Cruis'n World

The game also features more cars than Cruis'n USA. This game introduced stunts to the Cruis'n series. They served to dodge obstacles, take close curves, and gain extra seconds of time.

• Title — Cruis'n World • Developer — Midway Games (arcade) Eurocom (Nintendo 64) • Publisher — Nintendo Midway Games (arcade) • Designer — Eugene Jarvis • Programmer — Eric Pribyl Scott Posch • Artist — Xion Cooper Ted Barber • Composer — Vince Pontarelli • Series — Cruis'n • Released — Arcade November 1996Nintendo 64 • Genre — Racing • Modes — Up to 4 players simultaneously • Arcade System — Midway V Unit • Platforms — Arcade Nintendo 64

• Illustration — Arcade version screenshot depicting the Australia stage Cruis'n World has the same core gameplay as its predecessor, in that the player races on different tracks under a time limit to reach the goal, passing checkpoints along the way to help extend this time limit. The races take place in different destinations around the world, opening in Hawaii, then progressing to Japan, Australia, China, Kenya, Egypt, Moscow, Germany, Italy, France, England, Mexico, and New York City before concluding in Florida. The cars now have the ability to perform stunts during races such as wheelies, that give short speed bursts, and aerial flips, which deduct seconds from the final race time, allowing for the player to achieve a better position in the records' table. Should the player go through all stages including Florida, their car would be taken by a Space Shuttle for a trip to the moon, where they would be congratulated by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton. The Nintendo 64 version adds an extra track on the Moon, which is unlocked once the player reaches the end of the "Cruise the World" mode. It also features an exclusive Championship mode, in which players race on circuit tracks set in the game's different stages rather than the arcade's road tracks, competing for points that allow the player to unlock upgrades for the cars. The game supports up to four players using a split screen.

The developers of this game sent artists on a round-the-world trip to digitally capture sights and major tourist attractions. The development of the Nintendo 64 version started in 1996 after the development of the Nintendo 64 version of Cruis'n USA. Eugene Jarvis had admitted that Williams Entertainment's port of Cruis'n USA was not good, so they promised the game to be an arcade perfect port. Eurocom took the Cruis'n license and decided to spend more time on the game than in Cruis'n USA. In early 1997, Nintendo announced Cruis'n World would be coming to the Nintendo 64 in the fall. However, the game was silently delayed until 1998.