Carmageddon: Total Destruction Racing 2000, more commonly known as
Carmageddon TDR 2000, is an
actionAction game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand-eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games....
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racingA racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first- or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...
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vehicular combat video gameVehicular combat games are typically video or computer games where the primary focus of play concerns automobiles or other motor vehicles, normally armed with guns or other weaponry, attempting to destroy vehicles controlled by the CPU or by opposing players...
. The sequel to
Carmageddon IICarmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now is the sequel to the computer game Carmageddon, released on November 30, 1998. The game was developed by Stainless Games and published by Sales Curve Interactive. It has been released for both PC and Macintosh....
, it was developed by
Torus GamesTorus Games Pty. Ltd. is a video games developer founded in 1994 and is growing to be one of Australia's largest developers. The company has released over 60 titles with most being on handheld game consoles. Torus Games is currently located in Bayswater, Melbourne...
and released in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
on September 1
2000-Events:* May 11-13 — 6th annual E³ ; the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³* June 26 — International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association...
, and on December 14 in
North AmericaNorth America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific...
.
The title is a homage to an inspiration for the Carmageddon series,
Death Race 2000Death Race 2000 is a Cult Science Fiction action film directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth and Sylvester Stallone. The movie takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national...
. As with the other games in the series, one of the most controversial aspects was that
pedestriansA pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. In some communities, those traveling using roller skates, skateboards, and similar devices are also considered to be pedestrians. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was...
could be killed by
immolationImmolation may refer to:*Fire sacrifice** Animal sacrifice** Human sacrifice** Hecatomb** Holocaust...
, or by graphic
collisionsA collision is an isolated event in which two or more moving bodies exert relatively strong forces on each other for a relatively short time.-Dynamics:Collisions involve forces...
that could include
dismembermentDismemberment is the act of cutting, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise removing, the limbs of a living thing. It may be practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, as a result of a traumatic accident, or in connection with murder, suicide, or cannibalism...
.
Carmageddon: Total Destruction Racing 2000, more commonly known as
Carmageddon TDR 2000, is an
actionAction game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand-eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games....
-
racingA racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first- or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...
-
vehicular combat video gameVehicular combat games are typically video or computer games where the primary focus of play concerns automobiles or other motor vehicles, normally armed with guns or other weaponry, attempting to destroy vehicles controlled by the CPU or by opposing players...
. The sequel to
Carmageddon IICarmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now is the sequel to the computer game Carmageddon, released on November 30, 1998. The game was developed by Stainless Games and published by Sales Curve Interactive. It has been released for both PC and Macintosh....
, it was developed by
Torus GamesTorus Games Pty. Ltd. is a video games developer founded in 1994 and is growing to be one of Australia's largest developers. The company has released over 60 titles with most being on handheld game consoles. Torus Games is currently located in Bayswater, Melbourne...
and released in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
on September 1
2000-Events:* May 11-13 — 6th annual E³ ; the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³* June 26 — International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association...
, and on December 14 in
North AmericaNorth America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific...
.
The title is a homage to an inspiration for the Carmageddon series,
Death Race 2000Death Race 2000 is a Cult Science Fiction action film directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth and Sylvester Stallone. The movie takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national...
. As with the other games in the series, one of the most controversial aspects was that
pedestriansA pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. In some communities, those traveling using roller skates, skateboards, and similar devices are also considered to be pedestrians. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was...
could be killed by
immolationImmolation may refer to:*Fire sacrifice** Animal sacrifice** Human sacrifice** Hecatomb** Holocaust...
, or by graphic
collisionsA collision is an isolated event in which two or more moving bodies exert relatively strong forces on each other for a relatively short time.-Dynamics:Collisions involve forces...
that could include
dismembermentDismemberment is the act of cutting, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise removing, the limbs of a living thing. It may be practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, as a result of a traumatic accident, or in connection with murder, suicide, or cannibalism...
. Versions of the game in some countries replaced the human pedestrians with
zombieA zombie is a creature that appears in folklore and popular culture typically as a reanimated corpse or a mindless human being. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful sorcerer...
s (actually only changing the red blood to green slime), but patches were circulated on the internet that reverted the game to its original state.
During development of TDR 2000, SCi hired Tozzer.com to create an online comic based on the Carmageddon video game.
Expansion pack
The Nosebleed Pack was an official expansion pack for TDR2000, adding new vehicles, environments and powerups, as well as improved multiplayer modes with extra maps. It was later released as a free
patchA patch is a piece of software designed to fix problems with, or update a computer program or its supporting data. This includes fixing security vulnerabilities and other bugs, and improving the usability or performance...
.
The sound track is by Plague and Utah saints
External links
- The Nosebleed Pack downloadable from FilePlanet
FilePlanet is a video game download service that provides free game patches, mod files and media downloads to its users. FilePlanet was launched, and is run by, GameSpy, which is now a subsidiary of IGN, and is one of the most used video game download sites on the internet...