Scorcher (video game)

For other uses, see Scorcher (disambiguation).
Scorcher
European Saturn cover art
Developer(s)Zyrinx
Publisher(s)MS-DOS, Windows
Scavenger
Sega Saturn
Sega
Composer(s)Jesper Kyd
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Windows, Saturn
ReleaseWindows
  • NA: November 30, 1996
  • EU: 1997
Saturn
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single player

Scorcher is a futuristic racing video game by Danish developer Zyrinx,[3] released in 1996 for the PC and in 1997 for the Sega Saturn. Originally announced under the name "Vertigo",[4] the game focuses on special motorcycles that reach up to 450 km/h racing through dangerous tracks in a dystopian year 2021.

Scorcher was one of the most graphically advanced Sega Saturn games of its time, enough so that Sega shipped an unfinished version of the game to third-party developers as a graphics demo for the Saturn.[5]

  1. ^ "Sega Press". 1997-07-15. Archived from the original on 1997-07-15. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  2. ^ "Scorcher". 1997-06-06. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  3. ^ "Scorcher". Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 3. EMAP. January 1996. pp. 20–21. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "Things Are Moving". Maximum: The Video Game Magazine. No. 2. EMAP. November 1995. pp. 118–9. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "NG Alphas: Scorcher". Next Generation. No. 14. Imagine Media. February 1996. p. 117. Retrieved February 17, 2021.