All it takes to get a “game over” is to not place in the top three. This game is HARD! It’s really not even an option to try to complete all of the 28 tracks…ever. Speaking of fried, I think it’s time to address a problem with Combat Cars: The difficulty. (duh) If you run out of time you’re fried. About the time – when you finish a lap you gain some time on the clock, which is always counting down. You also get money for the time left on the clock at the end of the race and for the number of uses left on your weapon. There are 4 laps to every race, and every time you complete a lap you earn a certain amount of money depending on your ranking.

Money that can be earned in quite a few ways. You can amp up your acceleration, brakes, top speed, and even the uses of your weapon. One has a homing missile, another a machine gun, and still others have oil slicks, glue globs, land mines, smoke clouds and even boosters which hurtle you down the track at an outrageous speed.Īs with most racers, you can upgrade your car at the end of every race in the trackside shop.

There are eight racers to pick from, each having a unique weapon and car stats. And every race needs something to liven up the action, right?Įach racer has a different weapon that he/she totes to the starting line and can use to make all sorts of mischief. Let’s take a look at it, eh? As you can assume from the introduction, Combat Cars is, first and foremost, a racing game. What I do know is that Combat Cars is a very nice arcade racer that’s worth being played and referred to without MM‘s shadow looming over the conversation. Having never played Micro Machines, I don’t know whether that’s true or not. It’s often referred to (if referred to at all) as a Micro Machines clone. Lost in the shifting sands of the time there’s a little game called Combat Cars. Genre: Action Developer: Mcom Publisher: Accolade Players: 1-2 Released: 1994

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