Death Rally
| Death Rally | |
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| Developer(s) |
Remedy Entertainment Apogee Software Cornfox & Brothers (remake) Mountain Sheep (remake) |
| Publisher(s) |
GT Interactive Remedy Entertainment (remake) |
| Distributor(s) | Nordic Games (remake) |
| Composer(s) | Jonne Valtonen |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android, Fire OS |
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MS-DOS
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| Genre(s) | Vehicular combat, racing |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 85% (DOS) 81.50% (iOS) 61.43% (Windows) |
| Metacritic | 77/100 (iOS) 62/100 (Windows) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 8/10 (iOS) |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 (DOS) 4/10 (Windows) |
| IGN | 7.5/10 (iOS) |
| 148 Apps |
  (iOS)
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| AppSpy |
(iOS)
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| Pocket Gamer | 7/10 (iOS) |
| TouchArcade |
(iOS)
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| TouchGen |
(iOS)
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Death Rally is a top-down perspective vehicular combat racing video game developed by Remedy Entertainment, published by Apogee Software and distributed by GT Interactive Software. Originally known as HiSpeed during development, it was released in 1996 for MS-DOS. In the game, the player starts with $495 and a weak car named Vagabond (based on the VW Beetle), and must compete in deadly races where all cars are armed (although a game without guns is an option). 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.
The game was updated for Microsoft Windows and re-released as freeware by Remedy on 20 October 2009. A remake of the game was released for iOS and Android on 30 March 2011, developed by Remedy and Mountain Sheep. The remake has also been released for Microsoft Windows (3 August 2012) and Fire OS (4 September 2012).
Each car can be equipped with a number of upgrades that increase defensive capabilities (armor), handling (tires) and speed (engine). While the default chain gun cannot be upgraded, it is possible to acquire temporary car upgrades at a costlier price. These include bumper spikes, land mines and rocket fuel. Before each race, the player can also ask for a loan and/or bribe a mechanic to tamper with the car of the highest-ranked opponent in the race (with the exception of the Adversary's car); this causes a random amount of damage from 25% to 49%.
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