Released initally in 1995 for the ill-fated 3DO game console, The Need For Speed was the first version of EA's highly successful Need For Speed series. Described as "the only reason to own a 3DO", it was quickly ported to the PC when the 3DO went under. Developed with support from Road & Track, TNFS featured a great physics model, eight exotic sports cars, three point-to-point tracks, five closed circuit tracks, and best of all, cops that gave tickets and arrested repeat offenders.

 TNFS Special Edition (SE) was released in 1996, and was basically a graphics update of TNFS. It had full 32 bit Windows 95 support, and updated game music. It also had one additional track, Transtropolis.

System Requirements:

Operating System: MS-DOS 5.0+ or Windows 95/98
CPU Type & Speed: 75 MHz Pentium class processor or compatible
Hard Drive Space: 50MB free space
Memory: 8MB Ram (DOS) 12MB Ram (Win95/98)
CD-Rom Speed: 4x CD-ROM drive