Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge
{{Short description|1991 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge
|image = Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge Cover Art.jpg
|caption = Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge cover art
|developer = Distinctive Software
|publisher = Electronic Arts
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|1991}}
|genre = Racing
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = DOS
}}
Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge is a video game that was released in 1991 for DOS and was developed by Distinctive Software.
It is a racing game featuring a career mode modeled after Mario Andretti's career. The objective is to earn enough money by winning races to enter and win the indy car series.
Gameplay
The game is a 3D racing game from the 1st perspective. Replays can be viewed from the 3rd person perspective.
The player starts with $20.000 and has to earn money by winning races to enter the higher series.[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/mario-andrettis-racing-challenge Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge] at Mobygames.com
The available series are Sprint Cars, Modified, Stock Cars, Prototypes, Formula 1 and Indy Cars.
The games contains one car per series [http://www.igcd.net/game.php?id=1000009969&width=1440 Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge] at Internet Game Cars Database and twelve race tracks {{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/1992-02-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_138_1992_Feb_Mar#page/n157/mode/2up | title=Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge | work=Compute! | date=February 1992 | accessdate=10 November 2013 | author=May, Scott | pages=116–118}} are included:
Reception
Compute! stated in 1992 that Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge "falls short of the ultimate racing simulation, but it does take us several laps in the right direction."{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/1992-02-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_138_1992_Feb_Mar#page/n157/mode/2up | title=Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge | work=Compute! | date=February 1992 | accessdate=2 December 2013 | author=May, Scott | pages=116–118}}Computer Gaming World noted in 1991 that "it is the first time aficionados have been able to 'feel' the difference in six different types of racing."{{cite magazine | url=http://pdf.textfiles.com/zines/CGW/1991_09_issue86.pdf | title=Supercharged Simulation | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=September 1991 | accessdate=2 December 2013 | pages=98–100}} PC Format gave a 65% rating.
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/mario-andrettis-racing-challenge|name=Mario Andretti's Racing Challenge}}
- [http://pdf.textfiles.com/zines/CGW/1991_09_issue86.pdf Computer Game World Review]
- [https://archive.org/stream/1992-02-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_138_1992_Feb_Mar#page/n157/mode/2up Compute! Magazin Review]
{{Andretti family}}
Category:Distinctive Software games
Category:Electronic Arts games
Category:Single-player video games