<s>
Cruis'n	B-Application
USA	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
racing	O
game	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Cruis'n	B-Application
series	O
and	O
features	O
races	O
set	O
in	O
locations	O
across	O
the	O
continental	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cruis'n	B-Application
USA	I-Application
is	O
branded	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Ultra	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
"	O
platform	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Midway	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Midway	O
V-unit	O
arcade	O
hardware	O
,	O
predating	O
the	O
Killer	B-Application
Instinct	I-Application
arcade	O
hardware	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
was	O
critically	O
and	O
commercially	O
successful	O
,	O
drawing	O
favorable	O
comparisons	O
to	O
Sega	O
's	O
Daytona	B-Application
USA	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
poor	O
reviews	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
also	O
commercially	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
third	O
party	O
developed	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1994	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
signed	O
a	O
licensing	O
agreement	O
with	O
WMS	O
Industries	O
,	O
Midway	O
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
Midway	O
to	O
release	O
two	O
arcade	O
games	O
advertised	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Ultra	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
hardware	O
and	O
formed	O
a	O
joint	O
venture	O
named	O
"	O
Williams/Nintendo	O
"	O
to	O
port	O
those	O
two	O
games	O
to	O
its	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
wanted	O
an	O
arcade	O
racing	O
game	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
Sega	O
's	O
racing	O
game	O
Daytona	B-Application
USA	I-Application
and	O
Namco	O
's	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
successful	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eugene	O
Jarvis	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
developed	O
Defender	B-Application
(	O
1981	O
)	O
and	O
Robotron	B-Application
:	I-Application
2084	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
for	O
Williams	O
Electronics	O
,	O
served	O
as	O
lead	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Killer	B-Application
Instinct	I-Application
,	O
created	O
by	O
Rare	O
,	O
the	O
arcade	O
original	O
was	O
showcased	O
at	O
the	O
June	O
1994	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
as	O
running	O
on	O
Ultra	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
branded	O
arcade	O
hardware	O
,	O
sharing	O
the	O
branding	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
upcoming	O
home	O
console	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Ultra	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
chairman	O
Howard	O
Lincoln	O
admitted	O
that	O
Cruisin	B-Application
 '	I-Application
USA	I-Application
was	O
actually	O
programmed	O
before	O
the	O
MIPS	B-General_Concept
CPU	I-General_Concept
based	O
console	O
version	O
of	O
Ultra	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
development	O
tools	O
were	O
available	O
from	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
even	O
at	O
this	O
point	O
Rare	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
development	O
company	O
to	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
these	O
development	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cruis'n	B-Application
USA	I-Application
cabinet	O
shown	O
at	O
the	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
was	O
actually	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
modified	O
JAMMA	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cruis'n	B-Application
USA	I-Application
runs	O
on	O
a	O
Midway	O
V-Unit	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
very	O
different	O
from	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
based	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
had	O
to	O
downgrade	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
graphics	O
to	O
accommodate	O
home	O
console	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
launch	O
game	O
along	O
with	O
Killer	B-Application
Instinct	I-Application
,	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
month	O
before	O
launch	O
day	O
it	O
was	O
pulled	O
from	O
the	O
lineup	O
and	O
returned	O
to	O
Williams	O
for	O
retooling	O
because	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
meet	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
quality	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
over	O
animals	O
,	O
and	O
depictions	O
of	O
Bill	O
and	O
Hillary	O
Clinton	O
,	O
were	O
censored	O
from	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Cruis'n	B-Application
USA	I-Application
was	O
critically	O
and	O
commercially	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
RePlay	O
reported	O
Cruis'n	B-Application
USA	I-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
second	O
most-popular	O
deluxe	O
arcade	O
game	O
in	O
November	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
Play	O
Meter	O
listed	O
the	O
title	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
second	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
in	O
December	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
America	O
's	O
top	O
five	O
best-selling	O
arcade	O
video	B-Application
games	I-Application
of	I-Application
1994	I-Application
,	O
receiving	O
a	O
Diamond	O
Award	O
from	O
the	O
American	O
Amusement	O
Machine	O
Association	O
(	O
AMAA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
be	O
America	O
's	O
highest-grossing	O
dedicated	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
of	O
1995	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
while	O
viewing	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
graphically	O
less	O
impressive	O
than	O
its	O
rivals	O
,	O
they	O
praised	O
other	O
aspects	O
that	O
could	O
rival	O
games	O
like	O
Out	B-Application
Run	I-Application
from	O
Sega	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
met	O
with	O
mostly	O
negative	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
earned	O
a	O
GameRankings	O
score	O
of	O
50.63	O
%	O
based	O
on	O
16	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
half-hearted	O
,	O
rough-shod	O
conversion	O
is	O
exactly	O
what	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
does	O
n't	O
need	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gerstmann	O
praised	O
the	O
controls	O
when	O
using	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
controller	O
's	O
analog	O
stick	O
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
major	O
disappointment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kujawa	O
's	O
co-reviewer	O
Dean	O
Hager	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
certainly	O
fails	O
to	O
show	O
off	O
the	O
processing	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
and	O
Shneider	O
said	O
it	O
lacked	O
excitement	O
and	O
was	O
"	O
probably	O
doomed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
nadir	O
of	O
N64	B-Operating_System
racing	O
games	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
to	O
come.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
negative	O
reviews	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Cruis'n	B-Application
USA	I-Application
saw	O
strong	O
sales	O
,	O
thanks	O
largely	O
to	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
popularity	O
and	O
the	O
small	O
library	O
of	O
games	O
available	O
for	O
it	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
sixth	O
best-selling	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
1996	O
Christmas	O
shopping	O
season	O
according	O
to	O
TRST	O
data	O
,	O
with	O
three	O
of	O
the	O
five	O
higher-selling	O
games	O
also	O
being	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	B-Application
,	O
Flux	O
magazine	O
ranked	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
63rd	O
on	O
its	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Video	O
Games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
release	O
in	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
,	O
Damien	O
McFerran	O
echoed	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
criticisms	O
about	O
jerky	O
frame	O
rate	O
,	O
poor	O
collision	O
detection	O
,	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
speed	O
and	O
excitement	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
even	O
the	O
arcade	O
original	O
is	O
a	O
fairly	O
poor	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
