When you have good art direction, your game will never look dated, no matter how old your graphics are. And this game has great art direction. Loved it as a kid.
Definitely. For a game that old, it has great visual clarity and readability needed for the gameplay. A lot of games that old, tracks and other elements were often dark and muddy and hard to navigate (P.O.D. and Powerslide come to mind).
Это на самом деле великая игра. Очень древняя, но прекрасно работающая на современных платформах, изначально поддерживает высокие разрешения. Не очень сильно устаревшая графика, и совсем не устаревающий геймплей. Физика машин великолепная, ощущение вождения многотонной махиной на высоких скоростях - просто сверх всяких похвал. Грамотные трассы - которые как просто можно научиться проходить, так и можно научиться проходить их на про-уровне, на каждой есть свои трюки и особенности. Не именитая, но очень приятная техно-музыка. И просто шикарный саунд-дизайн - звуки взрывающихся соперников просто пробирают до мурашек. Эту игру делали люди, которые видели будущее, наше настоящее, но были ограничены технически, хотя даже так вытянув из этого всё на максимум. Очень рекомендую всем любителям гонок - это шедевр на века.
Man! - fond memories of this - was an absolute GEM of a game! - we used to play it with a steering wheel and a projector (the huge drop on Mars was mindblowing on it!), have tournaments, and even my wife would join in and play it! - the car controlled so well, it was a dream to play, and the combat worked really well - sometimes only getting first by blasting the guy ahead, coming up to the finish line! (or getting blasted yourself!). Criminally overlooked and under-rated (by the mags) game - should have done a lot better, and it's aged really well - appreciate the HD video guys!
This race game is the best arcade futuristic ever made. No game are near this one . New or old. Its a master piece but many people dont know it that sad ... Gameplay was amazin the best by far Graphics probably the best Sound amazing ;aybe best also (with good speaker was awsome)
@@tomast9034 one day I decided to clean my voodoo 2 8mb card from dust. After the cleaning, unfortunately 4mb were gone forever. No wrist wrap or anything. Static electricity fried the vram (it was called texture ram back then). I was still young, I had no idea. Long live the voodoo wrappers, I say.
I loved this game and still have the install disk, I'm considering building a Windows 95 machine to play it, just need to get my hands on a 3dFX video card.
How did you make it run stable? I have trouble running it on windows 10. The game randomly crashes what makes me replay entire cups. Bought it on gog btw.
@@abomala1607 yeah, frist you have to make a desktop acces, then edit the route and add /c at the end, it should look like this "X:\xxxxxx\Dethkarz\Dethkarz.exe /c , you have to launch it from the same acces and it will show you a config, winodw at the start, then have to select "direct 3d" and "primary screen driver" , select the resolution on the same screen and not from in-game options. you can edit the others options if you want, dont forget to set it to 60fps because it comes in 30 by default. hope it helps
wow graphics... Looks like a lot of fun, and actual true 3D racing... Does it have the option to race without weapons too? Number of tracks, cars? How much installed size on disk?
There are 4 different tracks which come in 3 different layout/lenghts each, so 12 tracks in total. I think there was an option to turn of weapons. Size shouldnt be too big considering it came out on 1 CD.
This game looks very similar to Thrust, Twist + Turn which came out a year after this, except it has weapons and a pit lane to repair damage. The background and scenery of the Metro City tracks share striking resemblances to the City tracks featured in the aforementioned later tracks, minus the billboards featuring women and girls, both realistic and anime-style which are not found in this game.
There were a lot of similar racing games around that time, it was a trending genre that sadly died off quickly. Powerslide and Rollcage were the same, SCARS was also simlar but more cartoony.
Either use the Steam version or the PC CD version, but the pirated copies often lack the necessary files such as the drivers, DX 3D, Direct X 3 - 6, and the 3D acceleration files that made it compatible with other GPUs that weren't Voodoo GPUs. I don't recommend CD key sites since they typically have unofficial keys so the only ones you're supporting are the resellers and not the devs themselves, and many devs would rather you pirate than pay someone else for their work.
When you have good art direction, your game will never look dated, no matter how old your graphics are. And this game has great art direction. Loved it as a kid.
also gameplay
Definitely. For a game that old, it has great visual clarity and readability needed for the gameplay. A lot of games that old, tracks and other elements were often dark and muddy and hard to navigate (P.O.D. and Powerslide come to mind).
Great game, and doesn't look that bad after all those years.
DETHKARZ instead of Death Cars - you simply can't give it more edge.
Glad for it though. At least you can find it on youtube that way.
Nostalgic. Loved this game when I was kid.
now u dont like ? i like all my games even today oldest one is 1980...
@@smiteriuszryceriusz1258 Now I play games around 2001-2010 new games are trash. :D
Это на самом деле великая игра. Очень древняя, но прекрасно работающая на современных платформах, изначально поддерживает высокие разрешения. Не очень сильно устаревшая графика, и совсем не устаревающий геймплей. Физика машин великолепная, ощущение вождения многотонной махиной на высоких скоростях - просто сверх всяких похвал. Грамотные трассы - которые как просто можно научиться проходить, так и можно научиться проходить их на про-уровне, на каждой есть свои трюки и особенности. Не именитая, но очень приятная техно-музыка. И просто шикарный саунд-дизайн - звуки взрывающихся соперников просто пробирают до мурашек. Эту игру делали люди, которые видели будущее, наше настоящее, но были ограничены технически, хотя даже так вытянув из этого всё на максимум. Очень рекомендую всем любителям гонок - это шедевр на века.
This looks very well done for a 98 game.
Playing this back in the day with my 12mb Voodoo 2 was mind blowing
Man! - fond memories of this - was an absolute GEM of a game! - we used to play it with a steering wheel and a projector (the huge drop on Mars was mindblowing on it!), have tournaments, and even my wife would join in and play it! - the car controlled so well, it was a dream to play, and the combat worked really well - sometimes only getting first by blasting the guy ahead, coming up to the finish line! (or getting blasted yourself!).
Criminally overlooked and under-rated (by the mags) game - should have done a lot better, and it's aged really well - appreciate the HD video guys!
This race game is the best arcade futuristic ever made. No game are near this one . New or old. Its a master piece but many people dont know it that sad ...
Gameplay was amazin the best by far
Graphics probably the best
Sound amazing ;aybe best also (with good speaker was awsome)
damn, this game was SO good! The menu was great and the game itself really challenging in a great way!
I love this game :)
This really takes me back man, WOW.
One of the first games I bought with my own money. Good times...
I can't even believe it! They have it on Steam!!!
Gotta buy this certified childhood classic right away!!! :D
Я долго залипал в эту крутотень в свои 17 лет! Офигительная игруха!
This and the first Colin McRae Ralley were the only two car games I ever enjoyed playing
My childhood
One of the few nice "glide" games. Voodoo 2 FTW!!!
still have one voodoo 2 12mb and its working lol
@@tomast9034 one day I decided to clean my voodoo 2 8mb card from dust. After the cleaning, unfortunately 4mb were gone forever. No wrist wrap or anything. Static electricity fried the vram (it was called texture ram back then). I was still young, I had no idea. Long live the voodoo wrappers, I say.
was good on DirectX also no difference
Remember playing this game with Prodigy as a soundtrack, ah....
Super jeu pour l époque
Les graphismes sont très beaux
Ce jeu a plus de 20 ans
Oh sweet nostalgia - what a game back then :D
Great game! You know you can charge your shots for way more damage, i think 1 hit and a few normal shots can destroy the pointy speedy car.
this game is one of the first games i play on my first pc and i play whit my friend he drive and i use the wepons :D so many memories
Я из России играл всё детство в эту игру! Спасибо :)
My favorite PC racing game of all time.
Wow, getting strong Extreme-G2 vibes that I had for N64.
I loved this game and still have the install disk, I'm considering building a Windows 95 machine to play it, just need to get my hands on a 3dFX video card.
So I couldn‘t play this game on a modern pc? I also still have the disc and thought about installing it again, but I guess that wouldn‘t work really?
I reinstalled this gem a couple of years ago in win7 work without any problem.. still have the same PC and same OS
@@SunProductionSCH GOG version works on modern systems.
How did you make it run stable? I have trouble running it on windows 10. The game randomly crashes what makes me replay entire cups. Bought it on gog btw.
same here, didnt try on win 10 yet, but it crashed a lot on XP and 7
tried on win 10 and works fine, you have to make some configurations previous to launch it.
@@bachcba do you have more detail?
@@abomala1607 yeah, frist you have to make a desktop acces, then edit the route and add /c at the end, it should look like this "X:\xxxxxx\Dethkarz\Dethkarz.exe /c , you have to launch it from the same acces and it will show you a config, winodw at the start, then have to select "direct 3d" and "primary screen driver" , select the resolution on the same screen and not from in-game options. you can edit the others options if you want, dont forget to set it to 60fps because it comes in 30 by default. hope it helps
@@bachcba thanks a lot man. I hope i can play again in good condition with that !
One of the best Racing Games ever
Dual 3dfx Voodoo Diamond Monster 3d II
wow graphics... Looks like a lot of fun, and actual true 3D racing... Does it have the option to race without weapons too? Number of tracks, cars? How much installed size on disk?
There are 4 different tracks which come in 3 different layout/lenghts each, so 12 tracks in total. I think there was an option to turn of weapons. Size shouldnt be too big considering it came out on 1 CD.
I played this game again after +20 years.. Bought it on GOG 🥳
4€ cheap for so many fun :D Thanks for the tip
This game looks very similar to Thrust, Twist + Turn which came out a year after this, except it has weapons and a pit lane to repair damage. The background and scenery of the Metro City tracks share striking resemblances to the City tracks featured in the aforementioned later tracks, minus the billboards featuring women and girls, both realistic and anime-style which are not found in this game.
There were a lot of similar racing games around that time, it was a trending genre that sadly died off quickly. Powerslide and Rollcage were the same, SCARS was also simlar but more cartoony.
did this use the same engine as tony hawk 2? the menu screen looks very similar
Great footage of a classic game. Do you mind if I use some footage in an upcoming beam software video? Credited of course!
Bruh. You know you can charge up your plasma gun? Just hold the fire button.
childhood
Are there any similar modern games like that ?
Question: Is there a reason you arent using your charged shot?
He probably dont know about it 😂
gog variant runs fine on my pc. played this at my time in the army used a joystick for best performance.
Still looks rad.
Childhood 😍
This game looks smooth
Hell of a game. Imagine second one done on CryEnigine or Frostbite.
Where can i get this game?
Where can I download this game? Struggled to find this.
Look for it on Abandonware Games :)
Fucking finally I've found it! Thank you!!
How did you manage to make this game work so good on win10. I have a problem with broken sound
you can get it on gog.com nowadays
Either use the Steam version or the PC CD version, but the pirated copies often lack the necessary files such as the drivers, DX 3D, Direct X 3 - 6, and the 3D acceleration files that made it compatible with other GPUs that weren't Voodoo GPUs.
I don't recommend CD key sites since they typically have unofficial keys so the only ones you're supporting are the resellers and not the devs themselves, and many devs would rather you pirate than pay someone else for their work.
I played this with 10 fps back in the day. it was not kind to my pentium
looks like xbox 360 or ps3 graphics
Thats a pretty BIG compliment. lol.
Considering this is a 1998 game, that's a huge win if it looks like a 2005/6 systems games.
Great game and great nostalgia... But your driving sucks xd
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