GTI Club: Rally Côte d'Azur is a racing video game developed and published by Konami for the arcades in 1996. It is the first game in the GTI Club series. It was re-released for PlayStation Network in 2008.
| GTI Club: Rally Côte d'Azur | |
|---|---|
 Cover art for the 2008 re-release | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Series | GTI Club |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Konami Scorpion[2] |
Gameplay
editGTI Club: Rally Côte d'Azur is a game that gives players a choice of eight cars including the VW Golf GTI, Renault Le Car, and Mini Cooper, and the course winds through a European city.[3] It is a street racing game with non-linear maps, allowing players to take shortcuts through alternative routes such as tunnels and back alleys.[2]
Development and release
editThe first GTI Club game was released for the arcades in 1996 by Konami, on their new Cobra arcade board.[4] Three models were released: a deluxe single-player cabinet, a dual-player sitdown cabinet, and then a single-player sitdown cabinet.[5] In the United States, the deluxe model cabinets were released in limited numbers.[6]
Reception
editThe game was a hit in arcades.[2] In Japan, Game Machine listed GTI Club: Rally Côte d'Azur on their February 1, 1997 issue as being the third most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.[7]
Next Generation gave it four stars out of five and called it a "sufficiently immersive" one-player game.[3] Hyper magazine also rated it 4 out of 5 stars.[8]
Reviews
editReferences
edit- ^ "KONAMI/Press Release". 1997-01-07. Archived from the original on 1997-01-07. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ a b c "Konami: Sssmokin'!" (PDF). Next Generation. No. 27 (March 1997). 11 February 1997. p. 26.
- ^ a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 36. Imagine Media. December 1997. p. 178.
- ^ "JAMMA '96: Konami and Capcom Gain Ground". Next Generation. No. 24. Imagine Media. December 1996. p. 20.
- ^ Webb, Marcus (March 1997). "Konami: Sssmokin'!". Next Generation. No. 27. Imagine Media. p. 26.
- ^ Webb, Marcus (June 1997). "Konami America Blows Away the Bad Guys". Next Generation. No. 30. Imagine Media. p. 28.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 534. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 February 1997. p. 25.
- ^ "Arcade". Hyper. No. 41. March 1997. pp. 20–1.
- ^ "Console Plus Numero 063".
- ^ "Playmania 128".
- ^ "Player One Magazine (French) Issue 072".