highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 1990. On Hong Kong's Bondeal charts, it topped the dedicated arcade cabinet chart in November 1989. The Spectrum version of the game rose to number 2 in the UK sales charts, behind Gazza's Superstar Soccer. Nick Kelly of Commodore User reviewed the arcade version and said: "Hard Drivin' is exactly what its name suggests — difficult. You won't master this quickly, and if you aren't used to driving a car it's going to be very tough for you indeed. But Atari can be proud of themselves for producing a coin-op which really does put you in the driving seat, and that is undeniably a major first."Zzap!64 magazine regarded the Commodore 64 port as one of the worst C64 games of all time—criticizing the monochrome graphics, painful slowdown, and the lack of instant replays that were present in the other 8-bit conversions. The magazine gave the game 20%. In Japan, the Mega Drive version received a score of 30 out of 40 from a panel of four reviewers. AccoladesYour Sinclair listed it as the best arcade game of 1989. Computer and Video Games listed it as the fourth best arcade game of 1989. The home computer ports received the Best Coin-Op Conversion prize at the 1989 Golden Joystick Awards. Crash gave it a Crash Smash award. The Games Machine gave it a Star Player award. Legacy In 2004 Hard Drivin was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox as part of the Midway Arcade Treasures 2 collection. The PC games Stunt Driver and Stunts, borrow many elements from Hard Drivin and both games are similar to each other. SequelsRace Drivin' (1990, arcade)Hard Drivin' II - Drive Harder (1991, Atari ST, Amiga, DOS)Hard Drivin's Airborne (1993) (unreleased)Street Drivin'' (1993) (unreleased) References External links Hard Drivin at Arcade History ''Hard Drivin''' at Atari Mania 1989 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Arcade video games Atari arcade games Atari Lynx games Atari ST games Cancelled Xbox games Commodore 64 games Domark games DOS games Golden Joystick Award winners NuFX games Racing simulators Sega Genesis games Tengen (company) games Video games developed in Ireland Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games developed in the United States Video games scored by Alex Rudis ZX Spectrum games