Archive:Screamer (video game)
Screamer is a single-player racing game released for MS-DOS computers made by Milestone S.r.l. and published by Virgin Interactive. The game has polygon-like graphics, similar to games around that era. The game would get an version that emulates the game released by GOG.com in 2009 for Windows[1], and released for Mac OS X in 2012[2]. A sequel for the game named Screamer 2 was released in 1996.
The music of the game was composed by British video game composer Allister Brimble[3]. Unlike it's other sequels, Screamer 2, Screamer Rally and Screamer 4x4 it uses software rendering. The emulated version is also pre-packaged with the MS-DOS emulator, DOSBox[4].
Bugs
All versions of the game can crash in SVGA mode, regardless of platform with no fix.
Public reception
The game was reviewed by a reviewer for Maximum honored the game for it's high speed, smooth graphics, the selection of vehicles, numerous options and modes, and gave the game 5 out of 5 stars[5]. The game was also praised by a reviewer for Next Generation[6].
The game was nominated as the best racing game of 2001, but lost to NASCAR Racing 4[7].
In March 1997, an advertisement for the game showed a car wreckage with the slogan "Every Christmas the roads are full of mad men. Join them" which caused controversy[8].
References
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/surprise_release_screamer/page1
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121028164332/https://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_adds_interplay_games_for_mac_os_x
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060205051727/orchestralmedia.co.uk/OrchestralMediaPortfolio.pdf
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1
- ↑ "Maximum Reviews: Screamer". Maximum: The Video Game Magazine. No. 2. Emap International Limited. November 1995. p. 158.
- ↑ "Screamer". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. May 1996. pp. 98, 101.
- ↑ Staff (March 2002). "11th Annual Computer Games Awards". Computer Games Magazine (136): 50–56.
- ↑ "Videogames Continue to Shock the System". Next Generation. No. 27. Imagine Media. March 1997. p. 19.
Links
- Screamer on the Steam store
- Screamer on GOG.com
- Screamer on MobyGames
- Showcase video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9ecGTA7lw
Further reading
- PC Gaming Wiki article: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Screamer
- Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamer_(video_game)