| Ignition | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Unique Development Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Virgin Interactive |
| Platform(s) | DOS/Windows PC |
| Release date(s) | 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Racing game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Media/distribution | CD |
| System requirements | |
Ignition, known as Bleifuss Fun in Germany and Fun Tracks in France, is a PC game released in 1997 by Virgin Interactive. It features miniature cars, much like Death Rally. Also there are different vehicles like school bus, police car or truck. Ignition became very famous across the many countries because of it's innovative arcade game play, video system and good approach to a computer game society. Particularly in Russia, this game claimed as one of the most exciting games during the rise of the legend games like Fallout, Counter-Strike Starcraft and Diablo. Also because of the flourishing pirate CD's on the markets Ignition became very popular.
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There are three different versions of Ignition available:
All versions were packaged together, although a download was required from the (now defunct) company website to address Voodoo 2 incompatibilities with the original 3dfx release. All versions can be run in 320x240, 640x480 and 800x600 resolutions. The game features skid marks, smoke, sparks and fire effects. Ignition supports Audio CD playback during the game. Ignition can be controlled using keyboard, joypad, pedals or joystick. Also multiplayer using split screen (two players on one machine) or LAN in the Windows version is supported. The game is multilingual: English, Spanish, Italian and Swedish is supported.
You can race through 7 tracks with 11 different unique vehicles of your choice. Compete in a "Championship", "Single Race", "Time Trial" and "Pursue Mode". After Ignition was released many computer enthusiasts started to create additional tracks and types of vehicles to broad the content of the game.
In every mode, on every track there are dynamic obstacles that can crash your vehicle and make you lose time to beat your opponents.
Also in every race best times for lap and track are saved for each track.
Every mode can be played in multiplayer.
The vehicles include:
The last four cars in the list become available as soon as corresponding difficulty level is completed. Each car has four characteristics (acceleration, turbo, speed and grip) which vary from car to car. "Evac" has the lowest "stats", while "Ignition", the car unlocked at the end of the game, has the highest.
The last two tracks become unlocked on the completion of Novice and Amateur difficulty levels accordingly.
All music made by Christian Björklund.