Need for Speed Most Wanted - Gamers Guide

 Need for Speed Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a 2005 open-world racing video game, and the ninth installment in the Need for Speed series. Developed by EA Canada and EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts, it was released on November 11, 2005, for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox 360. An additional version, Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0, was released in the same year for PlayStation Portable. The game focuses on street racing-oriented gameplay involving a selection of events and racing circuits found within the fictional city of Rockport, with the game's main story involving players taking on the role of a street racer who must compete against 15 of the city's most elite street racers to become the most wanted racer of the group, in the process seeking revenge against one of the groups who took their car and developing a feud with the city's police department.

Most Wanted to be brought in many notable improvements and additions over other entries in the series, its major highlight being more in-depth police pursuits. Certain editions of the game were also packaged with the ability for online multiplayer gaming. Upon its release, the game received positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success, selling 16 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best entries in the series as a result. Its success later led to a collector's edition, Black Edition, which provided additional content for the game.

The game was later succeeded by Need for Speed: Carbon in 2006, which provided a sequel to Most Wanted's story, with a virtual edition being made available for PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store in May 2012, until it was discontinued the following year. A reboot of the game, developed by Criterion Games, was released in October 2012.

Developer  EA Canada / EA Black Box / Team Fusion (PSP) / Sensory Sweep Studios (DS) 

Publisher             Electronic Arts

Composer           Paul Linford

Series    Need for Speed

Engine  EAGL

Platform   Nintendo DS / Game Boy Advance / Microsoft Windows / PlayStation 2 / Xbox 360

Release November 11, 2005

Genre   Racing 

Mode    Single-player /Multiplayer




 

         Minimum System Requirements

• CPU: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP
• CPU SPEED: 1.4 GHz
• RAM: 256 MB
• OS: Windows 2000/XP
• VIDEO CARD: 32 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible 3D video card (NVIDIA GeForce2 MX+ / ATI Radeon 7500+ / Intel 915+)
• TOTAL VIDEO RAM: 32 MB
• 3D: Yes
• HARDWARE T&L: Yes
• DIRECTX VERSION: DirectX 9.0c (included on disk)
• SOUND CARD: Yes
• FREE DISK SPACE: 3 GB
• CD-ROM: 8X Speed CD/DVD-ROM (This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some CD/DVD-ROM, CD/DVD-RW, and virtual drives.)

   Recommended Requirements

• CPU: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP
• CPU SPEED: 2.2 GHz
• RAM: 512 MB
• OS: Windows 2000/XP
• VIDEO CARD: 64 MB 3D video card (NVIDIA GeForce 6200+ / ATI Radeon 9800+ )
• TOTAL VIDEO RAM: 64 MB
• 3D: Yes
• HARDWARE T&L: Yes
• PIXEL SHADER: 2.0
• DIRECTX VERSION: DirectX 9.0c (included on disk)
• SOUND CARD: Yes
• FREE DISK SPACE: 3 GB
• CD-ROM: 8X Speed CD/DVD-ROM (This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some CD/DVD-ROM, CD/DVD-RW, and virtual drives.)

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