Death Race

aka: Death Race 98

Moby ID: 64102

Released

1976 on Arcade

Credits

1 person

Publishers

Exidy, Incorporated

Developers

Exidy, Incorporated

Moby Score: n/a
Players: (1)
Collected By: 7 players

Genre: Racing / Driving
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay: Arcade
Interface: Direct control
Vehicular: Automobile
Narrative: Horror

Input Devices Supported/Optional: Racing/Steering Wheel
Number of Offline Players: 1-2 Players

Conversion (unofficial)

Death Race (2004)

See Also

Death Race (1979 on Apple II)
Death Race (1984 on VIC-20, 1985 on Commodore 16, Plus/4, 1987 on Commodore 64...)
Death Race (1990 on NES)
Death Race (2004 on Windows)
Death Race (2015 on Android, iPhone, iPad)

Description

Death Race is a vehicular combat game that puts your car in an open space with gremlins. Your goal is to crash into the gremlins so you can brutally and cruelly kill them. Upon dying, they scream. In the spot where the gremlin once was, a cross-shaped gravestone will be left. This clutters the playing field, making it harder to move around. There are dotted lines on the sides, representing two narrow "safe" zones on the left and right sides of the screen for the gremlins, as your car will crash on contact with the dotted lines.

Credits (Arcade version)

Howell Ivy

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Trivia

Controversy

Death Race was one of the first controversial arcade video games. The "gremlins" in the game looked a lot like real people because of the primitive graphics of the game. It was judged violent by many medias. Thanks to this controversy, the result was that the game sold a lot more than expected.

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MobyGames ID: 64102

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Game added by Michael Cassidy.

Additional contributors: vedder, Gilles Tual.

Game added April 13, 2014. Last modified February 13, 2024.