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Bad Lands

Bad Lands is effectively the spiritual successor to Atari's previous racing games Super Sprint and Championship Sprint. Similarly to the Sprint titles, Bad Lands pits three cars against each other in a three…

1 January 1990

Bad Lands is an arcade developed by Atari Games, released 1 January 1990 on Arcade.

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What Bad Lands is

Bad Lands is an arcade game developed by Atari Games and released in 1990. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bad Lands is effectively the spiritual successor to Atari's previous racing games Super Sprint and Championship Sprint. Similarly to the Sprint titles, Bad Lands pits three cars against each other in a three lap race around a small, single-screen circuit. Bonuses are present in the form of wrenches which can be traded for goods such as extra speed, extra acceleration or better tires.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Bad Lands launched on 1 January 1990, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did Bad Lands come out?
Bad Lands was released on 1 January 1990 for Arcade.

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