Death Race (1990 video game)
A 1990 NES vehicular combat game with city-based flag missions.
American Game Cartridges released Death Race for the NES in 1990, a vehicular combat game that remakes a 1976 title. Nintendo Player later called it the spiritual forerunner to the Grand Theft Auto series.
Quick Facts
- Publisher
- American Game Cartridges
- Composer
- David Wood; Donald Forbes
- Programmer
- James M. Ferguson
- Keith Rupp
- John Dunn
- Donald Forbes
- Scott Schryver
- Platforms
- NES
- Released
- 1990 (NA)
- Genre
- Vehicular combat
- Modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
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Gameplay
Players take on the role of a driver in an armored sports car, armed with surface-to-air missiles and rapid-fire guns, as they travel through eight American cities in a fixed order: San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Houston, New Orleans, Chicago, Raleigh, and New York. The goal in each city is to collect between one and four flags, then drive through the exit to finish the level. Performance is tracked by the number of kills, and money earned from these kills can be spent on upgrades for the car’s engine, tires, chassis, guns, and missiles. There are four difficulty settings: Rookie, Amateur, Professional, and World Class. To beat the game, players must complete every city twice on the World Class difficulty. Compared to the 1976 arcade original, this version features better graphics and replaces the tombstones that once blocked the player’s path with enemies riding helicopters.
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