what happened to the PC version of San Francisco Rush ??

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"josh aleste" <joshaleste@mail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Does anyone know if the announced PC port of San Francisco Rush ever got
> released?
>
> the original San Francisco Rush was a coin-op arcade game by Atari that
> used a 200 MHz MIPS R5000 CPU and
> 3Dfx graphics chips: one PixelFX chip w/ 2 MB RAM + two TexelFX chips
> w/ 4 MB RAM, on an Obsidian board.
>
> this graphics configuration was a little better than a standard consumer
> 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics card (Voodoo 1) since the Obsidian board in the
> arcade machine had the additional TexelFX chip and 2 MB RAM beyond what
> the consumer Voodoo Graphics card had.
>
>
> the entire arcade board (MIPS CPU + Obsidian board + memory + sound +
> everything else)
> was known as the Atari 'Flagstaff Hardware' - it powered the arcade
> San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing
> and San Francisco Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Edition , games from 1996.
>
> from there, the original San Francisco Rush was converted to the
> Nintendo-64, and although it was a very decent console conversion, the
> graphics were trimmed down noticably to be able to run on N64's slightly
> weaker hardware (93 MHz MIPS R43xx, the 150K polygon/sec Reality
> Co-Processor, and smaller amount of memory.)
>
> -Then- there was supposed to be a PC port of San Francisco Rush - either
> the original, or SF Rush The Rock
> Alcatraz Edition, or perhaps both. It was to be ported for PCs with
> consumer 3Dfx Voodoo cards, naturally, since the original arcade games
> used somewhat beefed up Voodoo 1 technology. by the time the PC port
> would have arrived, the Voodoo2 would have been out, giving PCs more
> graphics capability than the SF Rush arcade games.
>
> I dunno if V2 would have factored into a PC port of the V1-based SF Rush
> games or not.
>
>
> So, there's the background to refresh your memory.
>
> can anyone tell me what actually happened to the PC version of San
> Francisco Rush
> and / or San Francisco Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Edition ?
>
> I *vaguely* faintly recall reading that it had been released, but that it
> was pretty obscure. if it came out at all.
>
> Assuming it was obscurely released, if you've played it, any impressions
> on how it compared to the original arcade ?
>
> thanks in advance
>

I am fairly sure this came out on Dreamcast as we have a game of the same
name IIRC. It is only average, however, so this may explain the lack of PC
release?

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Here is some info on the PC San Francisco Rush The Rock: Alcatraz
Edition - apparently released in 1998, but only for PCs with a
Quantum3D Raven board which used a 3Dfx Banshee chip.

(original SF Rush for PC that was meant to come out in 1997 was canned)


the first part of the information below is OLDER news (i.e. saying it
was for Voodoo2) then as plans finalized, it was announced that only
the Banshee-based
Obsidian Raven boards could play PC version, thus severely limiting the
number of people that could play the PC port of SF rush.

http://members.fortunecity.com/pboard/sanfranrush.htm

...............................................................................
(From Operation 3DFX)
"Well we just learnt that San Francisco Rush has been pushed for a Q2
98 release or so, according to rumours it was being held back to
provide an arcade perfect translation for Voodoo 2, i'll let you know
if the story is true, i'm gettin in touch with Bria n Bruning and
Midway as we speak, so stay tuned."

"Got an answer from Brian Bruning regarding the delay:

Don't have a current status. I think things are being held up while
Midway/GT/Atari figure out the PC rights. Bummer when an awesome game
gets held up for non-technical issues!

Brian

There's still hope from Midway, as we're waiting for their reply on the
issue, so stay tuned..."

NEWS!

If you ever want to get San Francisco Rush: Alcatraz edition on your PC
you will have to buy the new Quantum Raven 2D/3D card based on the 3DFX
Voodoo Banshee chipset. So the game does exist on the PC but has code
to limit it to run on this card (not that it couldn't run on other 3D
hardware). You can find out more about this card at
http://www.quantum3d.com .

OLD News

(From Operation 3DFX)
UGP got an exclusive on the long awaited port for the pc, San Francisco
Rush:

Originally slated to be released last year by GT Interactive, San
Francisco Rush, the popular Midway arcade game which runs on 3Dfx's
Obsidian hardware has been canned for PC. Instead, its arcade sequel,
SF Rush: The Rock, will be ported to the PC this year by Midway itself.
The game will support 3Dfx graphic accelerators on the PC and will
allegedly be a carbon-copy of its arcade brother. SF Rush: The Rock
will also support up to eight players via LAN or Internet.

There's no release date confirmed yet, however UGP got information that
developement will begine once the GT Interactive issue is solved... "
.....................................................................

i have the actual 1998 PC version. It is the best PC arcade racing i ever played at PC.
No comparison with the Midway Games for console crap released at 2004.
Now it impossible to find, not even at emule or any corner of internet.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N9RX8CVF

Installation Instructions - ***It is recommended that you run this in Compatability mode for 98/ME. It fixes a few problems you might encounter! (really bright screen, wrong resolutions, etc) ***

1.) Mount image or burn disc. [have to burn disc to hear music... not sure if there is a work around]

2.) Copy files from "Cracked Exes" to installation directory overwriting existing files. This will bypass the hardware check. [Game originally required a 16MB Quantum3D Raven Videocard]

3.) Install the included glide wrapper [GlideWrapper084c.exe] if you don't already have one. [needed to emulate the Glide API that the Raven videocard used]

4.) Enjoy! [this works great with an xbox360 controller

Also people. is there any HOME network options for the pc version of rush???? That would be a dream come true.

This really is a awesome arcade conversion, i used that glidewrapper to max the graphics and it looks better then on the arcade,

Also in the manual on the iso img it says there is start code cheats, Command-Line parameters selectable at program launch via DOS Command-line or shortcut override following program path/name.exe: Sounds good but i was not able to Get them to work? any help????

RUSH lives on. i modified some of the sound files to, replaced with carmaggedon 1 ones, eg. checkpoint. 123 start, some collisions. when you hit trees, engine sounds, the stupid cable tram noise, the seagul and the crowd. haha dont no why guess im bored