Daytona USA is an arcade racing game developed by Sega AM2 and published
by Sega in March 1994. Inspired by the popularity of the NASCAR motor
racing series in the US, the game has players race stock cars on one of
three courses. It was the first arcade game to be released on the Sega
Model 2, an arcade system board which was co-developed by GE Aerospace.
AM2's Toshihiro Nagoshi (pictured) became the game's director and co-
producer. Sega aimed to outperform Namco's Ridge Racer (1993). The
developers researched motorsports extensively and mapped Daytona
International Speedway. Daytona USA was a critical and commercial
success, praised for its graphics, soundtrack and gameplay. A conversion
was made for the Sega Saturn in 1995, and was followed by sequels and
enhancements for consoles and arcades. Daytona USA is one of the
highest-grossing arcade video games ever, and has been frequently named
one of the best video games of all time.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_USA>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1984:
Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to be
launched into space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakesh_Sharma>
1996:
A U.S. Air Force CT-43 crashed into a mountainside while
attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia,
killing all 35 people on board, including Secretary of Commerce Ron
Brown.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Croatia_USAF_CT-43_crash>
2009:
A gunman opened fire at an American Planning and Civic
Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, U.S., killing
thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binghamton_shooting>
2013:
The northeastern section of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina,
experienced several flash floods that killed at least 100 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Argentina_floods>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
the organ grinder, not the monkey:
(idiomatic) Synonym of organ grinder (“the person who is in charge,
rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for
another's actions”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_organ_grinder%2C_not_the_monkey>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity, that never
dreads contact and communion with others, however humble. It is only
spurious pride that is morbid and sensitive, and shrinks from every
touch.
--Washington Irving
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Washington_Irving>
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