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80's Overdrive (2017)

Insane Code

Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox One

2.93 from 15 ratings

195 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 118 backlogged · 11 wish listed

How long? Main story 6h (from 1 logged playthrough)

80'S OVERDRIVE is a 2D pixel art racing game, designed to take you back in time to when 8 and 16 bit consoles and arcade games ruled the world. Compete against opponents in career mode to unlock new races, buy new cars, and upgrade them with state-of-the-art technologies! Try your skill in time attack mode and see how far you … Read more
80'S OVERDRIVE is a 2D pixel art racing game, designed to take you back in time to when 8 and 16 bit consoles and arcade games ruled the world. Compete against opponents in career mode to unlock new races, buy new cars, and upgrade them with state-of-the-art technologies! Try your skill in time attack mode and see how far you can get in this race against the clock! Create your own tracks with built-in track generator and easily share them with your friends! Read less
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Details

Developers
Insane Code
Publishers
Insane Code, Rainy Frog
Genres
Arcade, Indie, Racing
Themes
Action
Steam
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Release dates

  • Dec 03, 2017 (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
  • Dec 07, 2017 (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
  • Mar 14, 2018 (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
  • May 07, 2020 (Europe) Nintendo Switch
  • May 07, 2020 (North_America) Nintendo Switch
  • Nov 19, 2020 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Jul 15, 2022 (Worldwide) Xbox One
  • Jul 27, 2022 (North_America) Xbox One
  • Jul 27, 2022 (Worldwide) Xbox One
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Rating distribution

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1 star
1
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mattewirre

Status mattewirre Oct 31, 2024

Completed the game. It was fun but too much of a grind to get the money to get a maxed out car. Had to do the same race over and over.

When I had a maxed out car I finished all races in one sitting and it was pretty easy but fun. Sound and design were the best part of …

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Completed the game. It was fun but too much of a grind to get the money to get a maxed out car. Had to do the same race over and over.

When I had a maxed out car I finished all races in one sitting and it was pretty easy but fun. Sound and design were the best part of the game.

2/5 because of too much grind and too easy.

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Jusfei

Status Jusfei Dec 14, 2020

Retired on December 14, 2020:

Notes: Okay, this game has amazing aesthetics. The 2D sprite style is easily the best I've ever seen for games that try to recapture OutRun's spirit (not counting Horizon Chase Turbo, that game is a 3D game), and the 80s themed paired soundtrack really captures the mood (also random note, check out Wolf …

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Retired on December 14, 2020:

Notes: Okay, this game has amazing aesthetics. The 2D sprite style is easily the best I've ever seen for games that try to recapture OutRun's spirit (not counting Horizon Chase Turbo, that game is a 3D game), and the 80s themed paired soundtrack really captures the mood (also random note, check out Wolf and Raven's A Tribute to Outrun). That's all the good thing there is about the game though.

The game just isn't fun to play in the long run. Your starting car feels like 1/4th the speed of OutRun on tracks that are 4x longer! The game's difficulty is also penalizing. One crash and you'd have to restart the race, but that also leads to you having to spend more money for repairs / fuel so you end up having to grind earlier races! The police cars are only there to piss you further, as they don't follow the AI.

The first 30 minutes of the game is all you need to play, as the rest is about the same. The environments will start to repeat and the future tracks will look just as same as the ones you played at the start. I just lost interest easily, and I don't see myself returning to this game when I could just play OutRun on the same consoles.

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