Ridge Racer 64 is a racing game

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...

 developed by Namco

Namco

is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...

 and Nintendo Software Technology

Nintendo Software Technology

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 for the Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...

 in 2000. It features tracks from Ridge Racer

Ridge Racer (series)

Ridge Racer is a series of arcade racing games developed and published by Namco for both the arcade and various gaming systems. In each of the games, players race on courses set in and around the fictional Ridge City while utilizing the concepts of drift racing to quickly traverse...

and Ridge Racer Revolution and its very own set of desert tracks exclusive to the Nintendo 64.
On the choose a car screen, Dig Racing Team, Pac Racing Club, Racing Team Solvalou and R.C. Micro Mouse Mappy from R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is become available. Also it can be change the colors of the car instead of the normal colors.

Trivia

In Ridge Racer 64, the traffic lights and screen has the same layout as R4: Ridge Racer Type 4

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is the fourth game in the Ridge Racer series on the PlayStation.Unlike some of the other titles in the series, this game is made only for a home console, and does not have an arcade machine version. It is the final Ridge Racer series game released in the PlayStation console...

, but the word "GO" is still used. The light blue color is replaced by a green color and the word "go" is in a different font.

Music

• 0. Random Play
• 1. Revolver
• 2. Motion Blur
• 3. Evolution
• 4. Cruise Control
• 5. Ridge Racer Roots
• 6. Gunn Runner
• 7 Speed Nation
• 8. Manual Override
• 9. Dirty Air (DS only)
• 10. Downforce (DS only)

Ridge Racer DS

Ridge Racer DS is a video game based on the Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...

 version of Ridge Racer

Ridge Racer (series)

Ridge Racer is a series of arcade racing games developed and published by Namco for both the arcade and various gaming systems. In each of the games, players race on courses set in and around the fictional Ridge City while utilizing the concepts of drift racing to quickly traverse...

. The game was remade to make use of features on the DS such as the touch-screen and wireless multi-player while providing otherwise a very similar experience to its original counter-part. Noticeable differences are:

• 1. Turns are easier and have to brake less or not at all in some turns
• 2. Trophies are given out of order
• 3. Different menu system.
• a.) Game is lacking the choice of drifting and/or collision based on Ridge Racer
  Ridge Racer (series)
  Ridge Racer is a series of arcade racing games developed and published by Namco for both the arcade and various gaming systems. In each of the games, players race on courses set in and around the fictional Ridge City while utilizing the concepts of drift racing to quickly traverse...
  
  , Ridge Racer Revolution
  Ridge Racer Revolution
  Ridge Racer Revolution is a racing game developed by Namco for the PlayStation in 1995. It is the sequel of the inaugural game Ridge Racer. The game's covers between the Japanese version and the European & North America version are different in this game. The game's cover of the Japanese...
  
   or Ridge Racer 64
• b.) Menu is horizontal when choosing cars and track to race
• c.) The cars have little different stats and they are point based instead of bars
• 4. Reiko Nagase is replaced by Gina Cavalli from R: Racing Evolution
• 5. Collision with other cars doesn't lose as much speed.
• 6. Graphics are update with DS logo on cars instead of 64
• 7. There is no rear view mirror in 1st person mode
• 8. The word "TIME" is blue and the number is still orange
• 9. During the Ridge Racer DS debut, this game has the same as ridge racer 64 opening movie but unfortunately, this Nintendo 64
  Nintendo 64
  The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...
  
   logo gets replaced with the Nintendo DS
  Nintendo DS
  The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
  
   logo and the rotating N from N64 is nowhere to be found.
• 10. The announcer has a different voice saying "Alright! This is gonna be a great race.
• 11. Some of the special bonus cars have been altered into cars that feature Mario, Luigi, DK, Shyguy and others on them, than their original 64 versions.
• 12. Also, a bonus 'Mushroom Kingdom II' song (taken from the NES Super Mario Bros. 2) is included as well.

This game was released on December 7, 2004 and rated Everyone by the ESRB

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(The Entertainment Software Rating Board). However this game is not rated by PEGI from Europe.