Is Checkered Flag on Steam?

No. Checkered Flag is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Checkered Flag on?

Checkered Flag is available on PC (Microsoft Windows), Atari Jaguar.

When did Checkered Flag release?

Checkered Flag was first released on November 20, 1994.

Checkered Flag

Nov 20, 1994RacingSimulatorSportPC (Microsoft Windows)Atari Jaguar

Checkered Flag — frequently asked questions

Is Checkered Flag on Steam?: No. Checkered Flag is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Checkered Flag on?: Checkered Flag is available on PC (Microsoft Windows), Atari Jaguar.
When did Checkered Flag release?: Checkered Flag was first released on November 20, 1994.

About Checkered Flag

Get ready to burn rubber! Race for the Checkered Flag behind the wheel of a turbo-powered speedway racer in real-time, 3D-rendered action. Choose from 10 high-performance tracks and see the speedway from 6 distinct views. Alter features and attributes on your racer to improve your times or even change the weather conditions. Action is so intense and realistic you'll swear you feel the wind in your hair as your tires screech around the curves. Keep your sweaty palms on the controller!

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Atari Jaguar
Developer: Rebellion Developments
Publisher: Messe Sansao
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Non-fiction

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Atari Jaguar	1994	$20	$35	$50

Also released on: PC (Microsoft Windows). We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Jaguar · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-07-24

Loose

$20

Complete

$35

Sealed

$50

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

Atari Jaguar prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Rebellion made this AND Alien vs. Predator, same year, same platform. The difference was budget.

A racing game that can't hold a framerate can't communicate speed, and this one can't: handling feels disconnected, momentum is absent, and the flat-shaded tracks read as empty. There's a real F1 game underneath — three modes, selectable weather, vehicle customization — but the presentation never delivers.

It's the cleanest illustration of the Jaguar's actual failure mode. The hardware could do things — Rebellion proved it months later with Alien vs. Predator on the same silicon. Atari couldn't fund development properly, studios delivered underfunded work on tight schedules, and reviewers blamed the console. It still sold 20,257 copies by April 1995 — ninth on the platform, which says more about the thin catalogue than the game.

Cartridge & preservation record

Cartridge ROM capacity 16 megabit (2 MB), measured from the preserved cartridge image.

Catalogue part number J9007E

Cartridge data from the No-Intro preservation database (metadata only — names, sizes and checksums, no game data).

Worth knowing

Shops were taking pre-orders for it as Checkered Flag 2. Retailer listings in Electronic Gaming Monthly through 1994 advertise the Jaguar game as "Checkered Flag 2" — the name it carried while Rebellion were building it, before it became Redline Racing and finally shipped simply as Checkered Flag. The 2 was not a sequel number to the Jaguar game; it referred back to Rebellion's Lynx Checkered Flag of 1991. Buyers were reserving a game under a title that never appeared on a box.

Before you buy

Common and cheap; sealed copies still surface at modest prices, which tells you how many went unsold. Worth owning as half of the Rebellion pairing. No counterfeit concern.

Sales figures from an internal Atari document (through April 1, 1995), surfaced by The Land of Obscusion — The Land of Obscusion

Authenticity & condition — Atari Jaguar

Specific to the format this title shipped in

Buying a Jaguar cartridge

Cartridges are the durable half of this library — the risk is provenance, not decay. The platform has an active post-commercial scene, so the question is usually which era a cartridge is from rather than whether it still works.

Ask for a photo of the label edge and the cartridge back. Reproductions are usually printed on adhesive photo stock and sit proud of the label recess.
Donor shells are the common trick: sanding marks on the back, or adhesive ghosting where an older label was lifted, are the strongest signals.
Cartridges are region-free on this platform, so a cheaper PAL copy plays on a North American console — a price difference is not evidence of a fake.