 The first title in the series is "Cruis'n USA" which was released into video arcades in 1994 by Midway.The race starts in San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and ends at the White House in Washington, D.C. Arcade units can be linked to provide multiplayer gameplay.The original arcade game, along with "Killer Instinct", was promoted as running on Nintendo's Ultra 64 hardware, later known as the Nintendo 64 home console.