Don't Use the Word "Daytona" OK?

Sega recently announced the release of a new arcade game, and they did it with a copy of the following poster:



As you can expect the crowds went wild, a new Daytona was imminent, brought to you via AM2, and Technology 16 years more advanced than the original.

Alas as more news started to leak out the excitement died, especially at the point when someone noticed the Hardware Emblem at the bottom left of the poster that we wanted to say "RingEdge", the new all singing and dancing hardware for Sega's Top of the Range arcade releases, but actually said "RingWide", the Intel Celeron (yes, Celeron I said) based hardware used to produce low cost Arcades (and I presume redemptions where some technology is needed).

The word "Daytona" is now owned by Electronic Arts (check your dictionaries, I believe it has been removed and you will have to pay additional to have the word re-entered!) so Sega cannot make Daytona 3 and then port it to console where EA's rights to the word exist.

So welcome "Sega Racing Classic".

Basically Sega have taken Daytona USA and upscaled it to a 1280 x 7209 resolution so they can pump it through a 32" Hi-Def screen in a modern Arcade Cabinet. It is linkable upto 4 cabinets as is expected these days and force feedback steering is included.

It still cannot fail to make money though; who in the right minds, even if they own the 2001 Dreamcast copy, could walk past the Arcade without wanting to sit in for a full on Daytona Experience all over again.

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines .......