Sprint 2 (Game)

Sprint 2

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A 1970's arcade racing game and one of the earliest arcade games to use a microprocessor. Despite its name, Sprint 2 is not a sequel and instead refers to its two-player cabinet.

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Sprint 2 is a overhead car racing game developed by Kee Games (Company) and released by Atari (Company) for arcades in North America in 1976, with a Japanese release by Namco (Company) sometime after. A successor to Indy 800 (Game), Sprint 2 allows up to two players to race in a four-car race in one of 12 different tracks. Despite its name, the game is not a direct sequel and instead refers to the two-player upright cabinet. It is known for being one of the earliest arcade games to use a microprocessor, rather than discrete logic boards, allowing more advanced features such as computer-controlled cars, multiple track layouts, text display, new operator adjustments (such as being able to disable oil slicks), and an "Extended Play" feature (where higher-scoring races extend the game timer). Rather than a brake pedal, the game adds a new 4-speed N-shifter. The game later received two sequels in 1977 using the same custom cabinet style as Indy 800 and Indy 4, with Sprint 4 (Game) being four-player and Sprint 8 (Game) being eight-player. Both make use of color displays, while Sprint 4 is known for its larger car graphics. It also received a single-player version in 1978, known as both Sprint 1 and Sprint One, making use of the track-changing mechanic in Le Mans (Game). It later received a full-fledged sequel with the 1986 game Super Sprint / Championship Sprint, which itself received a post-apocalyptic spin-off known as Badlands (Game). The game later received a re-imagining nearly 50 years after its original release with Neo Sprint (Game).

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