Rave Racer

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Rave Racer is the third game in the Ridge Racer arcade series. It never received a home port until the Arcade Archives release in 2026, although it was part of a tech demo for the Power VR graphics card for PC.

Unused Graphics#

In the Japanese version, one of the signs on the City Course shows a silhouetted figure dancing suggestively:

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A version without the silhouette is present in the ROM, revealing that the dancer (an unnamed woman referred to as Rave Reiko by Gamest, not the series mascot Reiko Nagase who first appeared in Rage Racer) is actually naked:

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Debug Display#

Dipswitch 9 enables a debug display at the left side of the screen.

Developer Credits#

Present at 0xAEFD in memory are some hidden developer credits.

BOOTING SYSTEM RAVERACER
COPYRIGHT 1993/94/95 RR PROJECT
SERIAL COMMUNICATION DRIVER VER 2.00
(C) 1993/1994 MORI 1994 KAKKY
DSP FRAME SYSTEM DRIVER VER 2.01
(C) 1993 KOMO 1993/1994 KAKKY
CHAR BANK SYSTEM DRIVER VER 2.00
(C) 1993/1994 KAKKY
MOTION SYSTEM DRIVER VER 1.00
(C) 1994 YANONE/KAKKY

Build Info#

Present at 0xA78A in memory.

namco   SYS22   ver 2.23    

Present at 0x366B2 in memory is a build date and time. The date is displayed in the service menu but not the time.

DATE: 07/16/95
TIME: 21:21:25

Development Text#

Present throughout the game's memory is text for some debug menus.

0xAAE3

- MAIN MONITOR -
-KAKKY MONITOR -
-YANONE MONITOR-

0xB2F7

V154 RR PROJECT
1993,1995 NAMCO LTD.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
0.CONFIG MODE  
1.RUNRUN MODE  
2.BLOCK  TEST  
3.OBJECT TEST  
4.KAKKY MODE   
5.YANONE MODE  
6.RIDGE FIGHTER
7.STAFF ROLL   
8.WINNING RUN  
9.BPARK        
A.GAME OVER    
B.NAME TEST    
C.PCG TEST     
D.MORI MODE    

0xB9A3

- OBJECT TEST MODE VER 0.04 -
OBJN AXSX AXSY AXSZ XROL YROL ZROL RTYP
LGHT IDIF VECX VECY VECZ XLRL YLRL ZLRL

0x153A2

- RAVERACER CONFIG MODE -
 MPU68020 POWER
 L/R -> SELECT
  COURSE NO 
 A -> REAL GAME MODE
 B -> HELI DRAW SW
 X -> MODE CHANGE
 Y -> EXIT
 DATA CONV TIME STUMP
  COURSE A MAIN 
  COURSE A START
  COURSE A LOOP 
  COURSE A PARK 
  COURSE B MAIN 
  COURSE C MAIN 
  COURSE D MAIN 
  COURSE B DOWN 
  COURSE B START
  COURSE C START
  COURSE D START
  PAD_RUN MODE  
  POINTER MODE  
  ON  - DRAW    
  OFF - NOT DRAW
         
  )      
  ))     
  )))    
  ))))   
  )))))  
  )))))) 
  )))))))

Regional Differences#

In addition to replacing the City course's silhouette dancer with an arrow, the English versions of the game also removed another suggestive material from the game, that being the "Listen honey, this isn't a jukebox, so if you want to be in the game, put in your money and keep your eyes on the road" comment from the attract mode highlighting the songs available in the game, leaving only the "And there's also 12 brand new songs to check out, so let's get busy" part.