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Buggy for PlayStation 1
Buggy for PlayStation 1 is an arcade racing game featuring radio-controlled cars in colourful three-dimensional environments. You steer a small vehicle across beaches, through swamps and past tropical greenery. Bumps, jumps and sharp corners demand quick corrections while other buggies compete for the same space. Not every interesting route lies in the middle of the track. Hidden passages and areas away from the most obvious racing line make it worthwhile to take a little time to explore how a course fits together.
The coloured gates add another layer to driving. Passing through gates in the correct order activates special effects, such as temporarily increased speed or extra grip. You therefore need to decide which gate to reach and whether the detour is worthwhile. The challenges take you through successive races and unlock more of the game. New cars differ in areas including speed, acceleration, grip and weight, so the same corner can feel different with another buggy.
You can drive alone or race with two players simultaneously on a shared screen; connect two controllers directly to do so. No Multitap is needed. A standard controller works, with analogue control also supported. Game data is saved on a PlayStation memory card. This original release does not include the save-anywhere feature or other additional facilities of the much later PC rerelease.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Buggy for PlayStation 1 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Buggy
Gremlin Interactive developed Buggy and released it in Europe for PlayStation in 1998. The British publisher was working on a broad range of games at the time: alongside the Actua sports series, it also released action and racing games. In its own annual results from October 1998, Gremlin listed Buggy alongside N2O and Pool Shark as part of its non-sports offering. The game therefore belonged to a deliberate broadening of the catalogue alongside the company's recognisable sports titles.
For the North American market, the PlayStation game appeared as Team Losi RC Racer, using the name of a radio-controlled car manufacturer. The European release retained Buggy. Behind these different names lies the same foundation of small vehicles, imaginative tracks and discovering hidden routes. The coloured gates make extra powers depend on the route you drive. The original design therefore combines learning a course with experimenting with other sequences and side paths.
Years later, Buggy returned as a digital rerelease. Pixel Games UK published an emulated version on Steam in February 2023, explicitly describing it as a PlayStation classic from 1998. That release added modern facilities, including saving and loading at any point and new display settings. Those later additions are not part of this original PlayStation disc. Here, the races, gates, hidden discoveries and memory-card saving of the original remain the foundation of the game.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Like Buggy, Re-Volt uses radio-controlled cars and turns small objects into large obstacles. You race through places including a museum and toy shop, collecting weapons along the track. Buggy puts more emphasis on coloured gates that you pass through in a specific order. Choosing a route is therefore not only about a tight corner or shortcut, but also about putting together the advantage you want.
RC de Go! shares Buggy's radio-controlled car theme, but views races from a higher, more distant viewpoint. You earn money to improve your car with parts and drive on both road and off-road tracks. Buggy places you closer behind the vehicle and uses imaginative effects and hidden routes. Both require a feel for small vehicles; one builds more on tuning and competition, the other on discovery and coloured gates.
Crash Team Racing also combines racing, cornering and power-ups that let you hinder opponents. Crash and his friends drive karts and build speed through well-timed powerslides. Buggy uses small RC cars and makes extra powers depend on the coloured gates you choose along the way. In Crash, maintaining a longer chain of successful boosts is an important driving technique; in Buggy, reading gate sequences and searching for hidden routes matter more.
Speed Freaks and Buggy share a colourful presentation, short races and vehicles with different handling characteristics. Speed Freaks' kart racers collect turbo along the way and carry weapons to knock one another out of position. Buggy replaces the drivers with radio-controlled cars and adds coloured gates and hidden areas. Both involve learning corners and accelerating wisely, but Buggy more often makes the environment an area to search as well, rather than solely a track to the finish.
Like Buggy, Renegade Racers combines playful vehicles, power-ups and courses that do not resemble a real racing calendar. Its competitors use hovercrafts that travel across water and land, with separate tasks for racing, collecting and jumping. Buggy keeps small cars on their wheels and ties advantages to coloured gates. Both reward exploring a course, but Renegade Racers changes the objective of an event more often, while Buggy develops its gate sequences further.
