ArcadeStriker (@arcadestriker.bsky.social)

In 1995, multiple video game magazines discussed a game that was less than halfway finished, shown off at that year's JAMMA show. That was Vic Viper: Battle Racing, a Gradius spin-off in the vein of F-Zero and Wipeout featuring Gradius vehicles and, you guessed it, battle racing. It never released.

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Retro spotlight: Vic Viper: Battle Racing Konami spun Gradius out into other genres, but in the mid-90s, they nearly went somewhere they should still really go. https://retroxp.beehiiv.com/p/retro-spotlight-vic-viper-battle-racing

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