World Rally Fever
Developer(s)Split, Team17
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Martyn James Brown
Programmer(s)Jean‑Marc Leang
Tiago Mendes‑Costa
Artist(s)Patrick Romano
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release
  • PAL: May 5, 1996
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player

World Rally Fever: Born on the Road (also known simply as World Rally Fever) is a racing game created by Belgian developers Split alongside British developer Team17. The game was released by Team17 on May 5, 1996, and was originally published in the UK by Ocean Software. It also offers typically involves timed stages where drivers navigate through challenging routes, often in off-road environments. It was later re-released by Sold-Out Software. World Rally Fever featured anime style art and characters which raced cart-like vehicles through various world-themed tracks, such as Scotland, France, the United States, Japan and several other nations.

The game was re-released in 2012 on GOG.com with support for Microsoft Windows and pre-released with DOSBox.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot.

World Rally Fever is a racing game in which the player raced across the world through sixteen tracks, each divided into four tracks based on the championships cups (Rookie, Amateur, Pro-Am and Pro) the player choose which serves as difficulty level (Pro must be unlocked by completing all previous cups). The player will travel the globe, and race in Scotland, France, the United States, Japan and several other nations. Obstacles litter the track, such as fences, sheep and hay stacks which can be jump over. Each of the four championships cups (or difficulty) serve as how difficult the four tracks is in that particular cups, ranged from easy (dealing with less obstacles and trap hazards) to hard (encountering more hazards and hard-to-traverse roads).

Before racing, there are eight characters to choose from, each with unique characteristics that affect the handling of their vehicle (those eight are composed of four pairs, whose cars handle the same). Once you have selected a cup and characters, you must qualify in the four races and accumulate the most points to win. If you place anything below third in a race, you will fail and the only way to continue will be to use one of your credits (one credit for Rookie, two credits for Amateur, and three credits for Pro-Am and Pro). Your game ends once you run out of credits. Otherwise, you will travel to the next course when you qualify.

Player will encounter power-up while racing which will benefit them, although some track does not feature them at all. These are acquirable by driving under special icons placed above the track. There are a totals of five power-up to use, ranging from throwing a bomb to dropping a box with a dung sign. Sometime the opponent will drop a box during racing, as well as a special reverse sign in which if collide with it resulted in your controls being reverse for a short while. The special reverse sign power-up is only exclusive to opponents.

Development and release

Reception

References

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