GTI Club
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GTI Club is a racing game
released, originally, for the arcades in 1996 by Konami
. It runs on PowerPC
-based hardware. The game's graphics were very good for the time. In the original game, the player could choose from 5 rally cars, including a Mini Cooper and Renault 5 Alpine Turbo, and race in Côte d'Azur. The game allowed free-roaming of the environment, which was revolutionary for the time, and contained several semi-hidden shortcuts that could be used to reduce lap times. A handbrake is provided which the player is encouraged to use to perform handbrake turns round sharp corners.
cars plus a Bugatti EB110
supercar which could be used only in the single player game, at the cost of an extra credit.
, Lotus Seven
, AC Cobra
, Volkswagen Beetle
, Nissan Fairlady Z (S30) and Fiat 131
.
and PlayStation Portable
in February 2010 in Japan and in March 2010 in North America.
, an HD port of original GTI Club, has been released for the PlayStation Network (2008 in Europe, 2009 in United States). The port was by British studio Sumo Digital
and published by Konami
. The game features a number of improvements over the original game including enhanced graphics and sound, eight player online multiplayer, new modes and compatibility with the PlayStation Eye
.
Racing game
A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...
released, originally, for the arcades in 1996 by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
. It runs on PowerPC
PowerPC
PowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM...
-based hardware. The game's graphics were very good for the time. In the original game, the player could choose from 5 rally cars, including a Mini Cooper and Renault 5 Alpine Turbo, and race in Côte d'Azur. The game allowed free-roaming of the environment, which was revolutionary for the time, and contained several semi-hidden shortcuts that could be used to reduce lap times. A handbrake is provided which the player is encouraged to use to perform handbrake turns round sharp corners.
GTI Club: Rally Côte d'Azur (Arcade, September 1996)
The original title in the series was released in 1996 in Japan and 1997 overseas. It features a single course and four classic superminiSupermini
A superminicomputer, or supermini, is “a minicomputer with high performance compared to ordinary minicomputers.” The term was an invention used from the mid-1970s mainly to distinguish the emerging 32-bit minis from the classical 16-bit minicomputers...
cars plus a Bugatti EB110
Bugatti EB110
The Bugatti EB110 is a mid-engine sports car from Bugatti Automobili SpA. It was unveiled on September 15, 1991, in both Versailles and in front of the Grande Arche at La Défense in Paris, France, exactly 110 years after Ettore Bugatti's birth....
supercar which could be used only in the single player game, at the cost of an extra credit.
GTI Club: Corso Italiano (Arcade, July 2000)
The first sequel (ＧＴＩクラブ・コルソイタリアーノ) was released in 2000, it was published overseas in 2001 as GTI Club 2. The action moves from France to Italy with Town (Easy), Coast (Medium) and Mountain (Hard) courses, hence the title. It features eight unlicensed cars resembling the likes of Morris Mini and Bugatti EB110 plus a selection of new cars including the Fiat 500Fiat 500
The Fiat 500 is a car produced by the Fiat company of Italy between 1957 and 1975, with limited production of the Fiat 500 K estate continuing until 1977. The car was designed by Dante Giacosa....
, Lotus Seven
Lotus Seven
The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars between 1957 and 1972....
, AC Cobra
AC Cobra
The AC Cobra, also known colloquially as the Shelby Cobra in North America, is an Anglo-American sports car that was produced during the 1960s.-History and development:...
, Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle
The Volkswagen Type 1, widely known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Volkswagen Bug, is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003...
, Nissan Fairlady Z (S30) and Fiat 131
Fiat 131
The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italian car manufacturer Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Motor Show....
.
GTI Club: Supermini Festa! (Arcade, December 2008)
In December 2008, Konami released the third episode in Japan with the original "France Course" and "Italy Course" plus two additional circuits (England and U.S.A.) and twelve cars. was later released for the WiiWii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
and PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
in February 2010 in Japan and in March 2010 in North America.
GTI Club+: Rally Côte d'Azur (PlayStation 3, December 2008)
GTI Club+: Rally Côte d'AzurGTI Club+: Rally Côte d'Azur
GTI Club+: Rally Côte d'Azur is the PlayStation 3 racing game by Konami. The arcade version itself is a remake of the original GTI Club released in 1996....
, an HD port of original GTI Club, has been released for the PlayStation Network (2008 in Europe, 2009 in United States). The port was by British studio Sumo Digital
Sumo Digital
Sumo Digital Ltd. is an independent game development studio based in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Set up in 2003 following the closure of Infogrames Studios Sheffield/Gremlin Interactive...
and published by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
. The game features a number of improvements over the original game including enhanced graphics and sound, eight player online multiplayer, new modes and compatibility with the PlayStation Eye
PlayStation Eye
The PlayStation Eye is a digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 3. The technology uses computer vision and gesture recognition to process images taken by the camera. This allows players to interact with games using motion and color detection as well as sound through its...
.
Arcade hardware description
- 3D DSP: ADSP-21062 (SHARCSuper Harvard Architecture Single-Chip ComputerThe Super Harvard Architecture Single-Chip Computer is a high performance floating-point and fixed-point DSP from Analog Devices,...
) @ 36 MHz - Sound CPU: 68EC000Motorola 68000The Motorola 68000 is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor...
@ 16 MHz - Sound chips: Ricoh RF5C400 PCM 32Ch, 44.4 kHz Stereo, 3D Effect Spatializer.
- Graphics (Custom 3D): 2 x KS10071 (Possibly graphics as well: KS10081, K001604)
- Unknown Chips (possibly sound related): K056800, K056230