Origins
Based on Atari Games 1989 coin-op.
 Sound
This game features digital sound effects
Awards:
Golden Joystick Awards: Best 16-bit coin-op conversion 1990
Conversion - Atari Lynx
 Competition
Hard Drivin' was featured in ST Format's competition where four winners got a 1/18 scale radio controlled model of Ferrari F40.
 Charts
Top UK ST charts position: 4 (3/1990)
Months on charts: 6 between 2/1990 - 12/1990
Development
Game was developed on the Atari ST and took about 6 months to write. It was developed mainly using Turbo C for code and Art Director for graphics. Final source code size was between 350 and 400 kilobytes. 70% of the source code is C and 30% assembler.
ST version runs between 8 to 10 frames per second with over 150 objects on screen at the same time.
Source: ACE issue 28 January 1990
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