<s>
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
is	O
a	O
driving	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Atari	O
Games	O
in	O
1989	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
invites	O
players	O
to	O
test	O
drive	O
a	O
sports	O
car	O
on	O
courses	O
that	O
emphasize	O
stunts	B-Application
and	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
3D	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
driving	O
environments	O
via	O
a	O
simulator	O
cabinet	O
with	O
a	O
force	B-Device
feedback	I-Device
steering	O
wheel	O
and	O
a	O
custom	O
rendering	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
in-game	O
credit	O
screen	O
,	O
Hard	O
Drivin'''	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
two	O
teams	O
working	O
concurrently	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Ireland.Hard	O
Drivin	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
February	O
1989	B-Application
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
3D	O
graphics	O
of	O
any	O
kind	O
were	O
rare	O
,	O
and	O
driving	O
games	O
were	O
largely	O
implemented	O
with	O
scaled	O
2D	O
sprites	O
and	O
filled-polygon	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
commercially	O
released	O
arcade	O
racing	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
3D	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
;	O
with	O
Namco	O
's	O
Winning	B-Application
Run	I-Application
being	O
the	O
first	O
,	O
released	O
two	O
months	O
earlier	O
in	O
December	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
manual	O
transmission	O
mode	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
clutch	O
pedal	O
and	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
stalling	O
the	O
car	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
force	B-Device
feedback	I-Device
steering	O
wheel	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
driver	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
operate	O
the	O
car	O
as	O
they	O
would	O
in	O
real	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
crashing	O
(	O
either	O
into	O
another	O
vehicle	O
or	O
missing	O
an	O
airborne	O
landing	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
ten	O
second	O
"	O
Instant	B-Application
Replay	I-Application
"	O
animation	O
plays	O
showing	O
a	O
wide	O
aerial	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
movement	O
and	O
surrounding	O
vehicles	O
leading	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
arcade	O
hardware	O
that	O
was	O
eventually	O
used	O
for	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
,	O
several	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
used	O
an	O
earlier	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
for	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
,	O
while	O
Namco	O
developed	O
a	O
more	O
advanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
called	O
the	O
Namco	B-Application
System	I-Application
21	I-Application
,	O
which	O
they	O
used	O
for	O
Winning	B-Application
Run	I-Application
(	O
1988	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
began	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
engineers	O
and	O
designers	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
delayed	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
dispute	O
from	O
its	O
Vice	O
President	O
claiming	O
that	O
no	O
one	O
would	O
buy	O
an	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
for	O
$	O
10,000	O
after	O
The	B-Device
Last	I-Device
Starfighter	I-Device
arcade	O
game	O
was	O
cancelled	O
for	O
that	O
same	O
reason	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
uses	O
two	O
TMS34010	B-General_Concept
32-bit	O
graphics-oriented	O
processors	O
and	O
a	O
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
/	I-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Mark	O
Morris	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
unreleased	O
;	O
a	O
ROM	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
sold	O
3,318	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
arcade	O
cabinets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
on	O
their	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
1989	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
successful	O
upright/cockpit	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
Japan	O
's	O
sixth	O
highest-grossing	O
dedicated	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1990	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
's	O
Bondeal	O
charts	O
,	O
it	O
topped	O
the	O
dedicated	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
chart	O
in	O
November	O
1989	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spectrum	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
rose	O
to	O
number	O
2	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
sales	O
charts	O
,	O
behind	O
Gazza	B-Application
's	I-Application
Superstar	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nick	O
Kelly	O
of	O
Commodore	O
User	O
reviewed	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
and	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
 '	I-Application
is	O
exactly	O
what	O
its	O
name	O
suggests	O
—	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
magazine	O
regarded	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
port	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
C64	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
—	O
criticizing	O
the	O
monochrome	O
graphics	O
,	O
painful	O
slowdown	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
instant	B-Application
replays	I-Application
that	O
were	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
other	O
8-bit	O
conversions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
30	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
from	O
a	O
panel	O
of	O
four	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AccoladesYour	O
Sinclair	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1989	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
fourth	O
best	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1989	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
home	O
computer	O
ports	O
received	O
the	O
Best	O
Coin-Op	O
Conversion	O
prize	O
at	O
the	O
1989	B-Application
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
2	I-Application
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
games	O
Stunt	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
and	O
Stunts	B-Application
,	O
borrow	O
many	O
elements	O
from	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
and	O
both	O
games	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
