 1996 on Sega Saturn.

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What Highway 2000 is

Highway 2000 is an arcade game developed by Genki and released in 1996. It was published by Natsume Inc.. It is available on Sega Saturn only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rev up for the road race of the century! Highway 2000 delivers driving excitement with all cylinders firing! Fly through five harrowing highway courses with your choice of three high-performance racing machines - the speed and handling of the Mad Viper, the awesome acceleration of the Dark Nebula and the stick-to-the-road grip of the Rapid Fire. Slide with all four wheels into a hairpin curve. Negotiate treacherous tunnels, narrow bridges and heavy highway traffic. Challenge a fellow racer to a winner takes all split-screen barn burner! You can see the action from above, from the road or your driver's seat. It's your road! Get out onto the highway and go! This is the Australian/European…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action.

Where it sits in the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series

Highway 2000 is the fourth of 22 entries we hold in the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series. The next entry was Tokyo Highway Battle in 1996.

See all 22 Tokyo Xtreme Racer games in release order →

What it launched against

Highway 2000 launched on 1 February 1996, within three weeks of Soul Edge, Guardian Heroes, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom.

Released around the same time: Soul Edge, Guardian Heroes, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara, Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Highway 2000 come out?
Highway 2000 was released on 1 February 1996 for Sega Saturn.

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