Wangan Midnight
Wangan Midnight is the first video game adaptation based on the Wangan Midnight manga. The cabinet consists of two racing units with a chair and steering wheel. Similar to the concept of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer…
Wangan Midnight is a racing developed by Genki, released 2 February 2001 on Arcade.
What Wangan Midnight is
Wangan Midnight is a racing game developed by Genki and released in 2001. It was published by Namco Limited. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Wangan Midnight is the first video game adaptation based on the Wangan Midnight manga. The cabinet consists of two racing units with a chair and steering wheel. Similar to the concept of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer \ Shutokō Battle series, players roam the Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo that has been divided into eight tracks. The Story mode adapts parts of the manga as the player's character seeks out and defeats increasingly challenging opponents. The player can freely roam the expressway with a traffic density that shifts according to the time of day. When an opponent is encountered the game enters a battle mode and the cars start to race each other. Each car has a life gauge, shown as an…
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Wangan Midnight series
Wangan Midnight is the first of 17 entries we hold in the Wangan Midnight series. The next entry was Wangan Midnight: R in 2001.
What it launched against
Wangan Midnight launched on 2 February 2001, within three weeks of Severance: Blade of Darkness, Oni, Onimusha: Warlords and Star Wars: Starfighter.
Released around the same time: Severance: Blade of Darkness, Oni, Onimusha: Warlords, Star Wars: Starfighter.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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