The Need for Speed
1994 video game
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Summary
The Need for Speed is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,995 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Composer: Jeff van Dyck[3]
- Publisher: Electronic Arts[4]
- Genre: racing video game[5]
- Developer: EA Vancouver[6]
- Part of the series: Need for Speed[7]
- Commons category: The Need for Speed[8]
- Platform: 3DO[9], Microsoft Windows[10], DOS[11], PlayStation (console)[12], Sega Saturn[13]
- Game mode: multiplayer video game[14], single-player video game[15]
- Distribution format: CD-ROM[16]
- Review score: 74%[17], 90%[18]
- Input device: gamepad[19]
- Publication date: August 31, 1994[20], July 28, 1996[21], December 9, 1994[22], December 13, 1994[23], December 2, 1994[24]
- ESRB rating: Kids to Adults[25]
- PEGI rating: PEGI 3[26]
- USK rating: USK 0[27]
- Takes place in fictional universe: Need for Speed universe[28]
- PlayStation DataCenter URL: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/R/SLES-00223.html[29]
Why It Matters
The Need for Speed has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]