---
title: Speed Race
tags:
- car
- racing
years:
- '1974'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/arcade_speedrace_ss.jpg
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1974'
  - label: companies
    value: Taito
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: arcade cabinet
  - label: systems
    value: Arcade
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 player, 2 players (alternate)
  screenshots:
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_speedrace_ss.jpg
  - title: arcade cabinet
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_speedrace_cabinet.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
  company: /companies/misc
  oc_id: 63
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20220730034734/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=63
    date: '2022-07-30'
---

Speed Race from Taito, released as early as 1974, is apparently the first video game of its genre: vertical scrolling dodge'em style racing game! This new type of racing game will inspire a lot of copies.