Ridge Racer

Ridge Racer is the 1993 Namco arcade racer ported to the PlayStation as a launch title, published in PAL territories by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. This is the late-life Value Series Black Label reissue, released on 26 January 2001 across Spain, Germany, France, Italy, the UK and the Netherlands. It is presented in a Full Jewel PAL case with Hologram B on the case and a single English-language disc, sharing the barcode 0711719243724 with the European Reprint. The serial carries the trailing hash character, indicating a later production identifier distinct from the original SCES-00001 pressings. Released over five years after the game’s original launch, this variant represents the final commercial chapter of Ridge Racer’s PAL retail life and is a useful endpoint for collectors tracking the full lifecycle of an early launch title.