Midtown Madness
Midtown Madness (also known as Midtown Madness: Chicago Edition) is a racing game developed for Windows by Angel Studios (now Rockstar San Diego) and published by Microsoft. The demo version was released via…
Midtown Madness is a racing developed by Angel Studios, released 1 May 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Midtown Madness is
Midtown Madness is a racing game developed by Angel Studios and released in 1999. It was published by Microsoft. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Angel Real Time Simulation (ARTS).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Midtown Madness (also known as Midtown Madness: Chicago Edition) is a racing game developed for Windows by Angel Studios (now Rockstar San Diego) and published by Microsoft. The demo version was released via download on May 1, 1999 and the completed game was released toward the end of May 1999.[1] Two sequels followed, with Midtown Madness 2 released in September 2000 and Midtown Madness 3 released in June 2003 for the Xbox. The game is set in Chicago and its objective is to win street races and obtain new cars. Unlike racing games that restrict the player to a race track, Midtown Madness offers an open world recreation of Chicago. This setting was said to provide "an unprecedented degree…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Midtown Madness launched on 1 May 1999, within three weeks of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Star Wars: Episode I - Racer and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.
Released around the same time: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Star Wars: Episode I - Racer, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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