Home of the Underdogs
About News FAQs Contact HOTU GoogleGroup Music Manuals
Category Applications Action Adventure Education Interactive Fiction Puzzle Role Playing Games Simulation Special Sport Strategy War




Support the EFF
Welcome How you can help
Browse Games
Welcome Random Pick
Welcome By Company
  Welcome By Theme  
Welcome By Alphabet
Welcome By Year
Welcome Title Search
Welcome Company Search
Welcome Designer Search
Recommended
Welcome Freeware Titles
Welcome Collections
Welcome Discord
Welcome Twitter
Welcome Facebook
Welcome File Format Guide
Welcome Help: Non PC Games
Welcome Help: Win Games
Welcome Help: DOS Games
Welcome Recommended Links
Site History Site History
Legacy Legacy
Link to Us Link to Us
Credits Thanks & Credits
Abandonware Ring

Abandoned Places

dungeoncrawlers.org

Creative Commons License


Game #2193
Hall of Belated Fame Inductee  Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge    View all Top Dogs in this genre
Sport   Racing

Rating: 7.69 (135 votes)

Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge box cover

Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge screenshot
Nice 3D racer from Canadian racing game experts Distinctive Software. Features a fun career mode and a nice selection of different tracks and cars from Sprint Cars, Stock Cars to Formula One and Indy racers. I'm no fan of early 90's 3D polygons in racing games, but Mario Andretti offers pretty cool racing action for its time.

It's a nifty little title that challenges racers to a variety of cups and then allows them to spend the resulting prize money as they rise through the ranks to "Championship Cars". The driving was only decent even at the time, but there are six different car types. The game's best feature is undoubtedly the innovative "career path" option that tracks your progress from rookie to circuit champion – a really cool feature for its time that was sadly not followed up on by later games. Overall, a solid racer that offers a few new ideas and decent realism, if not earth-shattering. Anyone who enjoys the game should check out Andretti Racing, a sequel released in 1997.

Reviewed by: Rob
Designer: Unknown
Developer: Distinctive Software
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Year: 1991
Software Copyright: Distinctive Software
Theme:  
Multiplayer:  
None that we know of
System Requirements: DOS
Where to get it:
Related Links:  
Links:    
If you like this game, try: Days of Thunder, Grand Prix Circuit, Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing

© 1998 - 2024 Home of the Underdogs
Portions are copyrighted by their respective owners. All rights reserved. Please read our privacy policy.