DF Retro EX: Screamer - A Brilliant Arcade Racer - From The Mid 90s To 2026!

Digital Foundry is now fully independent! Join the DF Supporter Program and support the team: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx In the mid-90s, an Italian development team known as "Graffiti" created Screamer - an excellent arcade racing game for PC, clearly inspired by Ridge Racer and Daytona USA. Sequels followed. Graffiti became Milestone. But the arcade racing games kept coming and recently, powered by an adept use of Unreal Engine 5, Screamer has returned. John Linneman as the full story. Examine the DF Website: https://digitalfoundry.net Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00 - Introduction 02:08 - 90s Racing Games 03:26 - The Origins of Milestone 04:31 - Two Games with Virgin Interactive 05:20 - The Release of Screamer 10:26 - S3 Virge DX Tested in Screamer 12:55 - Big in Germany 14:00 - Screamer 2 16:26 - 3DFX Voodoo Tests 18:13 - Screamer Rally 20:24 - Spin-offs 22:04 - Post Screamer 22:50 - Screamer 2026 26:55 - It's Unreal...but Don't Worry! 31:00 - Wrap-up