Earlier this year, Stainless Games Incorporated announced that it was planning a release of the controversial 1997 PC game ?Carmageddon? for Apple?s iOS operating system (version 5.1 and later), as well as smartphone?s running the Android OS. The release date is quickly approaching, and we are very happy to report that not only is the original scheduled date still going strong, but that Stainless Games is also making a special offer for those that are interested in giving it a look, that you simply cannot refuse!
For those interested in getting a copy of the new iOS and Android ports, we have excellent news times two! First things first, the release date. The game will be made available this coming Wednesday, on October 17th. So in less than 2 days, the game will be officially released and ready to play! What makes it even better, is that Stainless Games is going to be making the game available at NO CHARGE for the first 24 hours of its release! You will be able to get the complete game for free for a full day, and after that time period, the game will be available for sale for the price of just $1.99. Either way, it is certainly an excellent value for your gaming dollar indeed! Here is what you can expect, courtesy of Stainless Games:
- 28 dangerously deranged Opponents
- 11 wildly exhilarating Environments
- Career Mode featuring 36 satisfyingly violent Levels
- Race and Wreck opponents to unlock 30 playable cars!
- Universal App
- iCloud Support
- 27 Cunning Stuntworthy Achievements
- Leaderboards
- Game Center integration
- Buckets of gibs
- Tons of laughs
- Multiple control methods: digital, analogue (mix ?n? match), tilt
- Edit your control layout in-game to your preferences
- Comprehensive Action Replay System
- Movie editing; Save your movies straight from the game to YouTube
- Share links using iOS 6
- Retina display and iPhone 5 support
- Environment maps and other special effects
- Enhanced pre-lit environments
Carmageddon was a graphically violent vehicular combat game which was originally released for DOS compatible computers in June of 1997, and was later ported to other consoles, including the PlayStation in 1999 and Nintendo 64 in 2000. It has been said that it was inspired by the 1975 film ?Death Race 2000?, which in itself inspired an arcade cabinet in 1976 by Exidy, and ported to the Nintendo NES in 1990 by?American Game Cartridges. The game was one of the earliest examples of sandbox style 3D driver, and very well could have been the inspiration for later successful series of the same style, such as the Grand Theft Auto series.
The plot of Carmageddon is that the player races a car against a number of other drivers in various settings, such as mine, city, and industrial style areas. You have a certain amount of time to complete each race against the computer driven players, but you can collect additional time by collecting bonuses, damaging or destroying the other cars, or more infamously, by running over pedestrians. Races are completed by either completing the course as one would a normal racing game like Gran Turismo, ?wasting? all of the other racers cars, or by murdering all pedestrians on the level by running them over with your vehicle.
Needless to say, when the game was originally released in 1997, many countries such as Germany and the UK (albeit for a short period only) censored the original release of the game. They contained zombies with green blood, as well as robots with black oil instead of red blood, as opposed to using people, because at the time, running over non-human characters was considered acceptable by the rating boards of those countries, as opposed to the murdering of human beings, which was considered unacceptable. By not making these kind of changes, the games could have been banned all together and not get released. In the UK, publisher SCi wanted to get some ?unintentional publicity? for the new title by submitting it to the British Board of Film Classification, which is the UK equivalent to the Motion Picture Association of America, in hopes to get an ?18? rating (equal to the USA ?R? rating). This scheme didn?t work however, because the BBFC refused to certify the game unless all of the blood and gore was removed before the rating. After 10 months of appeal, the BBFC certified the original version. In other countries such as Brazil, the game was banned all together, yet in Portugal and Australia, the game was released totally uncut with a ?+18? rating in Portugal, and an ?MA15+? rating in Australia. In the USA, the game was rated ?T? when released for PC and PlayStation, but was upgraded to ?M? during the ?Carmageddon 64? release for Nintendo?s platform.
Stainless Games is one of that increasingly rare species; an independent game development company. The studio can be found perched on a rock near the south coast of England. Best known for the creation of the multimillion selling Carmageddon franchise, the company is also recognized as one of the world?s leading companies in the burgeoning console download market. For more information visit the Stainless Games website at http://www.stainlessgames.com.
Special thanks to Dave Roman for bringing this story to my attention!
Official Carmageddon Community: http://www.carmageddon.com
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