QUByte Interactive has introduced that their upcoming assortment of the Prime Racer collection has been pushed again from its January 11 launch date, to the brand new goal of March 7. Within the meantime, a demo that features three tracks might be out there on Steam beginning January 11.

I knew these video games as Prime Gear. It was exhausting not to take a look at it as a child for the reason that cowl contains a automotive (presumably) driving away from an explosion. It was much like Race Drivin’ when it comes to its eye-catching cowl, however not like Race Drivin’, Prime Gear is definitely an honest collection.

Created by Gremlin Video games Studios, the collection began out on 16-bit consoles as racing video games that use a raster impact to depict a 3D-like highway. It distinguishes itself from video games like Out Run by having tracks that really circle again on themselves, which was unusual for the actual sub-genre. It additionally had extra of a event racing really feel with pitstops and ongoing rankings. It additionally had split-screen multi-player, sort of like Outrunners on Genesis, however not as horrible.

Although Prime Gear 2 was ported to different platforms, the collection stayed devoted to Nintendo platforms for a very long time. After three video games on the SNES, the collection shifted to N64, with Boss Studios and Halfway dealing with Prime Gear Rally.

Prime Racer Assortment assembles Prime Racer (Gear), Prime Racer 2, and Prime Racer 3000 into one package deal. On prime of that, they’re together with Prime Racer Crossroads, which is a brand new title that options 4 new automobiles, together with one that’s plainly the Ferrari Testarossa featured in Out Run. I can dig it.

Prime Racer Assortment launches March 7, 2024 for PC, Change, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X|S.