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San Francisco Rush 2049 is the first entry in Midway's Rush series to take place in the future. It is a port of the arcade title, which was released in 1999 and became another racing game hit for Midway. The Rush series, like Midway's other racing titles, is intended to be a very arcade-like take on the art of driving, embracing the speed of the sport without having to deal with the nuance and difficulty of the real thing.
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After the race has been won, you'll find, for near-mindless arcade racing/gliding/blasting/stunts, that San Francisco Rush 2049 is a highly playable arcade racer that'll make fans of the series, both old and new, happy that they own a Dreamcast. If you've never played a Rush game, this is an excellent intro to the series. --Mark Brooks
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The sounds of San Francisco Rush 2049 are great and match the gameplay well. When coming around corners, you can hear the tires screaming as you burn rubber onto the pavement. Every time you crash, your car makes a loud exploding noise, which sounds great, but is ... a disappointment because no one wants to crash. The music is also good because it is fast paced and really gets you in the mood to race. Many times, the sounds of a game are not given as much attention as other aspects, but in SF Rush this is obviously not the case.
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San Francisco Rush 2049 and the Alcatraz Edition are recreated to flawless perfection and will give you just as many countless hours of thrilling high-speed moments as it did so many years ago. The game has been greatly improved with a new circuit, stunt, battle, and ghost modes as well as some subtle track design improvements that offer new shortcuts for those with the quick eye to notice.
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San Francisco Rush 2049 is the latest arcade-to-Dreamcast conversion in this popular radical style racing series. The original arcade version took SF Rush's unique driving formula - with all its shortcut-heavy racing and big air stunts and moved it into the future, hence the reference to 2049. Essentially the changes in this the 3rd installment are more graphical than in gameplay, featuring a futuristic looking Sanfrancisco and zippier looking CARS.
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Let's face it, the San Francisco Rush for Nintendo 64 has never been known for its eye-popping visuals. Past Rush games have dished out first-generation looking graphics clogged up with overly blurry textures and sometimes puzzling color schemes. But 2049 honestly breaks apart from its predecessors in this respect with impressively detailed new textures that are actually somewhat crisp and detailed (there's even pre-lit coloring), and more stylized environments that range from futuristic, dark cities to coastal freeways. The depth of view, particularly in the Stunt Modes (which aren't drowning in skyscrapers) is equally startling as most of the game runs with a smart framerate. Midway Games West has even replaced the antique car explosion, water splash, and smoke particle effects with much improved ones. Woo-hoo!
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