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Hover Racing

Hover Racing was created by a small team of university students led by designer Tomokazu Sato and primary composer Hiroaki Ohmori between April and November of 1997, a concise but polished clone of futuristic…

31 December 1997

Hover Racing is a racing developed by Tomokazu Sato, released 31 December 1997 on PlayStation.

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What Hover Racing is

Hover Racing is a racing game developed by Tomokazu Sato and released in 1997. It is available on PlayStation only. It runs on Net Yaroze.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hover Racing was created by a small team of university students led by designer Tomokazu Sato and primary composer Hiroaki Ohmori between April and November of 1997, a concise but polished clone of futuristic racing games like F-Zero X and Wipeout. The core gameplay consists of 3 Grand Prix with 3 tracks each, as well your usual practice and time attack modes.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Hover Racing launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

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When did Hover Racing come out?
Hover Racing was released on 31 December 1997 for PlayStation.

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