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Need for Speed PC DOS EA Canada 1995


The Need for Speed



EA Canada ported Pioneer Production's original 3DO version of The Need for Speed of December of 1994 to PC DOS 5.0 in September of 1995.

Need for Speed Features


  • Real-time texture-mapped 3D
  • 3D tracks, cars and buildings
  • 2D digitized backdrops and roadside objects
  • Physics-based collisions
  • 3x Window sizes, 4x Image qualities, 3x View distances, 2x Car detail levels
  • Toggleable horizon
  • 4x  Game-modes: Time trial, Head-to-head, Single race, 3-class Tournament
  • 8x sports cars [1]
  • Toggleable Anti-lock Breaking System (ABS) and Traction control
  • 3x open-road tracks, 3x closed-circuit tracks & 1x bonus track [2]
  • Auto and manual transmissions
  • Rear-view mirrors
  • Road & Track photos, specifications & descriptions
  • 320 megs of FMV cinematization
  • 3x camera views: In-car cam, Tail-cam and Heli-cam
  • 8-bit mono, 8-bit stereo & 16-bit stereo sound
  • Replays & Highlight Reel
  • In-game joystick calibration
  • 2-player Head-to-Head modem or serial play (9600 baud, 16550 UART)

Need for Speed is a v1.97 Rational Systems DOS/4GW Protected Mode run-time. Need for Speed displays in 256-color VGA 320x200 or SVGA 640x480.

Need for Speed requires an i80486DX2 66 MHz CPU, 400K of free conventional memory, 7,274,496 bytes of XMS memory and VESA SVGA video card with 1 meg of vRAM.

Need for Speed digital audio supports Creative Labs Sound Blaster, Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro, Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16, Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE-32, Gravis UltraSound and Windows Sound System.

Need for Speed was distributed by Electronic Arts on 1x CD-ROM and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Need for Speed Installation Program. The install size is 107 megs and consists of 583 files.

The PC version of Need for Speed was lead-programmed by Wei Shoong Teh based on Brad Gour's original 3DO code. Need for Speed was lead-drawn by Markus Tessmann and lead-composed by Alistair Hurst (PC Scott Jackson).

Need for Speed Cars


  • Ferrari Testarossa 512TR [1]
  • Lamborghini Diablo VT
  • Mazda RX-7
  • Honda NSX Acura
  • Toyoto Supra Turbo
  • Porsche 911 Carrera
  • Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
  • Dodge Viper RT/10

Need for Speed Tracks


  • City [2]
  • Coastal
  • Alpine
  • Rusty Springs Raceway
  • Autumn Valley Speedway
  • Vertigo Ridge


Need for Speed: Special Edition PC DOS



EA Canada released The Need for Speed: Special Edition for PC DOS 5.0 and Windows 95 in December of 1996. Need for Speed: Special Edition adds the Transtropolis and Burnt Sienna tracks.

MS-DOS Need for Speed: Special Edition requires a Pentium 75 MHz CPU and 8 megs of RAM whereas the Windows 95 version requires 12 megs of RAM. However, Pentium 120 MHz CPU and 6 megs of RAM is recommended. The Windows 95 version supports 2-8 players via IPX network. 

Need for Speed: Special Edition controls support mouse, keyboard, standard analog joystick, Thrustmaster T1, CH Products Virtual Pilot / CH Pedals, Gravis GamePad and Extreme Competition Controls. Need for Speed: Special Edition supports force-feeback via Immersion Corporation I-Force driver.

Need for Speed: Special Edition was distributed on 1x CD-ROM and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via Need for Speed: SE Installation. The install size is 160 megs and consists of 690 files.

Note Need for Speed's similarities with Test Drive of 1987-90:


List of Need for Speed PC Games



  • Need for Speed PC DOS EA Canada 1995
  • Need for Speed Special Edition PC DOS EA Canada 1996
  • Need for Speed Special Edition Windows 95 EA Canada 1996 (DirectX 2.0)
  • Need for Speed II Windows 95 EA Seattle 1997 (DirectX 3.0, 3Dfx Glide)
  • Need for Speed II: Special Edition Windows PC EA Seattle 1997 (DirectX 5.0)
  • Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit Windows PC EA Seattle 1998 (DirectX 5.0)
  • Need for Speed: High Stakes Windows PC EA Seattle 1999 (3Dfx Voodoo)
  • Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed Windows PC EA Canada 2000 (DirectX 7.0a)
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 Windows PC EA Canada 2002
  • Need for Speed: The Collection Windows PC 2003 (compilation)
  • Need for Speed: Underground Windows PC EA Black Box 2003 (DirectX 9.0b)
  • Need for Speed: Underground 2 Windows PC EA Black Box 2004
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted Windows PC EA Black Box 2005 (4X CD-ROM) (DirectX 9.0c)
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Black Edition Windows PC EA Black Box 2005 (4X CD-ROM)
  • Need for Speed: Carbon Windows PC EA Black Box 2006
  • Need for Speed: ProStreet Windows PC EA Black Box 2007
  • Need for Speed: Undercover Windows PC EA Black Box 2008
  • Need for Speed: Shift Windows PC Slightly Mad Studios 2009
  • Need for Speed: World Online Windows PC EA Black Box 2010
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Windows PC Criterion Games 2010
  • Need for Speed: Shift 2 - Unleashed Windows PC Slightly Mad Studios 2012
  • Need for Speed: The Run Windows PC EA Black Box 2011
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted Windows PC Criterion Games 2012
  • Need for Speed Rivals Windows PC Ghost Games / Criterion Games 2013
  • Need for Speed Windows PC Ghost Games 2016
  • Need for Speed Payback Windows PC Ghost Games 2017
  • Need for Speed Heat Windows PC Ghost Games 2019
  • Need for Speed Unbound Windows PC Criterion Games 2022
  • Need for Speed V-Rally 2 Windows PC Eden Studios 2000

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