For anyone who was playing PC games back in the late 90's you should know exactly who Max is, you may not know why he's back, but like me you're probably going to wet yourself with excitement waiting for his return!
You see, Max is a traffic cop's worst nightmare and your car insurance will go through the roof just by him driving past you (actually that's a lie.....he will drive right into you!)
It's 1997 and Carmageddon gets released on the PC, an obscenely fun driving game take makes the roads of Liverpool look normal. Mad Max is the main protagonist and the aim of the game is to smash up the opponent cars until they explode in a big ball of fire (always the favourite) or to make roadkill of ever human/zombie/robot on the map (depending on which censored or uncensored version you got) and the most boring way, to actually race normally and win...zzzzzzzz
This was a time when violence in games got huge attention, games being censored, the BBFC stepping in to have their say and Dail Mail readers fainting in their chairs after reading about it.
The game was unapologetic in its execution and didn't give a damn about controversy, it was balls to the walls and almost everyone who played the first 2 incernations would probably agree.
Well it's been gone for 10 years and now the original developers have regained the rights to it, opened up a new website for all to see www.carmageddon.com and the new game will be released next year on multiple platforms. I for one can't wait for this to make a return!
I will leave you with a new concept art from their website, just looking at this brings back memories and makes it look like they are already on the right track.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Cody
