Interstate '82

Interstate '82
Game cover
Developer(s)	Activision
Publisher(s)	Activision
Composer(s)	Josh Mancell
Engine	Dark Side
Platforms	Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)
Genre(s)	Vehicular combat
Mode(s)	Single-player or multiplayer

Interstate '82 reception
Aggregate score Aggregator Score GameRankings 61.59% Review scores Publication Score GameSpot 6.2/10 IGN 6.9/10

Interstate '82 is a vehicular combat video game for Windows. It was developed and published by Activision and released in 1999.

Gameplay

The game is less complex than its predecessor, Interstate '76, lacking the detailed armor and weapon management of the original. Its play-style is closer to console-based vehicular combat games like Twisted Metal, with a single health bar displaying both armor and chassis strength, as opposed to 76's armor/chassis strength system. The vehicle models have been updated to reflect the change in era, and overall, the game has a new wave feel, with several hitherto-unreleased Devo songs being on the soundtrack, as opposed to the first game's funk-inspired style.

Synopsis

The game is set in the southwest United States in an alternate version of the year 1982, during the Reagan Administration.

Interstate '82 features a story-mode like its predecessor, with one new option: the player can exit his vehicle and enter another, adding some strategy to the game's storyline. Another new addition is the ability to skin the new vehicle models.

Plot

Six years after Groove Champion and his allies avenged his sister's murder, the former hero has gone missing. The player takes on the role of Taurus, Groove's former partner, as he tries to discover where his friend has gone, uncovering a conspiracy leading all the way to the very top of the American government.

Characters

Taurus, voiced by Greg Eagles

The protagonist of the game. He lived as a poet in New England with a wife and daughter, who were killed by criminals.

Groove Champion

The middle Champion child, Groove is a relic of an earlier era, a burnt-out former vigilante. He must regain his self-confidence if he has any hope of survival.

Skye Champion, voiced by Melissa Disney

The youngest Champion, Skye is a punk rocker who convinces Taurus to come out of retirement and help track down Groove.

Skeeter

Skeeter serves as the mechanic and Greek chorus for the series' heroes. He repairs the player's vehicles between missions and occasionally is the focus of the in-game missions.

Vehicles

Like its predecessors, Interstate '82's arsenal of vehicles is based on real-world cars.

External links

• Interstate '82 at MobyGames
• Interstate '82 at GameFAQs