Tokyo Highway Battle

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Tokyo Highway Battle
Tokyo Highway Battle cover.jpg
North American PlayStation box art
Developer(s) Genki
Publisher(s) PlayStationSaturn
Imagineer
Series Tokyo Xtreme Racer
Platform(s) PlayStation, Sega Saturn
ReleasePlayStation
  • JP: May 3, 1996
  • NA: August 9, 1996 [1]
  • EU: June 27, 1997
Saturn
  • JP: February 28, 1997
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Tokyo Highway Battle is a 1996 racing video game developed by Genki for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was released in Japan as Shutokou Battle: Drift King for the PlayStation, and Shutokō Battle '97 for the Saturn. The game is part of the Shutokou Battle franchise.

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Gameplay

Tokyo Highway Battle is a game in which players race around three tracks on the highways of Tokyo. [2]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Tokyo Highway Battle doesn't rank up there with the best of them, but it isn't far behind." [2]

In Japan, Famitsu scored the PlayStation version 29 out of 40. The reviewers liked the controls, the presence of regular vehicles on courses, and called the balance "perfect". [3] The Saturn version received 27 out of 40. [4]

References

  1. "PlayStation News @ www.vidgames.com". 1998-06-11. Archived from the original on 1998-06-11. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  2. 1 2 "Finals". Next Generation . No. 22. Imagine Media. October 1996. pp. 170–171.
  3. "プレイステーションレースゲーム一覧". retoro.g-player.com. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  4. "セガサターン デイトナUSAサーキットエディション マンクスTTスーパーバイク". retoro.g-player.com. Retrieved 2024-09-09.