One of those classic games I missed out on, I'm definitely going to give this a go!
I have seen it being played though... this summer, actually.
I had a guy from Denmark that I've only known via MSN and forums come to visit me, and he brought his laptop and played this game a bit... looks like an amazing game, I love the level design!
@TrouserSn4ck I turned off the prat cam because I didn't want to be interrupted all the time with "god damn mother" and "son of a bitch" etc, especially when I can just say it myself :)
Yeah I have heard about the new game, I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully it will be good.
We used to play this for hours on end at work over the LAN, 2 hour lunch breaks were the norm! Carm + Splat Pack ruled our world for a long time, along with the brutally funny Rise of The Traids with our drunk missiles. RoTT was to FPSs what Carma was to traditional racing games.
@IntrinsicPalomides that sounds amazing. I never played this on LAN, however many games of Red Alert 2 created a lot of angry shouting across the house at university :D
Rise of the Triads looks cool. Apparently there's going to be a reboot. I hope it turns out better that some other Apogee / 3D Realms reboots.
This was surprisingly good with a steering wheel controller. Also I remember downloading teletubbies and spice girls to replace some of the pedestrians!
@Trusteft yeah it doesn't. That's the OS I'm running. But it runs nicely on DOSbox, which is what I did here. No high resolution option but it's still good.
@THOMASSU63 well apparently a sequel is being worked on by the original creators. So hopefully it will be just as politically incorrect and gratuitous.
I never played the original only the sequel. I thought the second game came with an expansion but apparently it didn't. I think I still have a boxed copy somewhere.
@MegaChaos79 the sequel is brilliant too. Expands on the game and does enough things differently but still similar enough to be the same sort of joyously bloody fun.
I have never had as much fun in a "racing game" as I have with Carmageddon 1 and 2. Holy balls. Simply the most radically rad time you can have with a digital car.
@phreakindee absolutely. I recently re-watched your review of Carmageddon and was inclined to play it again. Here's hoping that the new game will live up to expectations.
I just pray to the gods of pedestrian violence this new one turns out better than TDR: 2000. I've tried so hard to like that game, but cannot. Supposedly it's got several guys from the original C1 and 2 teams involved in development, so I have cautiously high hopes!
I doubt I've had as much fun with any racing game as I have with Carmageddon 1 and 2. Love all the insane powerups, cars and of course all the mayhem.
@jj655321 yeah I wish I'd come across more of the power ups. I can't remember if the opponent repulsificator is in this game or just the sequel. That plus pinball mode was so damn funny.
Carmageddon 2 is one of my all time favourite games.. I can happily play it through to completion (which takes a loooooooong time), then just go and start again. Immense fun !!!
@mathowlett yeah I think I played that through a couple of times. I saved a lot of the replays too. Some really funny stuff that I lost a couple of hard drive failures ago. Collecting all the cars was great, especially the huge ones.
@Quimbyrbg yeah there was mention of it in the intro sequence to the zombified version about defending humanity... in cars! I definitely recommend giving it a go. I don't know why it isn't on gog or something. I'm running it in DOSbox since the windows version doesn't work on my 64-bit OS.
I love that there are pedestrians on a closed track where a bunch of psychotics are having a race. Where do these pedestrians think they're going? Apparently the one guy was just there to stand around and look from side to side while flexing. Maybe these were all people who'd been given the wrong address. "The body building competition is going to be held on a racetrack this year. If you don't see the other body builders, just keep looking from side to side. We'll show up eventually. I promise."
@pacbilly sounds appropriately absurd for this game. The plot actually made more sense when they were zombies. This being a way to clean up the streets of the hordes. I vaguely remember the intro to the zombified version going something like "Mankind has only one option... to defend humanity as we know it... in cars!"
One of those classic games I missed out on, I'm definitely going to give this a go!
I have seen it being played though... this summer, actually.
I had a guy from Denmark that I've only known via MSN and forums come to visit me, and he brought his laptop and played this game a bit... looks like an amazing game, I love the level design!
laffer35 3 months ago
@laffer35 it really is great. Hope you enjoy it :D
JimPlaysGames 3 months ago
Hay, were is the prat cam to??? and did you know stainless are making a new carmageddon. check it out on carmageddon com
TrouserSn4ck 3 months ago
@TrouserSn4ck I turned off the prat cam because I didn't want to be interrupted all the time with "god damn mother" and "son of a bitch" etc, especially when I can just say it myself :)
Yeah I have heard about the new game, I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully it will be good.
JimPlaysGames 3 months ago
@JimPlaysGames yea, they have some concept art of some of the older characters in the game on the website. it looks bad ass
TrouserSn4ck 3 months ago
We used to play this for hours on end at work over the LAN, 2 hour lunch breaks were the norm! Carm + Splat Pack ruled our world for a long time, along with the brutally funny Rise of The Traids with our drunk missiles. RoTT was to FPSs what Carma was to traditional racing games.
IntrinsicPalomides 4 months ago
@IntrinsicPalomides that sounds amazing. I never played this on LAN, however many games of Red Alert 2 created a lot of angry shouting across the house at university :D
Rise of the Triads looks cool. Apparently there's going to be a reboot. I hope it turns out better that some other Apogee / 3D Realms reboots.
JimPlaysGames 4 months ago
You can imagine how joyous it is to stone cold land on Po in this game. and then watch it over and over on replay.
wubble78 6 months ago
This was surprisingly good with a steering wheel controller. Also I remember downloading teletubbies and spice girls to replace some of the pedestrians!
wubble78 6 months ago
@wubble78 haha, that sounds pretty funny.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
I like the first one the best since it felt more gritty while the sequel was kind of sterile and CG plain by comparison.
TheBladeJunker 6 months ago
@TheBladeJunker yeah I can definitely see what you mean. There is definitely a lot more grit in the first one.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
Awesome game! I used to play the hell out of this game way back then. The sequels weren't nearly as good as the first one.
Solid granite car FTW :D
Polaventris 6 months ago
@Polaventris oh yeah the solid granite car was a brilliant powerup. Just plough through the enemies like they're made of paper. Awesome.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
my friend and I used to play the hell out of this game back in the day!!
Sykud321 6 months ago
@Sykud321 me too. Never played multiplayer though unfortunately.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
After all these years, I still remember that huge jump (among other things).
I might still have the CD somewhere but I doubt it will run under Vista 64 lol.
Trusteft 6 months ago
@Trusteft yeah it doesn't. That's the OS I'm running. But it runs nicely on DOSbox, which is what I did here. No high resolution option but it's still good.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
It's too bad it's too politically incorrect for a sequel on the current gen consoles. Someone prove me wrong, please.
THOMASSU63 6 months ago
@THOMASSU63 well apparently a sequel is being worked on by the original creators. So hopefully it will be just as politically incorrect and gratuitous.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
I never played the original only the sequel. I thought the second game came with an expansion but apparently it didn't. I think I still have a boxed copy somewhere.
MegaChaos79 6 months ago
@MegaChaos79 the sequel is brilliant too. Expands on the game and does enough things differently but still similar enough to be the same sort of joyously bloody fun.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
I have never had as much fun in a "racing game" as I have with Carmageddon 1 and 2. Holy balls. Simply the most radically rad time you can have with a digital car.
phreakindee 6 months ago
@phreakindee absolutely. I recently re-watched your review of Carmageddon and was inclined to play it again. Here's hoping that the new game will live up to expectations.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
@JimPlaysGames Awesome :D
I just pray to the gods of pedestrian violence this new one turns out better than TDR: 2000. I've tried so hard to like that game, but cannot. Supposedly it's got several guys from the original C1 and 2 teams involved in development, so I have cautiously high hopes!
phreakindee 6 months ago
Cross Ridge Racer with Doom and you'd probably get something a bit like this. Much fun :D
SteveBenway 6 months ago
@SteveBenway yeah I always thought racing games needed more gratuitous violence, and gratuitous violence needed more cars :D
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
I doubt I've had as much fun with any racing game as I have with Carmageddon 1 and 2. Love all the insane powerups, cars and of course all the mayhem.
jj655321 6 months ago
@jj655321 yeah I wish I'd come across more of the power ups. I can't remember if the opponent repulsificator is in this game or just the sequel. That plus pinball mode was so damn funny.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
Carmageddon 2 is one of my all time favourite games.. I can happily play it through to completion (which takes a loooooooong time), then just go and start again. Immense fun !!!
mathowlett 6 months ago
@mathowlett yeah I think I played that through a couple of times. I saved a lot of the replays too. Some really funny stuff that I lost a couple of hard drive failures ago. Collecting all the cars was great, especially the huge ones.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
@JimPlaysGames I got stuck on one of the earlier levels of carmegeddon 2 , the one where you drive up the mountain
slenkar 6 months ago
This game looks friggin' amazing!
How did I manage not to play this before? I would have loved this when I was a teen.
I'll have to go see if I can get my hands on a copy of this or the sequel.
I think for once the censorship could have been for the best; All the people just wandering about would fit heaps better with a zombie theme.
Quimbyrbg 6 months ago
@Quimbyrbg yeah there was mention of it in the intro sequence to the zombified version about defending humanity... in cars! I definitely recommend giving it a go. I don't know why it isn't on gog or something. I'm running it in DOSbox since the windows version doesn't work on my 64-bit OS.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
However primitive the graphics were, the collisions were just glorious very kinetic! - Is the driver's head in Carmageddon 2?
I always played this in zombie mode. I don't think I can run this on my PC :-(
elvis1969 6 months ago
@elvis1969 the collisions are indeed very satisfying. I remember pissing myself laughing when I first played it.
I'm running this on DOSbox since the windows version doesn't work with my 64-bit OS so you could try that.
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
good stuff
JSyzer 6 months ago
@JSyzer thanks :)
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago
Sonofabitch!
elvis1969 6 months ago
I love that there are pedestrians on a closed track where a bunch of psychotics are having a race. Where do these pedestrians think they're going? Apparently the one guy was just there to stand around and look from side to side while flexing. Maybe these were all people who'd been given the wrong address. "The body building competition is going to be held on a racetrack this year. If you don't see the other body builders, just keep looking from side to side. We'll show up eventually. I promise."
pacbilly 6 months ago 5
@pacbilly sounds appropriately absurd for this game. The plot actually made more sense when they were zombies. This being a way to clean up the streets of the hordes. I vaguely remember the intro to the zombified version going something like "Mankind has only one option... to defend humanity as we know it... in cars!"
JimPlaysGames 6 months ago