Death Rally is a racing developed by Apogee Software, released 6 September 1996 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play.
What Death Rally is
Death Rally is a racing game developed by Apogee Software and released in 1996. It was published by 3D Realms. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on FMOD.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Death Rally is a vehicular combat racing video game developed by Remedy Entertainment, published by Apogee Software and distributed by GT Interactive. Originally known as HiSpeed during development, it was released on 7 September 1996 for MS-DOS. In the game, the player starts with $495 and a weak car named Vagabond, and must compete in deadly races where all cars are armed. The player wins money by finishing in front positions, collecting money bonuses during the race, fulfilling missions and destroying other cars. The ultimate goal of the game is defeating the "Adversary", the undisputed king of Death Rally, in a one-on-one race.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Death Rally holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core Duo 2 and 2 GB RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Death Rally launched on 6 September 1996, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Die Hard Trilogy and Formula 1. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Die Hard Trilogy, Formula 1.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Death Rally yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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