What platforms is California Speed on?

California Speed was released on Arcade, Nintendo 64.

When did California Speed release?

California Speed was first released on January 1, 1998.

California Speed

Jan 1, 1998RacingArcadeNintendo 64

California Speed — frequently asked questions

What platforms is California Speed on?: California Speed was released on Arcade, Nintendo 64.
When did California Speed release?: California Speed was first released on January 1, 1998.

About California Speed

California Speed features racing through California, with a range of different and unique tracks based on the real life maps of the US state, with short-cuts and branching elements adding elements of strategy when racing to the finish line.The car pool includes the usual collection of fast cars, as well as F1 racers and golf-carts.

Summary via IGDB.

California Speed on Wikipedia

California Speed is a racing video game developed and published by Atari Games. The game was first released in arcades in 1998 and was ported to the Nintendo 64 in 1999 by Midway. The Nintendo 64 version of the game contains support for the Controller Pak and the Rumble Pak.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Nintendo 64
Developer: Atari Games
Publisher: Midway Games
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Themes: Action, Non-fiction

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

77/100

from 8 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Nintendo 64	1999	$12	$45	$103	11 reviews	Low

Release timeline

ArcadeJan 1998
Nintendo 64Feb 28, 1999

First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.

We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22

Loose

$12

Complete

$45

Sealed

$103

What it needs to play

RequiredController Pak — to save your progress: the game saves to a Controller Pak, not to the cartridge (game manual).
OptionalRumble Pak — supported (game manual).

How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a week
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about 2 times a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $2.19 in Jan 2007, $12.00 five years ago, and $12.16 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2007	$2.19	—
Jan 2008	$2.75	—
Jan 2009	$4.16	—
Jan 2010	$2.99	—
Jan 2011	$0.98	—
Jan 2012	$1.98	—
Jan 2013	$1.06	—
Jan 2014	$4.50	$19.99
Jan 2015	$4.45	$10.99
Jan 2016	$4.98	$14.39
Jan 2017	$7.08	$35
Jan 2018	$6.78	$23
Jan 2019	$7.99	$21
Jan 2020	$8.32	$25
Jan 2021	$11.87	$33
Jan 2022	$14.61	$57
Jan 2023	$14.55	$49
Jan 2024	$13.37	$40
Jan 2025	$13.87	$47
Jan 2026	$15.99	$53
Oct 2026	$12.16	$45

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Cartridge serial	Known board
North America	18 March 1999	NUS-NCLE-USA	NUS-01A-02

Source: Serials and board numbers: MAME's Nintendo 64 software list (read from dumped cartridges); serials cross-checked against the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database and, for North American carts, gameverifying's N64 board list, and published only where two of them agree

Region: NA
Released: 1999
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Nintendo 64 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

An arcade-racer port that is cheap today and mainly of interest to completists.

California Speed is the Nintendo 64 port, by Midway, of Atari Games' 1998 arcade racer. The cart came out only in North America, in March 1999. Atari Games and Midway are both credited as developers.

GameFan's April 1999 preview described it as another arcade-style racer coming to the N64 that year. Reviewing the N64 version, GamePro said fans of the arcade game would like the port but serious racing fans might want more replay depth.

A billboard in the Mojave Desert level carries a strange black-on-white message. Texture artist Morgan Godat later explained that the game was made under a serious time crunch and the billboard was a placeholder texture left in by accident.

What the press said at the time

GamePro Issue 127	April 1999	Graphics 4.0, Control 4.0, Fun Factor 4.0
GameRankings (aggregate)		44%
AllGame		2.5/5
CNET Gamecenter		2/10
Electronic Gaming Monthly		4.25/10
Game Informer		2.25/10
GameSpot		4.6/10
Hyper		75%
IGN		4.2/10
N64 Magazine		36%
Nintendo Power		6.6/10

“California Speed’s a gushing graphics feast that plays like you're taking a scenic tour through the Quaking State, but the handling trips on the line between sim and arcade.”
— GamePro, April 1999

“The sad thing about this port is that the arcade version is pretty fun. The N64 version, however, not only looks bad, but plays bad as well.”
— Game Informer, April 1999

“Not perhaps quite in the same league as Cruis'n USA but definitely well on the way to getting there. It's a boring N64 game derived from a boring arcade game”
— N64 Magazine, May 1999

Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.

How the Nintendo 64 version differs

The N64 cartridge supports both the Controller Pak and the Rumble Pak.

A period preview said the N64 version adds more tracks and cars than the arcade original, with each of the 14 tracks playable in reverse, mirror and reverse/mirror variants as well as normal.

Also on other platforms

Arcade

Arcade. The arcade version lets up to four cabinets be linked together for four-player racing.

How the other versions reviewed

Arcade	AllGame	3.5/5
Arcade	Next Generation	3/5

These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.

Before you buy

Low fake risk, and the cart is cheap: it sits below the library median on price. The game saves to a Controller Pak, not the cartridge, so budget for one; the Rumble Pak is optional. A complete copy costs several times the loose price.