List of vehicular combat games
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Vehicular combat games (also known as just vehicular combat or car combat) are typically video or computer games where the primary objectives of gameplay includes vehicles, usually armed with machine guns, missiles, molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, hand grenades, and other improvised weapons, 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.[1]
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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 games 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 straightforward 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 has been attributed as the first "true" vehicular combat game, without cartoony graphics as seen in kart racing games.[2]
Subgenres
Car
| Year | Name | Platforms | Style |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Batman Arkham Knight | Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | Action-Adventure |
| 2015 | Mad Max | Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | post-apocalyptic |
| 2005 | 187 Ride or Die | PS2, Xbox | |
| 2006 | Auto Assault | Windows | 3rd person view, MMO |
| 2011 | Armageddon Riders | Windows, PS3 | |
| 2011 | Post Apocalyptic Mayhem | Windows | |
| 1985 | Autoduel | ||
| 2002 | Bandits: Phoenix Rising | ||
| 2010 | Blood Drive | PS3, XB360 | |
| 2010 | Blur[3] | Windows, PS3, XB360 | |
| 1982 | Bump 'n' Jump | ||
| 2001 | Burnout (series)[3][4] | ||
| 1997, 1998, 2014 | Carmageddon series[5] | DOS, Windows, Mac, PS1, N64, GBA, iOS, Android | Open world, graphic violence |
| 1988 | Chase H.Q.[3] | ||
| 2005 | Crash Tag Team Racing[4] | ||
| 2001, 2002 | Cel Damage | GameCube, Xbox, PS2 | cartoon |
| 2002 | Command & Conquer: Renegade | ||
| 1993 | Crash 'n Burn | ||
| 2006 | Crashday | ||
| 1976 | Crashing Race[6] | ||
| 2007 | Darkwind: War on Wheels | ||
| 1976, 1990 | Death Race | Arcade | |
| 1996, 2009, 2012 | Death Rally | DOS, iOS, Android | Top-down view, arcade |
| 1989 | Deathtrack | ||
| 1995, 96 | Destruction Derby series | DOS, PS1, Sega Saturn, N64 | |
| 2012 | DiRT: Showdown | Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
| 2012 | Final Run | iOS | |
| 2005 | Fired Up | ||
| 2004, 2006, 2007 | FlatOut series | Windows, Xbox, XB360, PS2, PSP, Wii | |
| 2006 | Full Auto | ||
| 2006, 2007 | Full Auto 2: Battlelines | PS3, PSP | |
| 2012 | Gas Guzzlers Extreme | Windows | |
| 2006 | Hard Truck: Apocalypse | ||
| 2016 | Hardware: Rivals | PS4 | |
| 2009 | Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 | Wii, NDS | |
| 1997 | Interstate '76[2] | ||
| 1999 | Interstate '82 | ||
| 2005 | Jak X: Combat Racing[6] | ||
| 1989, 1990 | Knight Rider | NES | |
| 1999 | Lego Racers | ||
| 2001, 2002 | Lego Racers 2 | ||
| 2012 | LittleBigPlanet Karting | PS3 | |
| 1992 | Lucky & Wild | ||
| 1992–2014 | Mario Kart[4] | SNES, N64, GBA, NGC, DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, Arcade[6] | |
| 2004 | Mashed series | ||
| 1994 | MegaRace | ||
| 1996 | MegaRace 2 | ||
| 2002 | MegaRace 3 | ||
| 2010 | ModNation Racers | PS3, PSP | cartoon |
| 1982 | Moon Patrol | ||
| 2000 | Nascar Heat[3] | PS | |
| 1996 | Necrodome | ||
| 2010 | Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit | Windows, PS3, Wii, XB360, iOS, Android, webOS, Windows Phone, Java ME | |
| 2013 | Need for Speed: Rivals | Windows, PS3, XB360, XBOne, PS4 | |
| 2006 | Novadrome | ||
| 1992, 1993 | Outlander | Sega Genesis, SNES | |
| 2005, 2006 | Pursuit Force | PSP | |
| 2007, 2008 | Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice | PSP | |
| 1994 | Quarantine | ||
| 2011 | Rage | Windows, PS3, XB360, MacOS | FPS game |
| 1980 | Rally-X | ||
| 1981 | New Rally-X | ||
| 1998 | Red Asphalt | ||
| 1999, 2000 | Red Dog | Dreamcast | |
| 1999 | Redline | ||
| 1999 | Re-Volt | ||
| 2012 | Ridge Racer Unbounded | PlayStation 3, XBOX 360, PC | |
| 1987 | RoadBlasters[3] | ||
| 2003 | RoadKill | ||
| 1993 | Rock n' Roll Racing[3] | ||
| 1998 | Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 | ||
| 1999 | Rollcage | ||
| 1998 | S.C.A.R.S | ||
| 1999, 2000 | San Francisco Rush 2049 | Arcade, N64, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast | |
| 2010 | Split Second: Velocity | Windows, PS3, XB360, iOS, Java ME, PSP | |
| 1983 | Spy Hunter series[2][3] | ||
| 2003 | Starsky & Hutch | ||
| 2007 | Swypeout | ||
| 1997 | Streets of SimCity | ||
| 1999 | Toy Commander | ||
| 1995 | Twisted Metal[2][4] | ||
| 1996 | Twisted Metal 2 | ||
| 1998 | Twisted Metal III | ||
| 1999 | Twisted Metal 4 | ||
| 2001 | Twisted Metal: Black | ||
| 2001 | Twisted Metal: Small Brawl | ||
| 2005 | Twisted Metal: Head-On | ||
| 2012 | Twisted Metal | PlayStation 3 | |
| 1999 | Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense | PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 | |
| 1998 | Vigilante 8 | PlayStation, Nintendo 64 | |
| 2007 | Vigilante 8 Arcade | ||
| 2000 | Grudge Warriors | PS1 | |
| 2003 | World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Crush Hour | ||
| 2009 | Wheelman | Windows, PS3, XB360 | |
| 2009 | Zombie Driver | Windows, PS3, XB360, Android |
Mecha
This subgenre of vehicular combat involves mech robots, or mecha, as the vehicle for combat.[citation needed] 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.
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Kart racers with battle modes
Battle modes for kart racing games are deathmatch battles influenced by the characters, go-karts and weapons used in the mode. The Mario Kart series demonstrates this kind of mode in its previous installments.[6]
Mario Kart Series
- Super Mario Kart
- Mario Kart 64
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- Mario Kart DS
- Mario Kart Wii
- Mario Kart 7
- Mario Kart 8
Crash Kart Series
Other Kart racers with battle modes
- Cel Damage
- Charinko Hero
- Cocoto Kart Racer
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Diddy Kong Racing DS
- Freaky Flyers
- LittleBigPlanet Karting
- Looney Tunes: Space Race
- Muppet RaceMania
- R.C. Pro-Am
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
- Speed Punks
- Wacky Races
- Wacky Wheels
Notes and references
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- ↑ http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/28/40-years-of-arcade-games-part-21990-2012/
