Driver (video game)

This article is about the first video game in the series. For the full series, see Driver (series).

Driver
Developer(s)Reflections Interactive[a]
Publisher(s)GT Interactive[b]
Producer(s)Peter Hawley
Designer(s)Martin Edmondson
Writer(s)Maurice Suckling
Composer(s)Allister Brimble
SeriesDriver
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Classic Mac OS, iOS, Palm Pre
ReleasePlayStation
Microsoft Windows
Game Boy Color
Macintosh
iOS/Palm Pre
  • WW: 8 December 2009[7]
Genre(s)Driving, action
Mode(s)Single player

Driver (subtitled "You Are the Wheelman" in North America) is an action driving video game and the first installment in the Driver series. Developed by Reflections Interactive and published by GT Interactive, it was released on the PlayStation on 25 June 1999,[8] and was ported to Microsoft Windows on 1 October 1999, and to Classic Mac OS on 12 December 2000[9][6] by Abersoft Limited.[10][11]

The game, inspired by movie car chases, sees players driving around four real-life cities – Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York – using a variety of vehicles, with the plot focusing on the work of an undercover police officer, John Tanner, who infiltrates a criminal outfit to investigate their operations, only to discover a plot by their boss to assassinate the President of the United States.

The game proved a commercial hit upon release, and received favorable reviews from critics. Additional versions were created and released at later dates – two ports for Microsoft Windows and Mac were released on 1 October 1999 and in December 2000 respectively; and handheld remakes for the Game Boy Color, developed Crawfish Interactive and published by Infogrames, and for iOS and Palm Pre, developed and published by Gameloft, were released in May 2000 and on 8 December 2009 respectively. The game was re-released on the PlayStation Network on 14 October 2008.[12] The game's success led to further sequels, including Driver 2 in November 2000 and Driver 3 in June 2004.

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  8. ^ Computer and Video Games issue 212, page 46, EMAP Images, July 1999
  9. ^ "Driver Releases (Macintosh) - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  10. ^ Baker, Christopher Michael. "Driver (Macintosh) – Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Driver Releases (Macintosh) - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Driver Coming to PSN". Ubisoft. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2010.


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