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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: pstwo on January 07, 2002, 09:53:15 PM

Title: Namco\'s first US Xbox title will be a conversion of arcade racer Smashing Drive.
Post by: pstwo on January 07, 2002, 09:53:15 PM: I can\'t wait to see the screens on this one. Namco makes sweet looking games. :D Heres the link http://www.gamesdomain.com/news/6582.html

Namco\'s first US Xbox title will be a conversion of arcade racer Smashing Drive.

The game has players racing against the clock to deliver a fare to a specified destination, Crazy Taxi style, taking shortcuts through malls and buildings, jumping over traffic jams, and other maddeningly fast-paced activities. Gameplay will be broken up into four shifts -- early bird, rush hour, night owl, and dusk and wired -- each one offering several routes. There will also be a two-player mode

Smashing Drive should hit the stores early 2002 in the US, with a European release later in the year.
Title: Namco\'s first US Xbox title will be a conversion of arcade racer Smashing Drive.
Post by: rastalant on January 07, 2002, 10:24:35 PM: Sweet!!!!!! Your on top of the news pstwo. Thanks again!!!! I will check this out I saw smash driving in the arcade and it looked awesome.
Title: Namco\'s first US Xbox title will be a conversion of arcade racer Smashing Drive.
Post by: pstwo on January 07, 2002, 10:28:52 PM: rastalant, check this out!! Bungie new game? :D
Heres the link: http://www.xboxgamers.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1010466037,88805,

"New Game from Bungie this year
nick Posted on January 7, 2002

As noted at HBO (not on TV), a writer named John Tynes is apparently working for Bungie. He is writing for a new Xbox game that\'s due out in about 11 months.

The guys over at HBO are guessing it is a game named Phoenix. I do not personally know of this game or where they got this name but, for now, I will have to go with what the guys at HBO think.

John Tynes wrote the following on his site:

Happily, my writing work for Bungie Studios at Microsoft has resumed just in time to help finance this little indulgence. I\'m working on an X-Box videogame for them that is coming out in about a year.

John\'s site can be be found here.

Please do note that this has yet to be confirmed by Bungie Studios and should not be considered as fact or rumor as of yet. We will inform you of any more news on the matter at a later date. Also note that HBO stands for halo.bungie.org and not the TV Channel HBO."
Title: Namco\'s first US Xbox title will be a conversion of arcade racer Smashing Drive.
Post by: rastalant on January 08, 2002, 11:41:32 AM: Sweet!!!!!!! Bungie coming out with a new xbox game this year? Cool.........I will check it out......pstwo you always deliever the news first. Keep it up!!!!:)
Title: Namco\'s first US Xbox title will be a conversion of arcade racer Smashing Drive.
Post by: Ethan_Hunt on January 08, 2002, 12:05:27 PM: Think what they did with Halo, just imagine what the graphics should look like on this game, i mean they would have had alot more time with the hardware, i can\'t wait to start to see the screens come through.
Also it is only going to take them 11 months to make a new game, isn\'t that quick? If it does come out in 11 months then the xbox must be very developer freindly.
Title: Namco\'s first US Xbox title will be a conversion of arcade racer Smashing Drive.
Post by: QuDDus on January 09, 2002, 01:01:00 AM: Well I want to know what about the other games namco already confirmed for xbox that are supose to come out?