Cisco Heat [Imperfect graphics]

Cisco Heat takes San Francisco's broken geography —those streets that go up and down in steep slopes— and turns it into the heart of a three-lane race where every hill becomes a jump ramp. Jaleco bet here on vertigo over simulation.

The "Imperfect graphics" tag attached to this version refers to a known emulation issue with the original board, not a design flaw: as an arcade race it remains one of the most striking of its generation.