Ignition (Windows)

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Description

Ignition is an action packed racing game viewed from above and slightly behind the player. The cars on offer range from police car and VW Beetle to school bus and truck, each of which has its own strengths and weaknesses - trying to win with the bus, which involves blocking everyone behind the hideously slow vehicle for 3 laps, is perhaps the ultimate challenge.

Initially there are 5 tracks available, with practice and single race modes as well as full championship at 3 levels - winning each of the first 2 levels unlocks an extra track. They all have hazards running through them, and sections where you must make a split-second choice between the safer route and the risky but potentially rewarding one. Multiplayer can be done via network or by split-screen - in a break with convention the screen is split vertically rather than horizontally.

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Alternate Titles

• "欢乐大飞车" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "Fun Tracks" -- French title
• "Bleifuss Fun" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Truck racing / driving
• Screamer series
• White Label releases

User Reviews

A great party game

grimbergen (462)

Critic Reviews

PC Jeux	Oct, 1997	88 out of 100	88
Gamesmania.de	1997	85 out of 100	85
Pelit	Sep, 1997	85 out of 100	85
PC Player (Germany)	Oct, 1997		80
Reset	Nov, 1997	8 out of 10	80
Gameplay (Benelux)	Oct 01, 1997	77 out of 100	77
GameStar (Germany)	Oct, 1997	72 out of 100	72
CD-Action	Jan, 1998	7 out of 10	70
The Retro Spirit	Dec 23, 2009	3.5 out of 6	58
PC Zone	Aug 15, 2001	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

Game Engine

Runs on a custom-built engine called LISA (named after one of the team member's, Kalle's, cat).

Related Web Sites

• Ignition (official website)
• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)