The Need for Speed
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The Need for Speed is a racing developed by EA Canada, released 31 August 1994 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Need for Speed is
The Need for Speed is a racing game developed by EA Canada and released in 1994. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed is a 1994 racing game developed by EA Canada, originally known as Pioneer Productions, and published by Electronic Arts for 3DO. Versions with additional tracks were released for MS-DOS (1995), PlayStation (1996), and Saturn (1996). The 1996 Windows release is subtitled SE.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Need for Speed series
The Need for Speed is the first of 84 entries we hold in the Need for Speed series. The next entry was Road & Track Presents: The Need for Speed in 1996. Its critic score of 77 is 3 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Limited Edition at 92.
How it was received
The Need for Speed holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 106 votes.
What it launched against
The Need for Speed launched on 31 August 1994, within three weeks of EarthBound and Kirby's Dream Course. It reviewed better than 1 of the 2.
Released around the same time: EarthBound, Kirby's Dream Course.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Need for Speed yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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