Cruis'n USA
Developer(s)	Midway Games (Arcade) Williams (Nintendo 64)
Publisher(s)	Midway Games/Nintendo (Arcade) Nintendo (Nintendo 64/Virtual Console)
Designer(s)	Eugene Jarvis (director)
Platform(s)	Arcade Nintendo 64 Virtual Console
Release date	Arcade 1994 Nintendo 64 December 3, 1996 April 12, 1998 Virtual Console TBA
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players simultaneously Upright Sit-down
Rating(s)	ESRB: K-A (Kids To Adults) (N64) ESRB: E (Everyone) (VC)
Input methods	Wheel Shifter Pedals
Arcade system	Midway V Unit
Display	Raster 512 x 400 Resolution Horizontal Orientation

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Although Cruis'n USA was advertised as running on Ultra 64 hardware (based on the Nintendo 64's hardware), it was actually implemented on the Midway Games reality engine.

Along with Killer Instinct, it was planned as a launch title for the Nintendo 64. Neither game made it out for Nintendo 64's launch, however, primarily because the arcade versions of both games were done on hardware that was very different and somewhat more powerful than the console. Cruis'n USA, although impressive in arcades in 1994, got panned in 1996 when it was finally released on the Nintendo 64 due to the fact that the port was less polished than the arcade version and its technology had already been surpassed by other games.

Gameplay

Like in most racing games, players race down one-way courses consisting of streets vaguely based on real-life locations. While racing, they do their best to avoid various road hazards such as oncoming traffic and construction. Players chose between seven different cars to race with. As in most racing games, the car can simulate either an automatic or manual transmission. Automatic increases the speed of gear shifts, while players using the manual transmission must switch during races. Players who reach first place move on to the next track, like in most racing games. Unlike most racing games, there is the option to change the music by pressing the music button.

Courses

Cruis'n USA features fourteen courses to race on, but only eleven are on the menu screens unless using a cheat code to get to them.

In addition, there is a map displayed between races that tracks your progress. Five routes, including four Interstates, are depicted on the map, and they are (in west-to-east order): US 101, Interstate 40, Interstate 25, Interstate 80 and Interstate 70. Notice that the Interstate routes are not correctly traced, the star for the Grand Canyon appears somewhere in the Midwestern United States, and I-25 is never portrayed in actual gameplay (for example, in the Grand Canyon course, the scenery immediately transforms from the Grand Canyon to Mount Rushmore at one point, and the Rocky Mountains are not at all included in the transformation). This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 40 Interstate 40 (abbreviated I-40) is a major west-east interstate highway in the United States. ... Interstate 25 (abbreviated I-25) is an interstate highway in the western United States. ... Interstate 80 (abbreviated I-80) is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States. ... Interstate 70 (abbreviated I-70) is a long interstate highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 about a mile from Cove Fort, Utah to a Park and Ride in Baltimore, Maryland. ... This article is about the Midwestern region in the United States. ... For the 1960s rock band, see Mount Rushmore (band). ... For individual mountains named Rocky Mountain, see Rocky Mountain (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Cruis'n USA at the Killer List of Videogames
• Arcade History Database entry
• Cruis'n USA at MobyGames
• An old fan site from the ninties