Vehicular combat game
Encyclopedia
Vehicular combat games are typically video or computer games where the primary focus of play concerns automobile
s or other vehicle
s, normally armed with gun
s or other weapon
ry, attempting to destroy vehicles controlled by the CPU or by opposing players. The genre normally features a variety of different vehicles available for play, each with its own strengths, weaknesses, and special attack abilities. Players may also unlock hidden vehicles by completing certain in-game tasks. Traditionally, vehicular combat games focus on fast-paced action inside the vehicle, rarely, if ever, concerning themselves with role-playing
or other elements. Games may include racing themes, but they are generally secondary to the action.
s both in the combat aspect and in the general lack of any set path for players to follow, instead allowing them to explore each level at their leisure.
The complexity and strategy required to complete games vary, from the careful resource maintenance and intense story-driven plotlines of the Interstate '76
series to straight-forward smashups like World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE) Crush Hour. Often the primary plot will involve a contest or competition of some sort, encouraging the various characters to fight and destroy one another to obtain a reward. The Twisted Metal series is especially well known for the black humor found in its ending sequences.
, as the vehicle for combat. For most mech games, they are played in either first-person or third-person view style. Other games are based on popular Anime
TV shows such as the various Gundam
series, Robotech
, and Evangelion
. Also, games with a mech theme are featured in RPG games such as Xenosaga
and the Front Mission
series.
battles influenced by the characters, karts and weapons used in the mode. The Mario Kart series demonstrates this kind of mode in its previous installments.
Mario Kart Series
Crash Kart Series
Generic Go-Kart Racing
Other Kart racers with battle modes
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
s or other vehicle
Vehicle
A vehicle is a device that is designed or used to transport people or cargo. Most often vehicles are manufactured, such as bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats, and aircraft....
s, normally armed with gun
Gun
A gun is a muzzle or breech-loaded projectile-firing weapon. There are various definitions depending on the nation and branch of service. A "gun" may be distinguished from other firearms in being a crew-served weapon such as a howitzer or mortar, as opposed to a small arm like a rifle or pistol,...
s or other weapon
Weapon
A weapon, arm, or armament is a tool or instrument used with the aim of causing damage or harm to living beings or artificial structures or systems...
ry, attempting to destroy vehicles controlled by the CPU or by opposing players. The genre normally features a variety of different vehicles available for play, each with its own strengths, weaknesses, and special attack abilities. Players may also unlock hidden vehicles by completing certain in-game tasks. Traditionally, vehicular combat games focus on fast-paced action inside the vehicle, rarely, if ever, concerning themselves with role-playing
Role-playing video game
Role-playing video games are a video game genre with origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, using much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. The player in RPGs controls one character, or several adventuring party members, fulfilling one or many quests...
or other elements. Games may include racing themes, but they are generally secondary to the action.
Gameplay
Vehicular combat games normally follow a simple play pattern; the player must defeat increasing numbers of increasingly skilled enemies, often in increasingly complex battlefields, before facing off against a final, super-powerful, boss character. Vehicular combat games differ from traditional racing gameRacing game
A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person 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...
s both in the combat aspect and in the general lack of any set path for players to follow, instead allowing them to explore each level at their leisure.
The complexity and strategy required to complete games vary, from the careful resource maintenance and intense story-driven plotlines of the Interstate '76
Interstate '76
Interstate '76 is a vehicular combat video game for Windows. It was developed and published by Activision and released in March 1997.-Gameplay:...
series to straight-forward smashups like World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE) Crush Hour. Often the primary plot will involve a contest or competition of some sort, encouraging the various characters to fight and destroy one another to obtain a reward. The Twisted Metal series is especially well known for the black humor found in its ending sequences.
Car
| Year | Name |
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| 2005 | 187 Ride or Die 187 Ride or Die 187 Ride or Die is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, developed and published by Ubisoft. In order to become "top dog" of the game the player must race and defeat opponents through a variety of different stages all set in Los Angeles's infamous South Central region.The game's title comes... |
| 2006 | Auto Assault Auto Assault Auto Assault was a massively multiplayer online game , developed by NetDevil and published by NCsoft. It combined vehicular combat with role-playing elements, allowing the player to explore a post-apocalyptic future in customizable cars, motorcycles, semis, and tanks... |
| 1985 | Autoduel Autoduel Autoduel is a 1985 computer role-playing game published by Origin Systems for the Atari 400 and Atari 800 , Commodore 64, Apple II, Apple Macintosh, and MS-DOS. It was released in 1987 for the Atari ST and in 1988 for the Amiga... |
| 2002 | Bandits: Phoenix Rising Bandits: Phoenix Rising Bandits: Phoenix Rising is a futuristic, racing action game, set in a post apocalyptic wasteland.The player follows the pair Rewdalf and Fennec as they try to survive and make big bucks at the same time.... |
| BattleWheels | |
| 2010 | Blood Drive Blood Drive (video game) Blood Drive is a vehicular combat video game for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by Sidhe, published by Activision, and released worldwide in November 2010.-Plot:... |
| 2010 | Blur Blur (video game) Blur is an arcade racing video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision in North America and Europe... |
| 1982 | Bump 'n' Jump Bump 'n' Jump Bump 'n' Jump, known in Japan as , is a 1982 Japanese arcade game created by Data East Corporation for its DECO Cassette System. The game was also published by Bally Midway.... |
| 2001–2008 | Burnout Burnout (series) Burnout is a series of high-speed racing games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo GameCube game consoles. Also, for the very first time, a PC version of the latest installment in the series, Burnout Paradise, has been released... series |
| Car Combat (Retro Studios Retro Studios Retro Studios is an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. The company was founded in October 1998 by the video game veteran Jeff Spangenberg after leaving Acclaim Entertainment, as an independent studio making games exclusively for Nintendo Company, Ltd.On May 2, 2002, Nintendo... ) |
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| 1997 | Carmageddon Carmageddon Carmageddon is the first of a series of graphically violent vehicular combat video games produced by Stainless Games, published by Interplay and SCi... series |
| 2005 | Crash Tag Team Racing Crash Tag Team Racing Crash Tag Team Racing is a racing video game published by Sierra Entertainment and developed by Vancouver-based Radical Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation Portable. A Nintendo DS version, which was to be developed by Sensory Sweep Studios rather than... |
| 2001, 2002 | Cel Damage Cel Damage Cel Damage is a video game for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. It was developed by Pseudo Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. It was released as Cel Damage Overdrive for the PlayStation 2.... |
| 2002 | Command & Conquer: Renegade Command & Conquer: Renegade Command & Conquer: Renegade is a first and third person shooter video game developed by Westwood Studios and is part of the Command & Conquer series. It is the only C&C game that uses the first person view... |
| 1993 | Crash 'n Burn |
| 2006 | Crashday Crashday Crashday is a destruction derby/racing/car stunts game co-developed by Replay Studios, Moonbyte Games and published by Atari. It was released in February 2006.Version 1.2 - -Gameplay:The game combines various styles of preceding racing games... |
| 1976 | Crashing Race |
| 2007 | Darkwind: War on Wheels Darkwind: War on Wheels Darkwind: War on Wheels is an independently developed 3D turn based racing and vehicle combat massively multiplayer online game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux... |
| Dead in the Water | |
| 1976, 1990 | Death Race Death Race (1976 game) Death Race is a controversial arcade game, released by Exidy in 1976. While not the first violent video game to appear, it was the first video game to inspire a great deal of protest and controversy in the United States.-Overview:... |
| 1996, 2009 | Death Rally Death Rally Death Rally is a top-down perspective racing video game developed by Remedy, published by Apogee and distributed by GT Interactive. It was released on September 6, 1996... |
| 1989 | Deathtrack Deathtrack Death Track or Death Track Racing was a first person futuristic driving computer game produced for the PC by Dynamix and published by Activision in 1989... |
| 1995, 96 | Destruction Derby Destruction Derby Destruction Derby is a 1995 video game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis, the former of which would later develop the successful Driver series. It was released for PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS... series |
| D.I.P.R.I.P. | |
| 2005 | Fired Up Fired Up (video game) Fired Up is a vehicular combat game available on the PlayStation Portable which supports up to eight players. The game features a demo of Wipeout Pure. The game features three places and five playable drivers. Fired up features game sharing and downloadable levels... |
| 2004, 2006, 2007 | FlatOut FlatOut FlatOut is a racing video game developed by Finnish Bugbear Entertainment and published by Empire Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games in 2004 and 2005. Gameplay in Flatout places emphasis on demolition derby-style races, and features a sophisticated physics engine... series |
| *Full Auto series | |
| 2006 | *Full Auto Full Auto Full Auto is a video game for the Xbox 360 console published by Sega. Originally Developed by Pseudo Interactive for the PC, it is a vehicular combat racing game... |
| 2006, 2007 | *Full Auto 2: Battlelines Full Auto 2: Battlelines Full Auto 2: Battlelines is the second Full Auto game and is available on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. It is developed by Pseudo Interactive on PS3 and by Deep Fried Entertainment on PSP and published by Sega.- Gameplay :... |
| 2006 | Hard Truck: Apocalypse |
| 2009 | Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (video game) Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 is a video game developed by Sidhe Interactive and published by Activision for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 is a children's vehicular combat game based on the Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 3D animated television series created by Mattel.- Features :*Crash... |
| *Interstate series | |
| 1997 | *Interstate '76 Interstate '76 Interstate '76 is a vehicular combat video game for Windows. It was developed and published by Activision and released in March 1997.-Gameplay:... |
| 1999 | *Interstate '82 Interstate '82 Interstate '82 is a computer game for the PC. It was developed by Activision and released in 1999.-Synopsis:The game is set in the southwest United States of America in an alternate version of the year 1982, during the Reagan Administration. The game is less complex than its predecessor,... |
| 2005 | Jak X: Combat Racing Jak X: Combat Racing Jak X: Combat Racing , is a vehicular combat game video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and first released in North America on October 18, 2005, then in Australia on October 26, 2005 and then in Europe on November 4, 2005... |
| 1989, 1990 | Knight Rider Knight Rider (video game) Knight Rider is a 1989 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that is very loosely based on the television show of the same name.-Mission Mode:... |
| 1999 | Lego Racers |
| 2001, 2002 | Lego Racers 2 Lego Racers 2 Lego Racers 2 is the sequel to Lego Racers, released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance in 2001.There are five large worlds, starting with the hometown, Sandy Bay. The player then moves along to Dino Island, Mars, Arctic, and finally Xalax... |
| 2012 | Looney Tunes: Bang and Vroom! |
| 1992 | Lucky & Wild |
| Mad Truckers, a 3D racing arcade | |
| 1992–2008 | Mario Kart Mario Kart is a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Mario series of platformer adventure-style video games... , with Nintendo's usual character line-up. |
| 2004 | Mashed Mashed Mashed is a video game published by Empire Interactive for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 as well as PC. It was developed by Supersonic Software on the RenderWare engine. It is a top-down racing/vehicular combat game, similar in style to Micro Machines, Circuit Breakers and Super Sprint.Each race... series |
| *MegaRace series | |
| 1994 | *MegaRace MegaRace MegaRace is a video game created by Cryo Interactive, released in 1994. It features pre-rendered 3-D graphics and over twenty minutes of full motion video of fictional game show host, Lance Boyle. It was released for MS-DOS on March 28, 1994, for the Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD on July 30, 1994 and for... |
| 1996 | *MegaRace 2 MegaRace 2 MegaRace 2 is a racing/fighting game developed by Cryo Interactive in 1996, released on August 31 of that year for the PC. It was published by Mindscape and is the first sequel of the original MegaRace, which was later followed by MegaRace 3.This game also features host, Lance Boyle, played by... |
| 2010 | ModNation Racers ModNation Racers ModNation Racers is a kart racing game developed by United Front Games for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. User generated content will be a central aspect of the game, such that it uses the same "Play, Create, Share." adage as LittleBigPlanet to convey its basis in online user-generated... |
| 1982 | Moon Patrol Moon Patrol is a classic arcade game by Irem that was first released in 1982. It was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America.The player controls a moon buggy, viewing it from the side, that travels over the moon's surface. While driving it, obstacles such as craters and mines must be avoided.... |
| 1996 | Necrodome Necrodome Necrodome is a 1996 first-person vehicular combat game developed by Raven Software and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. It supports Windows 95 Direct Play, which allows for online multiplayer matches. Reviewers decried the game's lack of originality, but offered some praise for its... |
| 2010 | Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit can refer one of several racing video games in the Need for Speed series:* Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit by EA Canada released in 1998* Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 by EA Black Box released in 2002... |
| 2006 | Novadrome |
| 1992, 1993 | Outlander Outlander (video game) Outlander is an action driving video game with a post-apocalyptic theme. It was developed and published by Mindscape in 1992 for the Sega Genesis and in 1993 for the Super Nintendo.-Gameplay:... |
| *Pursuit Force series | |
| 2005, 2006 | *Pursuit Force Pursuit Force Pursuit Force is a video game for the PlayStation Portable. It puts the player in the role of a police agent who joins up to a law enforcement agency known as the Pursuit Force, to restore order to a city overrun with crime. This elite unit specialises in direct armed encounters with adversaries,... |
| 2007, 2008 | *Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice is the sequel to Pursuit Force developed by Bigbig Studios. This game is available for the PlayStation Portable... |
| 1994 | Quarantine Quarantine (video game) Quarantine is a 1994 racing/first-person shooter computer game for MS-DOS and 3DO, created by Imagexcel and published by GameTek. In the game the player drives a taxicab through a post-apocalyptic city, picking up customers and killing enemies... |
| *Quarantine II: Road Warrior | |
| 1980 | Rally-X Rally-X Rally-X is a maze driving arcade game that was released by Namco in 1980. It runs on Namco Pac-Man hardware, and was the first Namco game to feature "Special Flags", which would become a recurring object in later games .It was the first game to ever feature a "bonus round." The object is to... |
| 1981 | *New Rally-X New Rally-X New Rally-X is a maze arcade game that was released by Namco in 1981. It runs on Namco Pac-Man hardware but uses a system similar to Bosconian and, as the name suggests, is the sequel to Rally-X, released in the previous year... |
| 1999, 2000 | Red Dog Red Dog: Superior Firepower Red Dog: Superior Firepower is a video game released in 1999 for the Dreamcast. It was developed by Argonaut Games PLC and Crave Entertainment.-Gameplay:... |
| 1999 | Redline |
| 1999 | Re-Volt Re-Volt Re-Volt is a radio control car racing themed video game released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1999. It made appearances on the PlayStation, PC, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast, with a spinoff: RC Revenge for PlayStation and a enhanced port called RC Revenge Pro for PlayStation 2... |
| 1987 | RoadBlasters RoadBlasters RoadBlasters is an arcade game released by Atari Games in 1987. In RoadBlasters, the player must navigate a sports car through 50 different rally races, getting to the finish line before running out of fuel.-Object of the game:... |
| 2003 | RoadKill RoadKill RoadKill is a video game of the action genre released in 2003 by Midway Games. The game has been described by Midway as “the only mission-based combat driving game set in a post-apocalyptic world.” Indeed, RoadKill’s gameplay features many characteristics of famous automotive combat franchises such... |
| 1993 | Rock n' Roll Racing Rock N' Roll Racing Rock N' Roll Racing is a battle-racing video game developed by Silicon & Synapse and published by Interplay for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The background music consists of instrumental versions of several heavy metal and rock n' roll songs,... |
| 1998 | Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 is a vehicular combat video game. It was developed by the game studio SingleTrac using the concept and the engine of their earlier series Twisted Metal, and published by GT Interactive, for PlayStation.- Overview :... |
| 1999 | Rollcage |
| 1998 | S.C.A.R.S S.C.A.R.S. (video game) S.C.A.R.S. is a racing video game featuring cars that are shaped like animals. It was released in 30 November 1998 for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and for Windows.-Gameplay:... |
| 1999, 2000 | San Francisco Rush 2049 San Francisco Rush 2049 San Francisco Rush 2049 is a racing video game developed by Atari Games and published by Midway Games for the Arcade, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast. It was released on September 7, 2000 in North America, and November 17, 2000 in Europe.... |
| 2010 | Split Second: Velocity |
| 1983 | Spy Hunter Spy Hunter Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It has also been ported to various home computers and video game systems.... series |
| 2003 | Starsky & Hutch Starsky & Hutch (video game) Starsky & Hutch is a video game released in 2003 by Mind's Eye. The game is based on the Starsky and Hutch television series.The game follows the adventures of Starsky and Hutch, in three Seasons. The player must complete missions/episodes throughout the season... |
| 2007 | Swypeout Swypeout Swypeout Battle Racing, or simply Swypeout, is an online personal computer game produced by Spin Master that was released in 2007. On January 1, 2009 the Swypeout Battle Racing online service was closed.- Description :... |
| 1997 | Streets of SimCity Streets of SimCity -External links:* *... |
| 2001 | Toon Car |
| 1999 | Toy Commander Toy Commander Toy Commander is an action game for the Dreamcast made by No Cliché and published by Sega.-Plot:... |
| 1995–2012 | *Twisted Metal Twisted Metal Twisted Metal is a series of vehicular combat video games published by Sony Computer Entertainment, and developed by various companies during its tenure. The series began on the PlayStation in 1995 and currently features seven games, with an eighth installment currently in production... series |
| 1995 | *Twisted Metal |
| 1996 | *Twisted Metal 2 Twisted Metal 2 Twisted Metal 2 is the second and most successful game in the vehicular combat Twisted Metal series... |
| 1999 | *Twisted Metal III Twisted Metal III Twisted Metal III is a vehicular combat video game developed and published by 989 Studios for the PlayStation... |
| 1999 | *Twisted Metal 4 Twisted Metal 4 Twisted Metal 4 is a vehicular combat video game developed by 989 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation... |
| 2001 | *Twisted Metal: Black Twisted Metal: Black Twisted Metal: Black is a vehicle combat video game developed by Incognito Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the fifth installment to the Twisted Metal series and was released June 18, 2001... |
| 2005 | *Twisted Metal: Head-On Twisted Metal: Head-On Twisted Metal: Head-On is a video game developed by Incognito Entertainment and released by Sony on March 24, 2005 for the PlayStation Portable and February 5, 2008 for the PlayStation 2... |
| 2012 | *Twisted Metal (working title) |
| VCL Presents: Motor Mayhem | |
| 1998, 1999 | Vigilante 8 Vigilante 8 Vigilante 8 is a vehicular combat video game released on June 4, 1998 for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color. It is a spinoff of the PC game Interstate '76, and features several concepts carried over from that title.Vigilante 8 was developed with a team of only five people Vigilante... series |
| 1999 | *Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense |
| 2007 | *Vigilante 8 Arcade Vigilante 8 Arcade Vigilante 8 Arcade is a vehicular combat video game developed by Isopod Labs and published by Activision. It was announced February 14, 2008 and released on November 5, 2008 for Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360. Isopod Labs was formed by three former members of Luxoflux, developer of the original... |
| World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales... (WWE) Crush Hour WWE Crush Hour WWE Crush Hour is a video game released on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube consoles by THQ. It was one of a few WWE games that were of a different genre than the regular professional wrestling games usually produced... |
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| 2009 | Wheelman |
| 2009 | Zombie Driver Zombie Driver Zombie Driver is a vehicular combat PC video game. Set in a zombie apocalypse setting, where a major chemical accident / secret government project turned the inhabitants of a whole city into shambling, aggressive opponents, the player must undertake various missions to rescue civilians, slaughter... |
| 2009 | Horror Racing |
Futuristic Race
Boat & submarine
Tank
| Motorcycle
Space vehicle
Multi-vehicular(List of games in which players use more than one vehicle during gameplay)
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Mecha
This sub-genre of vehicular combat involves mech robots, or mechaMecha
A mech , is a science fiction term for a large walking bipedal tank or robot, including ones on treads and animal shapes.-Characteristics:...
, as the vehicle for combat. For most mech games, they are played in either first-person or third-person view style. Other games are based on popular Anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
TV shows such as the various Gundam
Gundam
The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....
series, Robotech
Robotech
Robotech is an 85-episode science fiction anime adaptation produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and first released in the United States in 1985...
, and Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
The franchise is an umbrella of Japanese media properties generally owned by the anime studio Gainax. It has grossed over 150 billion yen since 1995. The central works of the franchise feature an apocalyptic mecha action story which revolves around the efforts by the paramilitary organization...
. Also, games with a mech theme are featured in RPG games such as Xenosaga
Xenosaga
is a series of science fiction video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco Bandai. Xenosaga's main story is in the form of a trilogy of PlayStation 2 video games. There have been three spin-off games and an anime adaptation. The Xenosaga series serves as a spiritual successor to...
and the Front Mission
Front Mission
is a collection of video games and related media produced by Square, now Square Enix. The series was created by Toshiro Tsuchida and developed by G-Craft, a studio that was later absorbed by Square and is now with Square Enix as Product Development Division-6...
series.
Freeware
- Air Drive
- Armed 7
- Astraia
- Bootfighter Windom
- Liberation Army
Kart racers with battle modes
Battle modes for kart racing games are deathmatchDeathmatch (gaming)
Deathmatch or Player vs All is a widely-used gameplay mode integrated into many shooter and real-time strategy computer games...
battles influenced by the characters, karts and weapons used in the mode. The Mario Kart series demonstrates this kind of mode in its previous installments.
Mario Kart Series
- Super Mario KartSuper Mario Kartis a go-kart racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . The first game of the Mario Kart series, it was launched in Japan on August 27, 1992, in North America on September 1, 1992, and in Europe on January 21, 1993. Selling eight million copies...
- Mario Kart 64Mario Kart 64is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Mario Kart series. It was released in 1996 in Japan and in 1997 in North America and Europe. In January 2007, Mario Kart 64 was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Wii...
- Mario Kart: Double Dash‼
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- Mario Kart DSMario Kart DSis a racing game developed and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in North America, Australia, and Europe on November 14, 2005, and in Japan on December 8, 2005. The game is the fifth installment in the Mario Kart series of video games, and the first to...
- Mario Kart WiiMario Kart Wiiis a racing video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series and the second Mario Kart title to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The game was released worldwide...
Crash Kart Series
- Crash Team RacingCrash Team RacingCrash Team Racing is a racing video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game was released in North America on September 30, 1999 and in Europe and Australia later the same year. It was re-released for the Sony Greatest Hits line-up in...
- Crash Nitro Kart
- Crash Tag Team RacingCrash Tag Team RacingCrash Tag Team Racing is a racing video game published by Sierra Entertainment and developed by Vancouver-based Radical Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation Portable. A Nintendo DS version, which was to be developed by Sensory Sweep Studios rather than...
Generic Go-Kart Racing
- Go-Kart
- Go-Kart Challenge
- Go-Kart Racing
- Kart Racer
- Professional Go-Kart Simulator
Other Kart racers with battle modes
- Cel DamageCel DamageCel Damage is a video game for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. It was developed by Pseudo Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. It was released as Cel Damage Overdrive for the PlayStation 2....
- Charinko HeroCharinko Herois a racing video game released by Banpresto. The game was only released in Japan. It features characters from Shotaro Ishinomori's Kamen Rider Series and Eiji Tsuburaya's Ultra Series riding on Big Wheels.-Characters:*Old Kamen Rider 1*Kamen Rider V3...
- Cocoto Kart RacerCocoto Kart RacerCocoto Kart Racer is a racing video game released by Neko Entertainment. The gameplay is very similar to Mario Kart....
- Freaky FlyersFreaky FlyersFreaky Flyers is a video game developed internally by Midway San Diego for Xbox and PS2 while the GameCube version was developed by Point of View, Inc. and published by Midway Games. Freaky Flyers is a comical, plane racing game which incorporates other modes which make the game more open to larger...
- Diddy Kong RacingDiddy Kong RacingDiddy Kong Racing is a 1997 racing game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rareware. 800,000 copies were ordered in the two weeks before Christmas 1997, making it the fastest selling video game at the time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It is the first game to spin off from the...
- Looney Tunes: Space RaceLooney Tunes: Space RaceLooney Tunes: Space Race is a 2000 video game developed by Infogrames, Inc. It was originally announced as a Nintendo 64 game in 1998, but was later moved to the Dreamcast.. It was ported to PlayStation 2 in 2002 with a new tournament mode. It is a kart racing game, where you can throw weapons...
- Shrek: Smash n' Crash
- Skunny Karts
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars RacingSonic & Sega All-Stars RacingSonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is a racing game in the Sega Superstars series produced for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows, featuring characters from many Sega franchises. It is being published by Sega and developed by Sumo Digital...
- Speed Punks
- Wacky RacesWacky RacesWacky Races is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies throughout North America, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer." Wacky Races ran on CBS from September...
- Wacky WheelsWacky WheelsWacky Wheels is an MS-DOS arcade kart racing video game released by Apogee Software in 1994, with the emphasis on fun over realism both in looks and gameplay...
- Walt Disney's Magical Racing Tour