Indy 500 is a racing game played from a top down point of view. In the one player game, your goal is to complete as many laps as you can in 60 seconds. In the two player game, the first player to complete 25 laps wins! Included are several different race tracks, two difficulty levels, and additional game variations called ice race, tag, and crash 'n score. In ice race, the track is icy causing your car to slide often and making it difficulty to steer. In tag, one player is "it" and needs to tag the other player. For each second you race without being tagged, a point is earned. Lastly, in crash 'n score the goal is to crash into targets which appear on the race track. The first player to crash into the target earns a point, and then a new target will appear elsewhere on the track.

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Alternate Titles

"Race" -- Sears Tele-Games release
"11 Indy 500" -- Title on the end label of original release

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Part of the Following Group

IndyCar racing games

Merchant	Title
	Indy 500
	Indy 500
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User Reviews

Frustrating Top-down Racer	eratik (109)
After you've mastered the joystick, it can be fun.	RobinHud (65)

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Feb 14, 2004	A	100
The Atari Times	Feb 07, 2004	83 out of 100	83

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Trivia

The driving controller was much like a paddle controller but you could turn the knob without stopping. Indy 500 was the only game Atari created that required this controller.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Servo (55941) on Jan 15, 2004.