Wangan Midnight: R

Moby ID: 129428

Released

December 20, 2001 on Arcade

Credits

61 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

2001 (Arcade)
2002 (PlayStation 2)

Publishers

Namco Limited

Developers

Genki Co., Ltd.

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 1 players

Genre: Racing / Driving
Perspective: 1st-person
Behind view
Art: Anime / Manga
Pacing: Real-time
Interface: Direct control
Vehicular: Automobile
Street racing
Setting: Asia
Misc: Licensed

Description

Wangan Midnight: R is a racing game based on the Wangan Midnight manga. For Arcade it is a revised and updated version of Wangan Midnight while for the PS2 it is the first version and the first home console release in the series as well.

The PS2 release has an AC Scenario mode (original Arcade Scenario mode), Mission mode, Time Attack mode and an i.Link Battle mode (local multiplayer) similar to the Versus mode used for the two units of the arcade cabinet. There is also a Replay Theater where replays of races can be viewed. The mission mode has a number of challenges against one or more opponents divided over eleven series (series one to ten and then Tune as the final one). The game contains licensed cars from the manufacturers Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, RUF, Subaru and Toyota.

Spellings

湾岸ミッドナイト - Japanese PS2 spelling

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Credits (PlayStation 2 version)

61 People (49 developers, 12 thanks) · View all

Producer	Tomoharu Kimura
Director	Takashi Hoshino
Car Model Lead	Koichi Yoshinaga
Car Model	Yoshiyuki Awano Takashi Mizuno
Course Design Lead	Nobuyuki Suzuki
Course Design	Shigehiro Kanazawa Kazuya Sugiyama Kengo Taura
Tidal Wave	Tsuyoshi Takagawa
2D Design	Tsukasa Sakurai Minoru Oka Manabu Tamura Mika Urushiyama Akiko Kajiura
Program Lead	Shigeo Koyama
Enemy AI	Yuuji Kitajima
2D Design Program	Akihiro Morita Masahiko Kobayashi
Visual Effects	Yuji Yasuda
Planning Lead	Nobukazu Itabashi
Planning & Camera Control	Hiroaki Shima
Sound Effect	Tomoyuki Kawamura
ANCIENT Corp.	Yuzo Koshiro
T's MUSIC	Hiroyuki Hamada
[ full credits ]

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MobyGames ID: 129428

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Game added July 10, 2019. Last modified May 19, 2023.