Driver | |
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Developer(s) |
Reflections Interactive Crawfish Interactive (GBC) |
Publisher(s) |
GT Interactive Software (PS1) Infogrames (PC and GBC) MacSoft (Macintosh) Ubisoft (PSN) Gameloft (IOS) |
Producer(s) | Peter Hawley |
Designer(s) | Martin Edmondson |
Writer(s) | Maurice Suckling |
Composer(s) | Allister Brimble |
Series | Driver |
Platform(s) | PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Macintosh, IOS |
Release |
PlayStation
Game Boy Color Mac
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Genre(s) | Driving, action |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Review scores | ||||
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Publication | Score | |||
GBC | iOS | PC | PS | |
AllGame | N/A | |||
Destructoid | N/A | 9/10 | N/A | N/A |
Edge | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7/10 |
EGM | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.3/10 |
Eurogamer | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10 |
GameFan | N/A | N/A | N/A | 84% |
Game Informer | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.25/10 |
GamePro | N/A | N/A | ||
Game Revolution | N/A | N/A | N/A | A |
GameSpot | 7.4/10 | N/A | 8.5/10 | 7.7/10 |
GameSpy | N/A | N/A | 73% | N/A |
IGN | 8/10 | N/A | 8.9/10 | 9.7/10 |
OPM (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
PC Gamer (US) | N/A | N/A | 78% | N/A |
Aggregate scores | ||||
GameRankings | 76% | 81% | 79% | 88% |
Metacritic | N/A | 83/100 | N/A | 87/100 |
Award | |
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Publication | Award |
Game Critics Awards | Best Racing Game (1999) |
Driver (known as Driver: You Are the Wheelman in North America) is an action driving video game developed by Reflections Interactive and published by GT Interactive Software for the PlayStation. It was released in North America on June 30, 1999; in Europe on July 2; and in Japan on March 9, 2000. It is the first game in the Driver series.
Initially, the game was released only for the PlayStation, but later, a Microsoft Windows port of the original PlayStation version was released in North America on October 11, 1999, and in Europe later on. In May 2000, a remake developed by Crawfish Interactive and published by Infogrames was released for the Game Boy Color. This version featured a top-down view, and fewer missions. A Mac port was released in North America in December 2000. The game was re-released on the PlayStation Network on October 14, 2008, and a remake developed and published by Gameloft, with voice acting and enhanced graphics, was released for iOS on December 8, 2009.
The game is played out in four cities: Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, each of which remain only partially faithful to the actual city layouts. The game was notable at the time of its original release insofar as the player was able to explore each city as an open world environment.