Carmageddon

Description

Motorized carnage. Ever wanted to hit pedestrians during a race? Now's your chance. Carmageddon is an ultra-violent racing game which caused much controversy during the '90s but was also very popular due to its fun factor. It was also one of the first batch of games to make use of 3D accelerated graphics (using OpenGL and 3dfx Voodoo cards).

At the beginning of the game the player only has one car and is ranked at #99. The overall objective is to race all the way to the top, collecting the opponents' cars on the way as trophies (and possibly replacements to his vehicle). In the race itself the player tries to damage opponents by driving into them, and can also kill pedestrians. Damage, kills and spectacular moves earn credits for the player which can be used for upgrades and even making repairs to the car at anytime during the race. If you wreck a certain car in 4 races or so, you get to drive it. There are many power-ups strewn around the courses which range from useful to fun to downright absurd. Though the player can win by racing fairly and normally, most players found it much more fun to wreck everything in sight.

Carmageddon is a violent game which is probably not suitable for minors.

Alternate Titles

• "חולה הגה" -- Hebrew spelling
• "Hole Hege" -- Israeli title
• "Carmageddon: Fahr zur Hölle!" -- German title
• "Carmageddon 64" -- N64 title
• "Carmageddon 3D" -- Wireless title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Carmageddon series
• Zombie-themed games

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User Reviews

Fun x Fun = Fun²	DOS	Goteki45 (324)
The first and best Carmageddon	DOS	Gutter Snipe (24)
Though outdated, it's still one of the greatest racing games in computer game history.	DOS	Zamppa (88)
A great game for total unadulterated fun..	DOS	Chris Martin (1115)
One of the best network racers around	DOS	Steve Hall (322)
One hell of a stress-reliever. Forbidden, sinful fun.	DOS	Trixter (8860)
Fun at first, sucks later.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4466)
Very fun	DOS	emerging_lurker (181)
Original, very bloody original :)	DOS	Peter Cameron (2)

The Press Says

Game.EXE	Windows	Jun, 1997	95 out of 100	95
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Windows	Aug 23, 1997		90
Pelit	DOS	Jun, 1997	89 out of 100	89
GameSpot	Windows	Aug 08, 1997	8.8 out of 10	88
FZ	Windows	Mar 17, 2007	4 out of 5	80
Mac Gamer	Macintosh	1997	80 out of 100	80
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Aug, 1997		80
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Aug, 1997		80
Edge	Windows	Jun, 1997	6 out of 10	60
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Oct, 1999	57 out of 100	57

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Trivia

I have come across two instances of a kind of joke, popular in Finland, in the English language. The method of exchanging the first two letters (in the case of English, the first two phonemes) of adjacent words to produce amusing (and very often naughty) new word pairs is used in the "picket to Titsburgh" joke (aka the Freudian slip joke), but the "cunning stunt bonus" in Carmageddon I assume to be a coincidence.