1977. Play Meter later listed it as the ninth highest-grossing arcade game of 1978, and the eleventh highest arcade video game of 1979. The Atari VCS version sold 161,352 copies in 1980, becoming one of the top five best-selling Atari VCS games that year, and went on to sell over copies by 1983. Video Games Player magazine reviewed the Atari VCS version, rating the graphics and sound a B, while giving the game an overall A− rating. In 1995, Flux magazine ranked the arcade version 59th on their "Top 100 Video Games." Legacy Two other first-person racing games were released shortly afterwards: Midway's Midnight Racer in November 1976 (later branded as Datsun 280 ZZZAP in March 1977) and Micronetics' Night Racer in March 1977. Bill Budge wrote a Night Driver clone for the Apple II using the same name as the original. References External links Night Driver at Arcade-History.com Atari 2600 Night Driver at Atari Age Arcade Night Driver Manual 1976 video games Arcade video games Atari 2600 games Atari arcade games Commodore 64 games Namco arcade games North America-exclusive video games Racing video games Video games developed in the United States