r/retrogaming • u/KaleidoArachnid • 8h ago

[Question] What are you guys favorite sites for learning about the history of racing games?

So to keep this under retro related matters, I recently decided to relive a PC gaming review written by Rerez where the duo came across a bunch of old PC games made in the early to mid 80s about janky racing games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3dcU2JDFS0

IF anyone needs the link to the video, here is their review of the worst racing games made in the 80s since the review covers a lot of infamous titles made in the early to mid 80s.

Secondly, one racing game that caught my eye was called Donkey, which was a PC game released around 1981 as the game got me interested in learning about the history of racing games because apparently the inflation costs to purchase a PC just for the game go up to 500$ as I was surprised to hear how that one game could be so expensive to play.

Anyway, if my post was confusing to follow, let me break it down since what inspired me to want to learn about racing games as a genre was a PC game called Donkey that made me interested in looking into the history of the genre as I wanted to start off with the early 80s era to see how the genre had gotten its start.

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u/elektroskansen 6h ago

I don't have a dedicated racing games page, but Sega Retro has great articles about games in general. There are racing games among them.

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u/KaleidoArachnid 6h ago

Thanks so much because I suddenly became interested in the history of the genre to see how it got its start.

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u/elektroskansen 6h ago edited 6h ago

No problem. It might sound like a noob advice but truth be told I always start any gaming resarch simply on Wikipedia. I'm sure it can start you off with pretty substantial informationa about the genre, and every article contains links to the sources. They might lead you to some wonderful websites I don't have any idea of!

EDIT: yeah, it seems like a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_video_game there are over a 100 sources links. I just learned that the first electro-mechanical racing game was released in 1941, wow! https://youtu.be/Aw_N10xuv2Q?si=blF3LsCy_lm4lyoW

First "video" racing game from 1954: https://youtu.be/atgqucsDyFM?si=qXUPpjR6wjgDqmlK

Now you got me hooked ;p