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                      The name of the game describes the whole thing very well.
                      It's car racing and it's killing. All at the same time. You
                      steer a tiny car, which you can enhance with weapons etc.
                      Ever played Micro Machines? Death Rally feels much like
                      it. As in Micro Machines, you only see a little bit of the
                      track at the same time, but the screen scrolls as you drive.

                      Death Rally, however, is much more than just a Micro
                      Machines clone. Depending on how well you race, you
                      earn money. For those money, you can upgrade your car,
                      or even buy a new one. Some of the upgrades are tires,
                      engines and shields. Also, during the races, your car
                      usually gets damaged. Repairing it is not free. In addition
                      to the upgrades, you can also buy weapons, such as mines
                      and pigeons. A machine gun is standard equipment and
                      not necessary to buy (but the ammunition is limited).

                      Now and then, before the races start, you'll get various
                      offers. E.g. to make sure a player won't make it to the
                      finish line, or to pick up some steroids. If you accept the
                      offer, but for some reasons fails to accomplish it, the
                      persons who offered it will not be very friendly. These
                      offers, however, are a good way to make more money.
                      Other ways to make some extra cash are winning three
                      laps in a row or destroy all the other cars in a lap.

                      Sometimes when driving, you'll notice various objects in
                      the road. Picking up these are usually a good idea, since
                      they give you things as money, turbo, bullets for the
                      machine gun and can even repair the car. You can see
                      what the objects do before picking them up, e.g. a dollar
                      sign give you money. Remember, we said usually. Picking
                      up mushrooms will turn the screen into waves, which
                      makes it difficult to drive. If a computer player picks one
                      up, it'll also drive much worse.

                      Your objective is to win the championship and then
                      challenge the Adversary. You start out from the bottom
                      (position 20) of the ranking list. When you win races, you
                      get points and get higher at the list. However, there are
                      three different kinds of races. Winning the easiest gives
                      you 3 points, but the hardest one gives you 10. At the
                      harder races, the drivers have better cars, drives better
                      etc.

                      Before you can start racing, you have to choose the level
                      of difficulty. That is from "speed Makes Me Dizzy" to
                      "I've Got Petrol in My Veins". Note that Apogee uses
                      such phrases instead of just "Easy" and "Hard". That's one
                      of the many small elements that separates their games
                      from the rest of the crowd. We recommend "Speeds Makes Me Dizzy"

                      When you play, and having done so for a while, and know
                      you have other things to do, like sleeping, you'll think: Ah,
                      what the heck, only five more minutes. And before you
                      realize it, you've been playing for hours. But that's how a
                      great game should be, shouldn't it?

                      By: Samuel and Michael