What platforms is Cruis'n USA on?

Cruis'n USA was released on Arcade, Nintendo 64.

When did Cruis'n USA release?

Cruis'n USA was first released on December 1, 1994.

Cruis'n USA

Dec 1, 1994RacingArcadeArcadeNintendo 64

Cruis'n USA — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Cruis'n USA on?: Cruis'n USA was released on Arcade, Nintendo 64.
When did Cruis'n USA release?: Cruis'n USA was first released on December 1, 1994.

About Cruis'n USA

Cruis'n USA is an arcade racing game originally released in 1994. It was developed by Midway Games and published and distributed by Nintendo. It is the first game in the Cruis'n series and features locations around the United States.

Summary via IGDB.

Cruis'n USA on Wikipedia

Cruis'n USA is a racing video game developed by TV Games Inc. and published by Nintendo. It was first released in arcades in 1994 by Midway Games, with a port to the Nintendo 64 developed by Leland Interactive Media released in 1996. It is the first game in the Cruis'n series, and features races set in locations across the Continental United States.

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

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Nintendo 64
Developer: Midway Games
Publisher: Nintendo
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

66/100

from 33 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	1996	$17	$53	$347	2 reviews	Low

Release timeline

ArcadeDec 1994
Nintendo 64Dec 1996
WiiMar 28, 2008

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

$17

Complete

$53

Sealed

$347

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Player's Choice	$19	$36	$416
PAL release	$18	$45	$98

How often it sells

Loose: about once a day
Complete: about 3 times a week
Sealed: about 4 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 $5.87 in Jan 2007, $14.77 five years ago, and $18.26 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2007	$5.87	—
Jan 2008	$4.70	—
Jan 2009	$4.99	—
Jan 2010	$3.26	—
Jan 2011	$2.48	—
Jan 2012	$3.17	—
Jan 2013	$2.70	—
Jan 2014	$4.25	$10.98
Jan 2015	$4.43	$12.99
Jan 2016	$5.00	$19.97
Jan 2017	$7.74	$21
Jan 2018	$9.66	$21
Jan 2019	$7.69	$18.33
Jan 2020	$9.00	$21
Jan 2021	$13.21	$35
Jan 2022	$12.75	$49
Jan 2023	$14.17	$50
Jan 2024	$14.80	$41
Jan 2025	$15.75	$51
Jan 2026	$16.00	$51
Oct 2026	$18.26	$56

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

Release record

Territory	Date	Cartridge serial	Known board
North America	2 December 1996	NUS-NCUE-USA	NUS-01A-01 / NUS-01A-02
Europe / PAL	February 1998	NUS-NCUP-AUS / NUS-NCUP-EUR	—

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+EU
Released: 1996
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

A scaled-down arcade port that critics disliked at the time, and a cheap cart for completists.

This is the Nintendo 64 version of Cruis'n USA, the 1994 Midway arcade racer. It was developed by Leland Interactive Media, the San Diego division of Williams Entertainment, published by Nintendo, and released in North America in December 1996. Most of the arcade graphics were downgraded to fit the home console, and some content, such as running over animals, was cut. It was announced as a launch title, but Nintendo pulled it from the lineup a few weeks before launch day because it did not meet the company's quality standards.

Period critics were unkind. Computer and Video Games called it a mistake for the N64 in early 1997, saving a little praise for how closely it resembled the arcade machine, and Next Generation later counted it among the console's early racing disappointments.

What the press said at the time

Next Generation Issue 26	February 1997	1 out of 5 stars
Next Generation Issue 25	January 1997	1 out of 5 stars

“Overall, this half-hearted, rough-shod conversion is exactly what Nintendo 64 doesn’t need — and adds weight to the growing gripe among third parties that the system is a bitch to work with.”
— Next Generation, February 1997

“While entertaining at first, Cruis'n's thrills eventually fade because the game doesn't offer enough diversity or challenge to maintain interest.”
— GamePro, February 1997

“casual racing fans and young gamers alike will enjoy Cruis’n’s rowdy yet shallow action.”
— GamePro, February 1997

“With the N64 now housing TGR and MRC, Cruis‘n USA's no longer even a novelty. A Grade Z stinker.”
— N64 Magazine, March 1998

Next Generation rated games from one star ("Bad: crucially flawed in design or application") to five ("Revolutionary"); three stars meant "Good: a solid and competitive example of an established game style."

Before you buy

The North American cartridge is cheap, below the median for the library, and the fake risk is low. A Player's Choice reissue sells for about the same loose as the original. PAL copies are a separate release that cost about the same loose and somewhat less complete. Sealed copies cost far more than anything else, so skip them unless you are collecting sealed games.