READ ME - Death Rally for Windows

Thank You for downloading Death Rally for Windows!

Death Rally was originally developed by Remedy in 1995-1996 and published by Apogee Software. The game was both a labor of love and the first game Remedy shipped, on September 6, 1996.

The game's reception exceeded all our expectations, staying as #1 on the most popular gaming site of the time, Happy Puppy, for 13 weeks in a row and receiving numerous praises from gaming press.

"Death Rally is the kind of game that keeps you up all night. It is simply very, very fun, and add to that gorgeous graphics and stylistic music and you come as close as possible to the perfect racing game." -- Computer Gaming Online Rated 5 out of 5 Stars.

"Death Rally is arcade racing at its most addictive. Control is intuitive and smooth. Where Death Rally really excels is in the small details." -- PC Gaming

The old DOS version has been a bit tricky to get to run on modern PCs, requiring emulation software and other trickery, so now 13 years after the original release, we're happy to share the game again with everyone! We hope you'll still find the experience enjoyable or at least nostalgic. A big Thank You from the entire Remedy crew to all the gamers out there!

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Death Rally (c) 1996-2009 by Remedy Entertainment Ltd. Commercial Distribution of Death Rally for Windows is expressly forbidden without a written authorization from Remedy. If you paid for this game please contact Remedy Entertainment Ltd at info@remedygames.com and let us know who charged you money.

How To Play

Death In the Fast Lane. Enter the corrupt racing world of Death Rally, where defensive driving means annihilating your opponents. You'll become ravenous for the power and glory that comes with being the best at Death Rally, but first you must pay your dues. Put the pedal to the metal and smash, blast and obliterate the competition, to earn the chance to face the undefeated master, "The Adversary." Win Races, make deals with loan sharks and mob bosses to get the cash you need to build the ultimate battle racing machine. Remember, no trick is too dirty in your savage quest for the checkered flag. And keep the pedal to the metal!

Controls: Default controls are: Arrow keys for throttle, breaking and steering. Left Shift for turbo boost, Control key to shoot and left ALT key for mines. Space to honk the horn. These can be configured from the menu.

System Requirements and Compatibility

Operating System: Windows XP SP3 is the minimum requirement. Windows Vista and Windows 7 both work as well, in 32-bit and 64-bit configurations. The game may work on older Windows versions but it has not been tested.

Hardware: Death Rally for Windows is a light-weight game, and should run well with different hardware configurations and PCs. If your PC runs any other games you should be OK. It has been tested to run e.g. on Intel Atom-based netbooks. Sound card and OpenGL support are recommended, but neither is absolutely required.

Gamepad support: Death Rally for Windows supports one stick control and 4 buttons. The gamepad needs to be plugged in before launching the game.

Multiplayer: Unfortunately one of the best aspects of Death Rally, multiplayer, is not available in this release. It was built for the modem and IPX network era, and would have needed a full rewrite. That was sadly out of the scope on what we could do with this free release.

Command Line Options

Death Rally can be started with the following command line options (to add them, right click the Death Rally Icon, select Properties and add the command line as the last entry on the Target line.

By default the game uses OpenGL output in desktop resolution. This option disables OpenGL and uses the software renderer. Use if you have compatibility problems and/or don't have OpenGL drivers for your graphics card, or in rare cases encounter performance issues (e.g. you have a very large desktop resolution and very slow graphics card).
-nogl
 
Starts the game in windowed mode. Alt+Enter toggles between full screen and windowed mode.
-window
 
Enables bilinear filtering for the race mode (off by default). F12 can be used to toggle filtering on/off.
-smooth
 
Disables music and sound effects.
-nosound
 

Support and Community

Up to date FAQs and support information can be found in our forums, http://www.death-rally.com/forum.

Unfortunately Remedy can't provide e-mail support for this free product. Please search for solutions to known issues and post your problems to the forums, they will surely be answered in a timely basis.

Join the forum discussions to hear the latest news on Death Rally and Remedy's other games, and we'd gladly hear what you think about the game and if you'd like to see more Death Rally in the future!

Credits for Windows Version

 
Programming and Software Archealogy
Jari Komppa
 
Production Support
Markus Maki
 
Installer
Jonathan Hallier

Special Thanks for Testing, Help and Support go to Mika Reini, Jouko Markkanen, Kim Salo, Petri Jarvilehto, Sami Vanhatalo, Peter Papadopoulos and Nick Morrison