History VideoGame / SanFranciscoRush

** With an N64 Expansion Pak you can to unlock 2 more tracks and an additional circuit in ''2049''.

* RecursiveAdaptation: The additional cars and tracks from the home versions of ''2049'' were incorporated into the SpecialEdition of the arcade version, as well as two of the BGM's from the Dreamcast version to go with the new tracks. The tracks also have new shortcuts added.

* ReReleaseSoundtrack: The ''Midway Arcade Treasures 3'' version of ''The Rock'' had the arcade soundtrack replaced with {{Suspiciously Similar Song}}s. The N64 version of ''Rush 2049'' had a completely new soundtrack, with some of its songs carrying over to the Dreamcast and ''MAT 3'' versions, which otherwise retained the original arcade soundtrack.

* BenevolentArchitecture: Sure, the streets are cordoned off for the race, but someone still overlooked those ramps, subway tunnels, spacious sewer pipes, and hills that are just ''perfect'' for shortcuts...
* BlandNameProduct: Most of the cars. ''E.g.,'' the Muscle Car is a Corvette Stingray, the Prototype is a Ford GT-90, the Sportster is a Dodge Viper, and the Panther is a [=McLaren=] F1.

* CapcomSequelStagnation

* [[WalkOnWater Drive On Water]]: Except when it just resets you because you're not supposed to be there.

* ExpansionPack: The arcade version of ''2049'' got two of them: The ''Tournament Edition'' which adds some now-defunct tournament functionality, and the ''Special Edition'' which adds the two courses from the console versions with some new paths and shortcuts.
** Additionally with an N64 Expansion Pak you can to unlock 2 more tracks and an additional circuit in ''2049''.

* MissionPackSequel

* OhCrap: Switches in ''2049'' do a lot of different thingsl one in particular raises a wall with a smiley face on in it directly in your path.
** Another sends a giant piston out about 100 yards in front of you. Admit it, you would pay to see the looks on the other drivers' face when the giant piston comes out right in front of them.

* RecycledInSPACE: FIFTY YEARS IN THE FUTURE for ''2049''
** Also, ''Rush 2'', which is ''Rush'' in places ''other'' than San Fran! Which is also the reason it dropped the "San Francisco" part of the title.

* RuleOfCool: Why cars have wings in the home version of ''2049''
** Not to mention the stunts as a whole. The first race in the first game allowed you to drive ''under'' an 18-wheeler semi, vault up ''eight stories'' to land on top of an apartment building, then ''drive back down to the street level'' with a sizable lead... if you could pull it off, of course.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Atari Games' earlier racing sims, ''VideoGame/HardDrivin'' and ''Race Drivin' ''.
** And now Rush itself has one in the form of ''VideoGame/NitronicRush''.

* TimedMission

* TitleScream: "3, 2, 1, '''RUSH!'''"

* VehicularCombat: Battle Mode

* MisbegottenMultiplayerMode: The 2-player modes in the [=N64=] games limit the number of total competitors (including players) from 8 to 6, most likely due to hardware limitations.

* ArrangeMode: The N64 ''San Francisco Rush'' and ''Rush 2'' have a tag mode where the match lasts 5 minutes and the player who is ''IT!'' tries to tag the other player's car to make them ''IT!'' Each player has a timer that counts up so long as they're ''IT!''; whoever has less time on their clock when the match ends wins.

** In the N64 version of the original game, the Alcatraz course is available as the seventh and final track, although it must be unlocked by winning the Circuit Mode trophy (or entering a PasswordSave to bypass that) and then perfoming a series of button commands. It has a similar layout to the version seen in later games, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness although it is missing a lot of elements]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Alcatraz course first appears in the N64 version as a SecretLevel, but in a far different state than how it would appear in later games, with less guardrails, looser turns, and less flashy shortcuts.

* FakeLongevity: The console versions' Circuit Modes are as long as they are because they use not only the base versions of the tracks, but also their [[LevelInReverse reverse]], mirrored, and [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs reversed-and-mirrored]] variations, resulting in four times as many rounds as there are unique tracks.

* Timelapse: The Playstation version intro is done in this manner, with a car driving at fast speed through San Francisco traffic.

* ProductPlacement: Mountain Dew cans act as collectibles in Rush 2, billboards for EGM and other Atari games such as ''VideoGame/CaliforniaSpeed'' and ''Area 51'' also appear in the games.

** The console versions of ''2049'' remove the arcade-style time limit, when even previous console games have it (and in which the timer can only be disabled with cheats).

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''L.A. Rush'' is nothing like the rest of the series, drawing more inspiration from ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground'' with a touch of ''Series/PimpMyRide'' by featuring an open world and visual car customization, with backing by licensing West Coast Customs as the entity tricking out your ride.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''L.A. Rush'' is nothing like the rest of the series, drawing more inspiration from ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground'' with a touch of ''Series/PimpMyRide'' by featuring an open world and visual car customization.

* ''San Francisco Rush 2049'' (Arcade - 1999)[[note]]The [[LastOfHisKind last arcade game]] to feature any involvement from a branch of the original Atari.[[/note]]

* ''San Francisco Rush 2049'' (Arcade - 1999)

* TakeThat: In the arcade version of ''2049'', entering 8675309 (as in "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone) and then hitting the pound/Enter key during gameplay results in an instant GameOver.

* AwesomeButImpractical:
** The Rocket in ''Rush 2'', Has explosive acceleration and handling, and, unsurprisingly for a rocket on wheels, handles like an elephant on ice.
** ''2049''[='=]s Track 3 has a bridge ramp you can jump, and the game will measure your jump height. It is possible to get a jump height of over 100 by driving up one of the bridge rails, at which point the height counter will flash, but [[CosmeticAward you get no gameplay advantage for it]] and you'll likely slow yourself down more than if you just jumped normally, if not outright make a crash landing.

** ''2049''[='=]s Track 3 has a bridge ramp you can jump, and the game will measure your jump height. It is possible to get a jump height of over 100 by driving up one of the bridge rails, at which point the height counter will flash, but [[CosmeticAward you get no gameplay advantage for it]] and you'll likely slow yourself down more than if you just jumped normally.

A series of arcade-style racing games, originally developed by [[Creator/{{Atari}} Atari Games]] and released by MidwayGames. The games focus on [[JumpPhysics jump physics]] and wildly insane stunts instead of realistic gameplay, though it's possible to turn up the realism for more advanced players. True to the title, the races are held in the streets and environs of San Francisco (a simplified version, really), where the hilly terrain provides numerous opportunities to perform jumps and stunts.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Of a sort, in arcade games other than ''2049'': as you go up the car list to more difficlt-to-use cars, an increasingly urgent car alarm plays. When you get to "Extreme", an "IT'S DANGEROUS!" sample plays as well.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Atari Games' earlier racing sims, ''Hard Drivin' '' and ''Race Drivin' ''.