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Carmageddon for PlayStation 1
Carmageddon for PlayStation 1 is a violent car racing game in which a collision can matter as much as a fast lap. As Max Damage, you get into a car and drive through freely explorable areas with streets, obstacles and other drivers. The clock counts down, but collisions and collected bonuses can earn extra time. You constantly choose between the next passage along the route and a detour that lets you land a heavy hit on an opponent.
The PlayStation edition has its own locations and vehicles. You drive through settings including a city, a desert and a theme park, with different race objectives within those environments. Items along the road temporarily change what your car can do. Repairs and recovering your car onto the road help when you misjudge an attack, but cost earned credits. You can buy other vehicles in the shop. Weight, speed and the room available to attack determine how you approach the next confrontation.
Alongside the single-player events, two players can drive simultaneously in split-screen. Connect two controllers directly to the PlayStation; no Multitap is needed. The controls support the standard controller and analogue DualShock. You save your progress on a Memory Card. This version does not have PC network play: shared races take place locally on the same television, with each player using their own section of the screen.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Carmageddon for PlayStation 1 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Carmageddon
Carmageddon began at Stainless Software as a racing game in which players could deliberately leave the ideal line. Looking back, co-designer Patrick Buckland explained that the freedom to drive around needed structure: races gave players an initial goal and took them past places where they could do something else. The original computer game appeared in 1997. Colliding cars, unusual bonuses and black humour formed the basis of a series in which causing damage became part of the reward system.
A separate adaptation by Aqua Pacific appeared for PlayStation in 1999, published by SCi and distributed by Virgin Interactive. The credits name Stainless as the creator of the original Carmageddon, but the console project had its own programmers, graphic design and level design. This version built new environments and vehicles around the same idea of races where opponents and surroundings also demand your attention. It is therefore not an identical conversion of every track and feature from the computer game.
That separate approach matters because the Carmageddon name also appears on other editions and sequels. Carmageddon 64 has a different implementation; later games such as Max Damage belong to another generation. The PlayStation version preserves its own combination of free driving, time pressure, vehicle damage and local split-screen. The broader controversy surrounding the original PC release explains the name's fame, but does not automatically establish the content or technical features on this PlayStation disc.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Destruction Derby for PlayStation 1 also has you deliberately collide with other cars while taking damage into account. It centres on stock car races and arenas where well-judged contact can earn points. Carmageddon lets you drive more freely through larger environments and links collisions to time and credits. Choosing your angle of attack is the similarity; the difference is the freedom to leave the normal racing route and search for bonuses.
Destruction Derby 2 for PlayStation 1 likewise expands the spectacle of wrecked cars, jumps and heavy impacts. Its circuits and arenas give that chaos a clearly defined competitive structure. Carmageddon spreads its confrontations across explorable areas, where you can also find something beyond the next corner. Both let a badly judged collision work against you, but Carmageddon explicitly makes detours towards an item or another attack part of managing your time.
Twisted Metal 2: World Tour for PlayStation 1 shares the armed cars, strange characters and environments in which you seek out opponents. Its main goal is winning vehicle battles with weapons, not completing a series of checkpoints. Carmageddon retains a racing structure and countdown alongside its destruction. You look for a favourable position in both games, but here you also consider whether a collision earns enough time to continue your journey through the area.
Vigilante 8 for PlayStation 1 also revolves around cars that do more than simply race. You collect weapons and use the terrain to eliminate rivals, within its own seventies atmosphere. Carmageddon places more emphasis on ramming, free driving and earning time and credits. Both demand attention to whatever is driving behind or beside you; Carmageddon additionally retains the option of returning to the marked route.
Road Rash: Jailbreak for PlayStation 1, like Carmageddon, combines racing with aggressive encounters. On a motorcycle, you hit nearby riders while traffic and corners continue demanding attention. Carmageddon uses cars and more spacious explorable environments, so you can more often deliberately turn around to seek out a collision. Jailbreak keeps confrontations closer to the immediate struggle for a position on the road and adds a story about a biker gang.
