Initial D Arcade Stage
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Initial D Arcade Stage is a racing game series published by Sega based on the anime and manga Initial D.
For background story for the game, please refer to article Initial D
In Initial D Arcade Stage players race against different oppoents in various mountain passes featured in the manga. Players can choose what car and the customization he wants and save the these data and game progress into a magnetic card system that players can buy. From this way after every game the progress can be saved rather than lost. The player can also save his progress on one card and continue on another Initial D cabinet using that card.
Note that resuming from another arcade cabinet is subject to following conditions:
- It is not backwards compatible (i.e. a ver 2 card cannot be used on ver 1)
- The user must upgrade his or her card, which is permanent, if he or she wants to use a version 1 card on version 2 cabinet.
- You must renew your card after 50 plays.
There are four games released so far.
- Initial D Arcade Stage (Arcade)
- Initial D Arcade Stage Version 2 (Arcade)
- Initial D Arcade Stage Version 3 (Arcade)
- Initial D Special Stage (PlayStation 2)
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Game modes
- Legend of the streets
- The Main story mode. Player races with different opponents from the original manga in the game.
- Time attack
- Player races against time to rank against other players in the location and also the internet.
- Bunta Challenge
- First started in Version 2, the player races against Bunta Fujiwara, the legendary street racer. Each time the player will gain a level each time he wins from Bunta. Each subsequent level is harder. Bunta's car differs from levels. Level 1-8: AE86 Trueno, Level 8-12: AE86 Trueno w/Mecha Engine, Level 13-15: GC8V
Initial D Arcade Stage
Japanese version: late 2001 / English version late 2002
Modes: Legend of the Streets, Time attack
Courses: Myogi (beginner), Usui (Normal), Akina (Difficult), Happogahara (Expert), four courses (takes away 60,000 points from your card)
Initial D ArcadeStage Ver.2
Japanese version: late 2002 / English version Mid-late 2003
Game modes: Legend of the Streets, Time Attack, Bunta Challenge, Battle Mode
courses: Myogi (Easy), Usui (Normal), Akagi (Hard), Akina (Hard), Irohazaka (Expert), Happogahara (Expert), Four Courses (Takes away 60,000 points from your card)
There are also dry / wet weather condition which will affect the gameplay.
Note:Irohazaka can only be played downhill in Legend of the Streets mode. (It's a one-way street). Only after finishing Legend of the Streets once, Irohazaka Reverse is unlocked.
Initial D ArcadeStage Ver.3
Japanese version: early 2004 / English version Mid 2004
Game modes: Legend of the Streets, Time attack, Bunta Challenge, Player vs player
Courses: Myogi (beginner), Usui (normal), Akagi (difficult), Akina (difficult), Irohazaka (expert), Happogahara (expert), Akina-snow (expert), Shomaru (expert), Tsuchisaka (expert)
Akina-snow is the same course as Akina, only it is snowing. This makes things much more difficult, since the car's tires have much less grip.
Initial D SpecialStage
Released in 2003
It is basically Initial D Arcade Stage Ver 2 with added features.
Game modes: Legend of the Streets, Time attack, Story mode
Courses: Myogi (beginner), Usui (normal), Akagi (difficult), Akina (difficult), Iroha-Zaka(expert), Happogahara(expert), Shomaru Pass(expert), Enna Pass (Expert), true Myogi (expert), true Usui (expert), Momoji Line(Expert)
External links
- Ver.1 : http://initiald.sega.jp/top/index.html
- Ver.2 : http://initiald.sega.jp/machine/index.html
- Ver.3 : http://initiald.sega.jp/
- SpecialStage : http://sega.jp/ps2/initiald/ja:頭文字D ArcadeStage