Abandonware DOS title

Unconventional racing games

The most popular racing games involve driving conventional vehicles like (cars, bikes, etc). There's a different kind of racing game in which the player has to drive unusual vehicles such as war boats, prehistoric bikes, spaceships, penguins... More often than not, these racing games involve shooting or some kind of other non-conventional activity (for a racing game anyway).

Most popular racing: unusual vehicles games

Monster Truck Madness
racingWindows XP/98/95
Micro Machines
racingDOS
Big Red Racing
racingDOS

Racing: unusual vehicles games

  • antarcticadv-1
    DOS19863.6/5 Konami
  • bc-race-05
    DOS1995freeware4.1/5 Core Design

    BC Racers is a DOS unconventional (to say the least) racing game that features a prehistoric theme, designed by Martin Gibbons, developed and published by Core Design in 1955. It's the third game in the Chuck Rock series, the first two being platformers not available for PC.

  • big-red-racing-08
    DOS19954/5 The Big Red Software Company
  • cyberrace-02
    DOS19933.6/5 Cyberdreams
  • hioctane-04
    DOS19954.3/5 Bullfrog

    Hi-Octane is an abandoned futuristic combat racing game developed by Bullfrog and released by Electronic Arts in 1995. Hi-Octane was published for DOS and a few consoles: PlayStation, PSP, PS Vita, SEGA Saturn. It's based on the same code used for Magic Carpet, a well known game also made by Bullfrog.

  • micromachines-1
    DOS19944.3/5 Codemasters

    Micro Machines is an abandoned racing game developed and released by Codemasters in 1994 based on the Micro Machines toy line. Micro Machines was published for DOS, but also for Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System and SNES. Codemasters released a sequel called Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament.

  • micromachines2-1
    DOS19954.1/5 Supersonic Software
  • monster-truck-madness-05
    Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Terminal Reality
  • offshore-warrior-03
    DOS19884/5
  • road-runner-01
    DOS19894/5 Atari
  • stun-runner-03
    DOS19903.6/5 Atari
  • skyroads-1
    DOS1993freeware4.2/5 Bluemoon Interactive
  • skyroads-xmas-03
    DOS1994freeware3.4/5 Bluemoon Interactive
  • slipstream-5000-06
    DOS1995protected4.2/5 The Software Refinery
  • superkarts-1
    DOS19954/5 Manic Media Productions
  • the-rocketeer-03
    DOS19912.8/5 NovaLogic
  • wacky-wheels-04
    DOS1994protected4.5/5 Apogee Software
  • yatch-racing-simulator-02
    DOS19863.4/5
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