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    Ignition

  • First released on 31 December, 1997 for PC, PC DOS
  • Action
    Racing
    Sport
  • First released on 31 December, 1997 for PC, PC DOS

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    About

    Ignition is an action packed racing game viewed from above and slightly behind the player. The cars on offer range from police car and VW Beetle to school bus and truck, each of which has its own strengths and weaknesses - trying to win with the bus, which involves blocking everyone behind the hideously slow vehicle for 3 laps, is perhaps the ultimate challenge.

    Initially there are 5 tracks available, with practice and single race modes as well as full championship at 3 levels - winning each of the first 2 levels unlocks an extra track. They all have hazards running through them, and sections where you must make a split-second choice between the safer route and the risky but potentially rewarding one. Multiplayer can be done via network or by split-screen - in a break with convention the screen is split vertically rather than horizontally.

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    PC DOS, PC

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    Unique Development Studios
    Unique Development Studios (UDS), was a Swedish game developement studio founded in 1993 most known for Ignition and Airfix: Dogfighter. The company went bankrupt in 2004.
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    Virgin Interactive Entertainment
    A UK game developer and publisher and part of the Virgin Group. Was originally known as Virgin Games Inc until 1994 when it was renamed Virgin Interactive Entertainment.
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    Interplay Entertainment
    Interplay Entertainment is the company behind FreeSpace, MDK, EarthWorm Jim and more great games.
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