17 Jan 09 Death Rally review – great huh!

This is a great game that has been around forever (1996) (it’s Dos based!).  Despite it’s age, it still has a strong following.

With visually splendid graphics and with great game play, Death Rally provides a great top-down perspective to the racing game genre.

Your objective: earn money in the battle races, fighting hard for each and every championship point. Each race can be lethal, if driving wasn’t hard enough; your fellow competitors are constantly showering you in a hail of bullets. If you lose, it’s possible to repair your car and cover those bullet holes, but the winner spends his well deserved winnings on new armor, tires or engines.

As you a whizzing along, you can shoot your way through screaming pedestrians, grab some more ammo and do some shady deals for The Dealer. Check your morals at the door, no trick is too dirty in Death Rally, when you’re preparing for The Final Confrontation.  Beaf up your car since only the strongest armor, the most souped up engine and the largest guns will see you through to the final battle – The Adversary.

Throughout the game, if you need a break, check out the underground market, some of the things you can purchase are: Landmines, Spiked bumpers, rocket fuel or sabotage.  These can assist during the game to some nasty accidents your fellow competitors.

The game is built using a hi-performance 3D-Engine with features texture mapping, lighting effects and shadows.  Death Rally creates a level of visual impact that was ahead of it’s time, unseen before in the racing game genre. All cars are 100% rendered, and you are supported by an animated hi-resolution menu system.  Great game playability makes sure that you are entertained for hours.

Death Rally supports network multiplay for up to 4 players, or you can just play alone.  PC connections can be made via the serial port (if you still have one!) or via the internet.

Key game features:

• Over 20 megs of action packed animation
• 6 different cars
• 19 different tracks
• Each car is equipped with different weapons
• Ugradeable Armor, Engines and Tires
• Up to 4 player multiplayer

There have been some reported issues running the game under XP or Vista, have a look at some of my other articles.

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