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Arcade · Atari 2600
Game dossier
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Namco's 1989 Japanese off-road arcade racer
The briefing
Dirt Fox is an off-road racing arcade game developed and published by Namco. Released in Japan in 1989, it runs on Namco System 2 hardware and supports up to four simultaneous players when four cabinets are linked.
Each player drives a color-coded car through six track sections. Players receive a preset amount of time for each section, with successful progress extending the available time. If a player fails to finish a section before time expires, that player's race ends while the others continue. Purple CPU-controlled cars also compete throughout the race.