Play Stunts

Eight galaxies, wireframe ships and free trade; the game that invented open-ended space.

Four players, the blue shell and Rainbow Road; the kart racer of every dorm.

Anti-gravity ships to a Chemical Brothers soundtrack; the PlayStation as a club.

A Ferrari, a coast road and a choice of branch at every junction; pick your radio station.

Eight cars, a stock-car oval and the song about rolling start; the arcade cabinet of the 1990s.

Split-screen racing through fog, night and desert; the Amiga two-player staple.

The kart racer with a drift boost people still practise.

Exotic cars chased by police who call in roadblocks and a helicopter; the 1998 entry that named the mode.