Speed Busters

"Speed Devils" redirects here. For the 1935 film, see Speed Devils (film).
Speed Busters
European Windows cover art
Developer(s)Ubi Soft Montreal
Publisher(s)Ubi Soft
Platform(s)Windows, Dreamcast, Mobile phones
ReleaseWindows
Dreamcast
  • EU: October 14, 1999[3]
  • NA: October 29, 1999[2]
  • JP: November 18, 2000
Online Racing
  • NA: December 13, 2000
  • EU: February 2, 2001
Mobile
  • NA: July 3, 2003
Genre(s)Arcade Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Speed Busters (known in North America as Speed Busters: American Highways) is a video game developed by Ubisoft's Montreal studio for Microsoft Windows in 1998. It was released for the Dreamcast in 1999 as Speed Devils. It is a racing game in which the courses feature hazards such as dinosaurs rolling boulders, and UFOs in exotic locales including Louisiana, Louisiana Tornado, New York City, New York City Winter, Mexico, Nevada, Aspen Summer, Aspen Winter, Canada (Supposedly northern Quebec), Canada Light Winter, Canada Heavy Winter, Montreal Industrial, Hollywood, and Hollywood Disaster. The console version's career mode allowed the player to rise themselves through the ranks of a fictional racing league. Colourful rivals challenge the player to accomplish certain feats during races, making accompanying bets using prize money from competition. Money earned from gambling and performance is used to buy cars, upgrade them, and maintain them. The game also supports five players on one Dreamcast console.

Sega released Speed Devils Online Racing, an updated version of the game in 2000 for Dreamcast that added online play.[4]

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  2. ^ "Speed Devils". sega.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2000. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Langan, Matthew (September 2, 1999). "European Dreamcast Release Date Revealed". IGN. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Fielder, Joe (2001-01-12). "Speed Devils Online Racing Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2014-11-27.