Carmaggedon

I am a huge racing fan now, and most of the car related games in our collection are mine, but there was a time in our lives that was not the case.

My hubby and his then best friend loved racing games and anything sort of twisted was something they gravitated to. I think creeping out their girl friends was high on the list too.  In 1998, hubby and I had just started dating and he got a PC game called Carmaggedon .



At first I really really really hated the game, it was pretty gory for 1997.  Funny thing is now, I don't think you would think it was gory at all.  But the idea behind the game is basically that the player races a vehicle against a number of other computer controlled competitors in various settings, including city, mine and industrial areas. The player has a certain amount of time to complete each race, but more time may be gained by collecting bonuses, damaging the competitors' cars, or by running over pedestrians. Races are completed by either completing the course as one would a normal racing game, "wasting" (wrecking) all other race cars, or killing all pedestrians on the level.



Basically if you just drive around running over people you don't have to even worry about how long it takes you to complete the race.

I did like that we could turn off the gore, and play as a group. We would drive around and run into each other. Also collecting things would help you win.  I ended up enjoying it, but I didn't like the running over people thing.  This is not a good game for kids, but we were 18 - 20 when we played.

Have you every heard of or played this game?