<s>
Speed	B-Device
Freaks	I-Device
(	O
released	O
as	O
Speed	B-Device
Punks	I-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Funcom	O
Dublin	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
released	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
players	O
(	O
four	O
with	O
a	O
multitap	B-Device
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speed	B-Device
Freaks	I-Device
is	O
a	O
kart	O
racing	O
game	O
featuring	O
several	O
single	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
either	O
finish	O
a	O
race	O
ahead	O
of	O
other	O
racers	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
controlled	B-Application
by	I-Application
the	I-Application
computer	I-Application
and	O
other	O
players	O
,	O
or	O
complete	O
a	O
circuit	O
in	O
the	O
fastest	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speed	B-Device
Freaks	I-Device
has	O
three	O
single	O
player	O
modes	O
,	O
Tournament	O
,	O
Single	O
Race	O
and	O
Time	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speed	B-Device
Freaks	I-Device
also	O
has	O
two	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
;	O
Vs.	O
and	O
Multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
mode	O
requires	O
the	O
Multitap	B-Device
peripheral	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
four	O
controllers	O
to	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speed	B-Device
Freaks	I-Device
features	O
nine	O
original	O
characters	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
compete	O
as	O
or	O
against	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speed	B-Device
Freaks	I-Device
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Padraig	O
Crowley	O
and	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
SD	O
Team	O
at	O
Funcom	O
Dublin	O
in	O
Ireland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
used	O
hand-optimised	O
assembly	B-Language
code	I-Language
for	O
the	O
graphics	O
engine	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
fit	O
into	O
the	O
small	O
instruction	O
cache	O
of	O
the	O
Playstation	B-Device
hardware	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
engine	O
used	O
both	O
Gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
and	O
textures	O
on	O
polygons	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
makers	O
believe	O
it	O
is	O
only	O
the	O
second	O
racing	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Playstation	B-Device
to	O
use	O
Gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Speed	B-Device
Punks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
acquired	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
publish	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1999	O
,	O
but	O
held	O
back	O
as	O
to	O
avoid	O
competing	O
with	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
said	O
that	O
despite	O
shortcomings	O
,	O
"	O
Speed	B-Device
Punks	I-Device
offers	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
arcade	O
racing	O
experience.	O
"	O
</s>
