What Is Midtown Madness?
Around last March 1999, I was asked by Microsoft's Marketing Manager to try out their new beta game, Midtown Madness and I accepted it. I got the game and it's fab! I have made some screenshots of the game which you can check it out on my Screenshots page!
Midtown Madness is a game for the PC, developed by Angel Studios and is published by Microsoft. Midtown Madness is the first vehicular racing game to render a "virtual Chicago," including over a 100km of roads, city landmarks, pedestrians, changing weather conditions, a 'live' police system, dozens of shortcuts and hundreds of interactive objects (from working bridges to parking meters). Five types of racing scenarios, including Explore/roam, Waypoint, Blitz Circuit and Online Cops & Robbers provide hours of gameplay. It took Angel Studios 18 months to develop this awesome game!
Experience the madness of high-speed driving in a big city - without inconveniences like traffic laws, insurance companies, severe personal injury, or death:
- Drive anywhere on miles and miles of roads that recreate the Windy City - right down to Grant Park and Wrigley Field. Take shortcuts down dark alleys, through shopping malls, and across well-groomed city parks. The possible combinations of routes are nearly limitless, realistically duplicating the strategic challenge of urban navigation at high speeds.
- Watch out for pesky cops. Break any traffic law in their sight, and they will chase you down and try to ram you right off the road. Can you outsmart them?
- Slam into a few mail boxes (watch the mail fly), parking meters, trees, street signs, and trash cans as you rip down a sidewalk. All these objects tumble realistically as you hit them.
- Rush hour traffic in your way? You could try another time of day (or night), or use the sidewalk, but why not take a more direct approach with the Freightliner Century semi: Watch cars roll and tumble out of your way with brutal realism!
System Requirement:
- Multimedia PC with Pentium 200 or a Pentium 166 with 3D accelerator
- Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 operating system
- 16MB of RAM for Windows 95 or Windows 98, 32MB recommended; 32MB of RAM for Windows 2000
- 300 MB of available hard-disk space
- Double speed CD-ROM drive, quad-speed recommended
- Super VGA 16-bit color monitor
- Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device; joystick or steering wheel recommended
- MS DirectSound 6.0 API compatible sound card with speakers or headphones for audio
System Requirement for Multiplayer play:
- 28.8Kbps or faster modem, local area network with TCP/IP or IPX protocol or a null modem cable required for connection to other systems
- To play on the MSN Gaming Zone, you need to have one of the following web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or later or Netscape Communicator 4.0 or later
Features:
- Cool collection of 9+ licensed vehicles
- From exotic race cars to semi-trucks - each with incredibly accurate physics, damage modeling and unique strengths for navigating city streets
- Exciting racing scenarios with no fixed tracks to restrict you
- Create your own best course with virtually unlimited shortcuts and routes through the city
- Challenge up to 8 opponents online via the MSN Gaming Zone(msn.zone.com) or race on your own against an intelligent AI in single play
- And many more when I get the chance to check it out...
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