Carmageddon Countdown

Carmageddon.com now offers a countdown timer that looks like it will reach zero on June 1, suggesting an announcement is coming just in advance of this year's E3. The original Carmageddon was a 1997 DOS release, and the most recent installment was Carmageddon: Total Destruction Racing 2000 more than a decade ago. Thanks Computer and Video Games.
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May 22, 2011, 14:59
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Re: Carmageddon Countdown May 22, 2011, 14:59
May 22, 2011, 14:59
 
Did I read this is a Square Enix game? When's the last time they've done anything worthwhile?




Carmageddon 1 was one of those games I put probably 20+ hours into, but never actually owned. All that time was put into the demo. If I recall the demo had a 2 minute limit, so it became about seeing how much carnage you could cause in 2 mere minutes. I don't recall if there was a time crack on the demo (I think there was) but I know there was a car crack, so you could spend those 2 minutes driving the tank-like Police car. Man, the replays from head-ons in those. And I have vivid memories of the granny-with-a-walker sprite spinning like crazy when you nailed it at 90 mph.

Carmageddon 2 I actually owned, but never played properly. I really just looked to play it like I played the original demo, so I cheated to unlock everything then played random levels with random vehicles and tried to see what carnage I could create while totally ignoring any objectives. And it was glorious.
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May 22, 2011, 14:58
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May 22, 2011, 14:58
 
Hump wrote on May 22, 2011, 02:07:
Play C2 and tell me GTA/Rockstar doesn't owe this great game a debt of gratitude.

Or look at the timing, and realize that the 7 months Carma ONE was out before GTA, quite a while before 'C2'...

Not saying mid-development ideas aren't borrowed from other games, but a 'debt of gratitude'? I disagree ; )

I'm also assuming you really meant the third GTA game, as it was the one to really 'make it', but it wasn't much more than GTA 2 in 3D.

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May 22, 2011, 13:12
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May 22, 2011, 13:12
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anime is great! wrote on May 22, 2011, 12:35:
PunkiBastardo wrote on May 22, 2011, 05:31:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEYRpXdJJNo

That was just beautiful! Hopefully this new one will be half as fun as C2.


Man...watching that brought back so many memories!


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May 22, 2011, 12:49
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May 22, 2011, 12:49
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Carmageddon was a totally simple, totally fun visceral pleasure with a great tongue-in-cheek theme throughout. I loved it.

I've been waiting for the original to show up on GOG (there are already several Activision games on there), but a remake/sequel would be great too.
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Re: Carmageddon Countdown
May 22, 2011, 12:37
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May 22, 2011, 12:37
 
Some of my best gaming memories are from that time.....with these games.
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May 22, 2011, 12:35
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May 22, 2011, 12:35
 
PunkiBastardo wrote on May 22, 2011, 05:31:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEYRpXdJJNo

That was just beautiful! Hopefully this new one will be half as fun as C2.
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May 22, 2011, 11:36
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Re: Carmageddon Countdown May 22, 2011, 11:36
May 22, 2011, 11:36
 
You're missing out by not playing Carmageddon 2. It's every bit as violent as the first game, but the 3d models are comepletely deformable, and the cars come apart wheverver they're hit. Only game I've played where my car can separate where it gets hit; if you hit a telephone pole too hard with your door, your car will split in half.
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May 22, 2011, 08:09
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May 22, 2011, 08:09
 
What made Carmageddon for me were the violent 2D sprites. The failed follow-ups were 3D right? Neither myself or any of my friend's bothered
with them. Looked like Virtua Racing.


Anyone remember POD Gold? A weird sci-fi racing game I played to death. Wish that would get a revival.

Kobalt wrote on May 22, 2011, 06:57:
interstate 76

2011 console kiddies will think they're watching history channel

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May 22, 2011, 07:07
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Re: Carmageddon Countdown May 22, 2011, 07:07
May 22, 2011, 07:07
 
Now all we need a new interstate 76 perhaps?

Activision owns the license. Ain't gonna happen, unless they turn it into a CoD spinoff or something.
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May 22, 2011, 06:57
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May 22, 2011, 06:57
 
First new twisted metal now this. Fuck yer

Now all we need a new interstate 76 perhaps?
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May 22, 2011, 06:18
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May 22, 2011, 06:18
 
holy smokes this is epic news!
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May 22, 2011, 05:48
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Re: Carmageddon Countdown May 22, 2011, 05:48
May 22, 2011, 05:48
 
My, my, that sounds exciting.
Just a couple of month ago when GOG.com had its relaunch I was sitting in the chatroom and whining about how they should release Carmageddon 1/2 and TDR2000.
This game was just too much fun.
Now we donce.
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May 22, 2011, 05:31
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May 22, 2011, 05:31
 
Ah so many lol times with this game...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEYRpXdJJNo

I loved both C1 & C2 but for me the Iron Maiden soundtrack the second one had was totally fit for this kind of game.
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May 22, 2011, 03:35
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May 22, 2011, 03:35
 
Only thing I can think of to say:

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG O....M....G....!!!!!!!
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May 22, 2011, 03:13
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May 22, 2011, 03:13
 
For months after Carmageddon and Carma II was released, a bunch of people at work would spend our lunch hours playing multiplayer. Pinball mode, laying mines around corners or at the landing points of common jumps, taking a solid granite car halfway across a map plowing down opponents along the way, spending half an hour trying to track down some guy holed up at the bottom of the aircraft carrier map, it was all awesome!
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May 22, 2011, 02:07
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May 22, 2011, 02:07
 
Play C2 and tell me GTA/Rockstar doesn't owe this great game a debt of gratitude.
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May 22, 2011, 00:52
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May 22, 2011, 00:52
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I'd settle for Carma2 on gog...
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May 22, 2011, 00:46
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May 22, 2011, 00:46
 
Pinball mode was win, plus the replay feature. So many "I cant believe what just happened!" moments you could watch again.
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May 22, 2011, 00:11
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May 22, 2011, 00:11
 
Cool, not long to go until it's banned here in Australia.
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May 21, 2011, 23:33
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Re: Carmageddon Countdown May 21, 2011, 23:33
May 21, 2011, 23:33
 
same here! made my freaking day!!! I really hope a sequel is coming !! that is akin to carmageddon 2 and who could be the soundtrack by Iron Maiden!
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