Speaking of that, V1.00 for Stern’s Star Wars pinball was released a few days ago but on to the subject of the post here. It seems to be very inconsistent as to what to expect in this regard – excepting pinball where it’s long been a direct download from the website to a USB stick.
For a time, some manufacturers offered the updates direct from their website (or at least a way to download the update) but then some removed that ability. It wasn’t too long ago that most were handled by a CD or DVD that your distributor might send your way, although most of the time you had to know about it and request it. This one was just terrible.Arcades and software updates have changed a bit over the years. I know that there have been many versions of Daytona and they all have their quirks, but I've played many of them and could adapt pretty quickly. I've heard there's a newer version that has a proper 4 way shifter but the odds of me ever finding a machine for that one is very slim. I've never been so disappointed by an arcade game. Dinosaur canyon (the advanced track) only had 3 instead of 4. There are 3 "new" tracks, but they're actually just reskinned original tracks. Sometimes just glancing a wall was enough to bring me to almost a dead stop. This made it hard to tell when to shift gears, especially when the shifter sometimes doesn't actually work. The speedometer was way off in the bottom corner of the screen, rather than at the top of the screen where you can easily keep an eye on it. My friend on the seat next to me complained about the same thing so I don't think it's an issue with wear, especially with how new this game is. The shifter was unresponsive, it sometimes didn't actually shift when I pushed it.
How on Earth do you play Daytona when you can't instantly shift to any given gear for drifting? The 4 way gearbox was replaced by a 2 way up/down shifter. You had to move it about 20 degrees in either direction for the car to start turning. The steering wheel had a massive deadzone for all players. I've played many hours of the arcade, Saturn/PC, and Dreamcast versions of this game, and can easily finish 1st in all courses in those versions, so I'm fairly experienced with Daytona. I'm revisiting this old thread to say that I found a 4 player version of this at an arcade and gave it a few plays.
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