Speed Freak is a monochrome vector

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created by Vectorbeam in 1979. Along with Atari, Inc.'s '' Night Driver'' and Bally Midway's '' Datsun 280 ZZZAP''–both from 1976–it is one of the earliest first-person driving games and the first such game known to use

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Gameplay

The game is a behind-the-wheel driving simulation where the driver speeds down a winding computer-generated road past other cars, hitchhikers, trees, cows and cacti. Occasionally a plane will fly overhead towards the screen. One must avoid crashing into these objects and complete the race in the allotted time. The player can crash as many times as he wants before the time runs out and players were treated to two different crash animations. The first was a simple cracked windshield effect, the second was a crash where the car explodes into car parts that fly through the air.

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*{{KLOV game, id=9707, name=Speed Freak
''Speed Freak''
at the Arcade Flyer Archive 1979 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games First-person video games Racing video games Single-player video games Vector arcade video games Vectorbeam games Video games developed in the United States