Alpine Racer 2
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Screenshot of Alpine Racer 2 | |
| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Game |
| Release date(s) | 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Namco System 22 hardware |
| CPU | 68EC020, TMS32025, M37710 |
| Sound | Sound Chips : C352 |
| Display | Horizontal, Raster, 640 x 480 pixels, 32768 colors |
Alpine Racer 2 is a 3D Alpine skiing arcade game released by Namco in 1996. It is the sequel to Alpine Racer.
Sleep Research
Alpine Racer 2, along with Tetris, was used by Harvard sleep scientist Robert Stickgold to study the relationship between learning and sleep. He found that after playing the game for hours before going to sleep, even subjects suffering from anterograde amnesia, the inability to form new memories, would dream of skiing.[1]
TV segment
Some scenes of this game was shown on the BBC Horizon episode, What Are Dreams? aired in 2009, months later as a PBS' Nova episode.[2]
Series
- 1. Alpine Racer (1995)
- 2. Alpine Racer 2 (1996)
- 3. Alpine Racer 3 (2002)
- 4. Super Alpine Racer (2013)
References
External links
- Alpine Racer 2 at Arcade History
- Alpine Racer 2 at the Killer List of Videogames
- Super Alpine Racer at Bandai Namco Amusements America
- PBS' NOVA episode "What Are Dreams?" Transcript & Video
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