Violet Vortex

Violet Vortex is a racing video game developed by Kuboian game development studio Digital Jumble. It first appeared in European arcades in the spring of 2002 before being ported to the GameCube and PlayStation 2 on 13th September, 2002. The arcade version was published by Ranking Interactive Media, with the home console version being published by Cradle Network. The Japanese version, however, was published by Konami.

Gameplay
Unlike other racing games, Violet Vortex has the players racing on foot. The aim is to clear a certain number of laps around a set course before the other opponents. The player runs forward automatically, but is also able to move left or right and can do a jump and a roll on the ground. A total of six players can appear in each race.

Arcade version
The arcade version has a limited amount of modes to pick from. Up to four players can play at once, though each player needs to pay €1 per game. After every player decides which character they will play as, the players then vote on which track to play, with the one chosen decided at random from the tracks voted on.

If a human player wins the race, the players are asked if they want to do an Encore Race, where the same track is played with the same rules, though only one player has to pay €1 in order for an Encore Race to occur. The game session ends for all players after the Encore Race, if the players choose to not do an Encore Race, or if a computer player wins the first race.

If only one player is playing, they can pick to either play a Single Race (and can do an Encore Race if they get first place), or participate in a Time Attack, where they race alone and try to beat a track in the fastest time.