Abandonware DOS title

The Need for Speed

The Need for Speed is a first-person perspective racing game developed and published by Electronic Arts in 1995 for DOS. The game immerses players in high-speed races with the primary objective of winning each race across a variety of game modes. Players can choose from a selection of high-performance cars and race on diverse tracks. Players must navigate through traffic, avoid pedestrians, and evade the police, who add an extra layer of challenge to the gameplay.
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The Need for Speed: Special Edition, was made available only on PC CD-ROM, containing DOS and Windows 95 versions. The Windows 95 version supports DirectX 2 and TCP/IP networking, and includes two new tracks and various enhancements in the game engine.

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Status: abandonware
Input: keyboard
Distributed on: cd-rom
Abandonware DOS views: 65455
Series: The Need for Speed is part of the need for speed series.

Comments

  • zane 29/02/2024 02:19
    i have a old dos pc and a 1/2 disk blank i am ready to DRIVE !!!!!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
  • Bruno Longoni 10/03/2021 05:20
    I did everything, but there is not sound in Dosbox!
  • Mark ewtonrae 25/01/2021 20:30
    I love need for speed under ground 2 an need for speed hot pursuit great games love it
  • DosGamer 02/03/2020 08:43
    WOW!!! i run it in dosbox and it's run smoothy.
  • gabe 21/04/2019 15:34
    great!! thanks for the game! i play this all the time on my psx :)
  • AbandonwareDOS 05/02/2019 11:24
    @Tc: I just tried to download Need for Speed a few times and I had no problem whatsoever. Can you please try again?
  • MAS 20/05/2015 16:10
    Wow ! Nice Game for that time
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