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Posted September 27, 2012
The Armageddon starts with C.

Carmageddon Max Pack, the game of ruthless racing rivalry and motorized metal mayhem is now available on GOG.com for only $9.99.

Ah, automobile racing! Such a classy sport. The pinnacle of friendly rivalry, fair play, and finesse. There's quite no other activity a gentleman could enjoy more on a Sunday afternoon in the company of his good chums. I know there are some unprogressive circles proclaiming automobile racing to be brutish, morally corrupt, and unworthy of a true gentleman. I say! It's hard to understand all that public controversy surrounding our favorite pastime. Some accidents are bound to happen, but risk is a crucial ingredient of every elite entertainment. It's certainly not like we are putting anyone but ourselves in the harm's way. The thought that a gentleman driver could run over a pedestrian with his automobile is simply... pedestrian. I can't imagine how this noble sport could ever become unfair, not to mention brutal. Absurd notion, I say. Absurd!
--Sir Harold M. Damage, April 1908, Dullbottomshire

Carmageddon Max Pack, a dynamic racing game with original vehicles, exaggerated car damage model, (un)realistic physics engine, and little to no rules, embodies all the fears of early auto racing contestators. With deviously designed tracks, oddball drivers, and wheeled monstrosities that pass for cars, this game will entertain you just as much as it will shock you. The Max Pack edition includes the original Carmageddon and the Splat Pack expansion. You have to see it for yourself. But before you go, here's a little pro tip: the best way to make sure that no one reaches the finish line before you do is to make sure that no one reaches it at all. In other words--don't hold back!

Gentlemen... uh... people... uh... well... Drivers! Start your engines and roll out for the Carmageddon Max Pack, for only $9.99!

We'd like to thank the members of the amazing Carmageddon community, especially Toshiba-3 and hifi. Thank you, guys! Your contribution to the release of Carmageddon on GOG.com will never be forgotten.

ATTENTION Kickstarter backers of Carmageddon revival project: your codes have been already sent to Stainless, they should support you with them shortly!

Also, check what our GOG.com team thinks about Carmageddon:

http://youtu.be/HP2WQ1P7vQU
Post edited September 27, 2012 by G-Doc
Posted September 28, 2012
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Ubivis: Too much work, we old guys are lazy!
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Thiev: Oh, I don't know. Otherwise, you would have to go to your account, find game box, click on it, click on patch link, download file AND execute it.

Much more hassle :P
But I don't need to switch from the mouse to keyboard to type in something in a file. At our higher ages, the fingers are hard to control and I could enter something completely wrong, which could cause a global thermonuclear war, or worse (Something like Britney Spears is singing again)
Posted September 28, 2012
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Ubivis: But I don't need to switch from the mouse to keyboard to type in something in a file. At our higher ages, the fingers are hard to control and I could enter something completely wrong, which could cause a global thermonuclear war, or worse (Something like Britney Spears is singing again)
-robots

^ there. Now you can copy/paste with your mouse only :P
Posted September 28, 2012
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Ubivis: But I don't need to switch from the mouse to keyboard to type in something in a file. At our higher ages, the fingers are hard to control and I could enter something completely wrong, which could cause a global thermonuclear war, or worse (Something like Britney Spears is singing again)
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Thiev: -robots

^ there. Now you can copy/paste with your mouse only :P
It's hard to beat this level of dedicated support.. =)
Posted September 28, 2012
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Ubivis: But I don't need to switch from the mouse to keyboard to type in something in a file. At our higher ages, the fingers are hard to control and I could enter something completely wrong, which could cause a global thermonuclear war, or worse (Something like Britney Spears is singing again)
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Thiev: -robots

^ there. Now you can copy/paste with your mouse only :P
But where to paste it?? too much to think on my own :(
Have to think more than enough at work already :)
Posted September 28, 2012
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Ubivis: But where to paste it?? too much to think on my own :(
Have to think more than enough at work already :)
clicky
:)
Posted September 28, 2012
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Ubivis: But where to paste it?? too much to think on my own :(
Have to think more than enough at work already :)
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Thiev: clicky
:)
Ah, now I know... thank you :)
Posted September 28, 2012
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
I was only messing around with the graphic mode setup and starting the game from there. No matter what, it always looked the same. And it was always all squarey. Just now I finally ran hardware mode shortcut and woila, the crisp and nice graphics! :D

14 years since I first played it, and now that I play it again, I can still say I love it, and, the best racing game ever.

I heard and saw a possible hint in that GOG video. Run to the Hills and Iron Maiden t-shirt, from Carmageddon 2. I think C2 is nowhere near the quality of C1. If I never heard about them and someone showed them both to me and said C2 is C1 and C1 is C2, I'd believe them and probably said what a great evolution C1 has made over C2. But anyway, I do hope C2 comes here as well.
Posted September 28, 2012
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Thiev: -robots

^ there. Now you can copy/paste with your mouse only :P
Should've linked to osk.exe, keyboard-replacing mousing fun!
Posted September 29, 2012
My first $9.99 purchase. Totally worth it. It sure beats playing that disgraceful n64 port that's for sure.
Posted September 29, 2012
one of greatest
Posted September 30, 2012
why does the description of the game try extremely hard NOT to mention the fact that you're running over pedestrians?

the description doesn't even MENTION the mere POSSIBILITY of killing pedestrians. in fact, you wouldn't even know that pedestrians are present on the tracks if you didn't know the game and had to go by the description on GOG.

there are sentences that clearly seem to allude to the fact that pedestrians can (and will) be killed in the course of a race, but they refer to cars instead of people:

Take the wheel as Max Damage as you plow scores of vehicles unlucky enough to be in your way.
the sentence reads like "pedestrians" was hastily replaced by "vehicles" because 1) you don't really "plow" vehicles, and 2) there certainly aren't scores of them in a race. in fact the entire game only has 20-something cars.

Your soundtrack will be the sound of crunching metal, the splatter of motor oil on the windshield, and the screams of skidding tires.
don't you get the impression that "metal" should mean "bones", "motor oil" should be "blood and guts" and "skidding tires" should be "squashed pedestrians"?

A game about mowing down innocent race cars and getting points for it
once again, "race cars" can't really be moved down. pedestrians can. cars can't be "innocent", either...

maybe i'm nitpicking, but why is GOG so careful not to mention the fact that what you're doing in this game is for the most part to run over pedestrians? seems like GOG is downright afraid of mentioning this, even though it's the game's trademark feature.
Post edited September 30, 2012 by Fred_DM
Posted September 30, 2012
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Fred_DM: ...
I'd guess because someone could notice it and go "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"
Posted September 30, 2012
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Fenixp: I'd guess because someone could notice it and go "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"
but GOG doesn't seem to have that problem with games like Blood?

and if you read the description of Carmageddon, it reads like it was initially meant to refer to pedestrians, but was hastily changed to refer to cars instead.

why bother hiding the fact? people who are interested in buying the game know exactly what it is about anyway.
Posted September 30, 2012
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Fred_DM: but GOG doesn't seem to have that problem with games like Blood?

and if you read the description of Carmageddon, it reads like it was initially meant to refer to pedestrians, but was hastily changed to refer to cars instead.

why bother hiding the fact? people who are interested in buying the game know exactly what it is about anyway.
The difference is that in Blood, you're killing monsters. I think a much better game to refer to would be Postal, and if you look at those, well...
"Exterminate terrorists, bank robbers, cats from hell and evil nurses!"

It doesn't quite tell you about all those innocent people that come to harm :-P
Posted September 30, 2012
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Fenixp: The difference is that in Blood, you're killing monsters. I think a much better game to refer to would be Postal, and if you look at those, well...
"Exterminate terrorists, bank robbers, cats from hell and evil nurses!"

It doesn't quite tell you about all those innocent people that come to harm :-P
alright, i see your point. but some of the "innocent" pedestrians in Carmageddon seem to be armed. why not at least mention something like "armed goons"? clearly, whoever drafted the description meant to bring up the word "pedestrian".

i just hate to think that GOG, who are usually very open-minded and straight-forward, are too scared to describe a classic game properly. and it's not like it's a new game. the series has been around for a long time and it's had its controversies years ago.
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