Is Hard Drivin' worth getting?

[Damon Plus]

I can get Hard Drivin, sealed, for 15$. Should I get it? I know it's a pretty bad game, but it seems to be pretty rare.

[Crazy Climber]

Gameplay wise - NO!

They did a great job with the limitations os the Lynx but the game is just not that fun.

Collecting purposes - sure, sealed for $15 is a great price.

[ls650]

NO. I don't think it's all that rare, and it's a terrible game because of the lousy controls. Do yourself a favor and avoid it except perhaps for the sake of a "complete collection".

[Gregory DG]

As one of the lowest rated Lynx games I'd say no. Unless you're just trying to complete your collection.

[BuddyBuddies]

just buy it....

[Atari5200]

I agree with just buy it too. Just because it's rated low doesn't mean you won't enjoy it. Look how low Tournament Cyberball is rated and it's one of my favorite Lynx games.

[ckrtech]

I don't own a Lynx and have never played it on a Lynx....but for the record I just wanted to say the arcade version was great.

[Crazy Climber]

I agree with just buy it too. Just because it's rated low doesn't mean you won't enjoy it. Look how low Tournament Cyberball is rated and it's one of my favorite Lynx games.

wow, I am surprised. Cyberball on the Lynx is pretty bad compared to other systems.

[Atari5200]

I agree with just buy it too. Just because it's rated low doesn't mean you won't enjoy it. Look how low Tournament Cyberball is rated and it's one of my favorite Lynx games.

wow, I am surprised. Cyberball on the Lynx is pretty bad compared to other systems.

 

if you play it like real football your fine, oh and don't run the ball. if you let the receivers run their routes passing is a breeze, and running the ball with the QB is fine too, especially to the left, if the blockers do their job and don't let the defense through, you can easily run for 5-10 yards but only certain plays will your blockers allow you to do this. Playing defense is easy too, just go into long defense every play, choose a corner as your defender and hope you picked the side the offense is throwing too, then pass interfere like it's nobodies business, their's no penalties so any pass you interfere on will either go incomplete or for short gain.

 

Great game in my opinion, all in how you play it.

[Emehr]

From a technological standpoint it's pretty neat to see Hard Drivin' run on the Lynx. Playwise, if you tap the D-pad left and right you'll have a much better chance at controlling your vehicle. Also, keep an eye on that little ball on the steering wheel that tells you how far you're turning the wheel. I have he game on one of the Midway comps for PS2 and it doesn't control much better on that. Well, maybe a little...but nothing compares to the arcade steering wheel. Yeah, for $15, just get it. Of, course, I'm a sucker for any late-80's Atari arcade games ported to the Lynx.

[dogcorn]

I know the topic is Hard Drivin but...this is just too freaky on the Cyberball thing.

 

if you play it like real football your fine, oh and don't run the ball. if you let the receivers run their routes passing is a breeze, and running the ball with the QB is fine too, especially to the left, if the blockers do their job and don't let the defense through, you can easily run for 5-10 yards but only certain plays will your blockers allow you to do this. Playing defense is easy too, just go into long defense every play, choose a corner as your defender and hope you picked the side the offense is throwing too, then pass interfere like it's nobodies business, their's no penalties so any pass you interfere on will either go incomplete or for short gain.

Holy COW. Atari5200, have you been opening my brain and studying it when I'm not looking? That is my EXACT strategy from top to bottom!

 

Great game in my opinion, all in how you play it.

I'm with you here too. T.C. for the Lynx is NOT a great conversion from the arcade original. But I do think it's fun.

 

Hard Drivin...now, that is neither a great conversion nor fun.

[RickHarrisMaine]

It may be worth it just to have, but I wouldn't suggest actually playing it. It's about near impossible. You'll play awhile, go off the road for no real reason, die, and end up seeing "game over" then you'll be like "WTF?" and play again, and then 2 hours are gone, and you'll still be annoyed.

[+legeek]

I actually got pretty good at Lynx Hard Drivin' back when it came out. On the speed track I could do lap after lap. Doubt I'd do as well now...

 

Cheers,

Ben

[johannesmutlu]

There are better versions, but from a technical standpoint it's worth it.

[GadgetUK]

The way you are going we can probably expected 25,000 more old threads brought back whilst you reply to each and every post since the beginning of time itself.

[Trew]

Who knows, after sevens years since opening the thread, maybe the OP still hasn't made their mind up yet?

[Lamer Deluxe tm]

I'm one of the few people who likes Hard Drivin', it is indeed hard, but rewarding once you get the hang of it. I completed the stunt track a couple of times and it helped me to be pretty good at the arcade version right away.

It runs much better on a 24Mhz lynx BTW.

 

EDIT: Oh man, another necro bumped thread :^(

Edited June 11, 2015 by Lamer Deluxe tm

[7800fan]

Speed track is very easy. I can do multiple laps without taking my thumb off the gas. Just don't mash the steering wheel, tap it and generally one can stay on the road multiple laps without crash or stopping.

 

Did you know? When you do a one lap race in the final, you can ignore sign and do the speed track and beat the CPU easy.

[sirlynxalot]

Speed track is very easy. I can do multiple laps without taking my thumb off the gas. Just don't mash the steering wheel, tap it and generally one can stay on the road multiple laps without crash or stopping.

 

Did you know? When you do a one lap race in the final, you can ignore sign and do the speed track and beat the CPU easy.

Yeah! I like Hard Drivin on the lynx for what it is (a choppy but impressive 3d game on the lynx). I discovered the one lap race trick to go around the signs, which works fantastic in the lynx version. On some of the other ports, it does not work, b/c the cpu will finish the stunt track before a well run lap through by you through the speed track - I suppose either due to slight alterations in how the track is laid out in other ports or the speed Phantom Photon drives.