Can I ask where you got the ROMS for this from...I remember selling what i believe was the last Origional Working Drivers Eyes on Ebay and it went to MAME who sadly only wanted the PCBs. The rest of the machine was skipped But it was a truly Awesome Project with Incredible speakers for thunderous roaring engine sounds ala original Taito Invaders Sub bass
it all began with winning run in 1987, before being followed by the Suzuka Circuit version in 1989, and the last one in 91. I must tell you the their final version, the cars' colours were from the teams i knew(McLaren, Williams, March, Ligier)
@namco21gamefreak I'm using the latest version. You can't control the car because of the wrong preset settings, or because you can only play with analog controls...I'm not sure because I've always used a steering wheel.
Here's a shocker: Since the game uses three monitors, the game requires three board sets -- one for each monitor. It also seems one of the supporting boards has the shifter controls.
That's just what I think. I only use emulators for research purposes.
I played Winning Run probably about 20 years ago now. The thing i remember about it most was the low frame rate, it probably ran at about 15fps on a good day. Was it the first 3D arcade racing game?
Yeah the system 21's sound system was way ahead of it's time the sound was generated by a Yamaha YM2151 (used in the majority of arcade hardware of the time) and a namco C140 the main sound chip it was also used in the namco system 2 (Suzuka 8 Hours, Final Lap, Rolling Thunder etc)
High there.
Can I ask where you got the ROMS for this from...I remember selling what i believe was the last Origional Working Drivers Eyes on Ebay and it went to MAME who sadly only wanted the PCBs. The rest of the machine was skipped But it was a truly Awesome Project with Incredible speakers for thunderous roaring engine sounds ala original Taito Invaders Sub bass
Powly1966 3 months ago
@Powly1966 Hi there, this game works fine with MAME, just press 9 and F2 while it is loading and the game will start.
reading70 4 days ago
@namco21gamefreak can you send me an actual video of the gameplay?
binnieb20 1 year ago
it's debut goes for 1990
it all began with winning run in 1987, before being followed by the Suzuka Circuit version in 1989, and the last one in 91. I must tell you the their final version, the cars' colours were from the teams i knew(McLaren, Williams, March, Ligier)
MegaWildside 1 year ago
Are you sure the game doesn't work? It does on my MAME and I own the latest version. It's an amazing game!
FZEROPOWER 1 year ago
@FZEROPOWER what version of mame do you use?
namco21gamefreak 1 year ago
@namco21gamefreak I'm using the latest version. You can't control the car because of the wrong preset settings, or because you can only play with analog controls...I'm not sure because I've always used a steering wheel.
FZEROPOWER 1 year ago
@FZEROPOWER
Here's a shocker: Since the game uses three monitors, the game requires three board sets -- one for each monitor. It also seems one of the supporting boards has the shifter controls.
That's just what I think. I only use emulators for research purposes.
VikutaaChyaaruzu 5 months ago
@FZEROPOWER Is it possible you can upload video gameplay?
namco21gamefreak 8 months ago
@namco21gamefreak Sorry but my PC isn't good enough to keep a good framerate while recording. Try to play it using a steering wheel.
FZEROPOWER 8 months ago
system 21 was definitely amazing for its time! how did you manage to create the nice screenshot of the player car?
MoorxCo 2 years ago
Just googled drivers eyes
namco21gamefreak 2 years ago
I played Winning Run probably about 20 years ago now. The thing i remember about it most was the low frame rate, it probably ran at about 15fps on a good day. Was it the first 3D arcade racing game?
heavyjamo 2 years ago
I believe it was, the first 3d arcade game was probably atari's I Robot from 1983 check it out it was awesome!
namco21gamefreak 2 years ago
MAME need to hurry up and emulate this game
namco21gamefreak 2 years ago
Driver's Eyes is definately 1990. NAMCO had an earlier 3D F1 game called Winning Run which used the 'Polygonizer' first.
Unfortunatley no working ROMs for MAME are available, and no footage of the game on Youtube either! :(
Gregz0r1 2 years ago
tell me about it, even though i aquired the winning run gsm namco 2 ost from japan (RARE!) it brings back a lot of memories!
namco21gamefreak 2 years ago
Is the music from the System 21?
KitsuneDarkStalker 2 years ago
Sounds very high-res for an 80's arcade sound chip, is this from a rearrange CD?
KitsuneDarkStalker 2 years ago
no this is the original sound surprisingly enough
namco21gamefreak 2 years ago
Yeah the system 21's sound system was way ahead of it's time the sound was generated by a Yamaha YM2151 (used in the majority of arcade hardware of the time) and a namco C140 the main sound chip it was also used in the namco system 2 (Suzuka 8 Hours, Final Lap, Rolling Thunder etc)
namco21gamefreak 2 years ago
Nice. The C140 is also used in the Namco Arranged games, the 90's remakes of like Galaga and Dig-Dug, right?
Either way, Namco is badass. Have you played SOLAVOU?
KitsuneDarkStalker 2 years ago
Of course ive played all the system 21 games the system 21 is the greatest arcade hardware by far
namco21gamefreak 2 years ago
I actually kinda like Sega's Y Board better but yeah Sys21 is AMAZING.
KitsuneDarkStalker 2 years ago