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Carmageddon Game for iOS FREE for Today

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Carmageddon for iOS just appeared on the app store today and is FREE for the first 24 hours as a thankyou for the kickstarter backers of the in-development PC game Carmageddon: Reincarnation.

You don't have to be a backer of the Kickstarter project. Just download this off the app store :)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/id498240451?mt=8

App store description:
—- Free for the first day as a thank you to our Kickstarter Backers! —-

Carmageddon is the original freeform driving sensation, where pedestrians (and cows!) equal points, and your opponents are a bunch of crazies in a twisted mix of automotive killing machines. The game features anarchic drive-wherever-you-like gameplay and over-the-top surreal comedy violence. It’s the racing game where racing is for wimps.

Now the same Mac & PC classic that was BANNED AROUND THE WORLD is back and available on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch!

Carmageddon features real-world environments that have been turned into killing fields, where the locals stay out on the streets at their peril. As well as using your car as a weapon, every level is sprinkled generously with power-ups that have a vast variety of mad effects, adding a whole extra level of craziness to the proceedings. In every event you have the option to “play it your way”… Waste all your opponents, kill every pedestrian, or (perish the thought) complete all the laps. Oh and watch out – the cops in their super-tough armoured patrol vehicles are lurking, and if they catch you being bad they’ll be down on you like several tons of cold pork!

FEATURES
• 28 dangerously deranged Opponents
• 11 wildly exhilarating Environments
• Career Mode featuring 36 satisfyingly violent Levels
• Race and Wreck opponents to unlock 30 playable cars!
• Universal App
• iCloud Support
• 27 Cunning Stuntworthy Achievements
• Leaderboards
• Game Center integration
• Multiple control methods: digital, analogue (mix ‘n’ match), tilt
• Edit your control layout in game to your preferences
• Comprehensive Action Replay System
• Movie editing; Save your movies straight from the game to YouTube; Share links using iOS 6
• Retina display and iPhone 5 support
• Environment maps and other special effects
• Enhanced pre-lit environments
• Buckets of gibs
• Tons of laughs

Plus the opportunity to make in app purchases to unlock ALL the cars (apart from the secret one) and ALL the races!
Carmageddon requires iOS 5.1 or later.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION FOR THE ORIGINAL GAME
Carmageddon won the “Game of the Year” trophy in the 1997 PC Zone Reader awards. Carmageddon 1 & 2 were “Driving Game of the Year” 1997/1998.

SELECTED REVIEWS OF THE ORIGINAL GAME
Originally released for the PC in 1997, Carmageddon was an instant hit and the titles went on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide. Here’s what a sample of the gaming press thought at the time:

“Carmageddon is visceral, violent, vehicular fun…” - GameSpot 8.8 out of 10

“Carmageddon, to get straight to the point, is one of the best computer games I've ever played… Carmageddon is God!” - Duncan McDonald 95% Classic Award PC Zone Magazine

“Carmageddon is one of those games that only come along once in a blue moon. An essential purchase.” - Escape Magazine 6 out of 6
“The gameplay is spot on and anyone with a dark enough sense of humour should give it a go.” - Computer Gaming World 4 out of 5

“So next time you gun down coppers on GTA VI, just remember, Carmageddon’s controversy was there first, and you have a lot to thank it for.” - RetroGarden

ABOUT STAINLESS GAMES
Stainless was founded in 1994 by Patrick Buckland, a veteran of the games industry going back to the Jurassic period of 1982, and Neil Barnden, who used to have hair like a mammoth. A team of 8 worked on the original Carmageddon at Stainless, and 5 are still with the company today, although a couple of them are now kept manacled in a small padded room in the cellar.

Stainless Games now employs well over fifty mad, dedicated people of assorted gender, height and width. They can all be found dangling precariously from a small chalky rock just off the South Coast of England.

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  • This game was immensely entertaining on PC.

    Looking forward to giving it a try on iOS.

  • A classic.

  • Nice one.. seems like a good port, steering is a little iffy tho..

  • I LOVED THIS GAME!!!!

    Didn't overly like number 2 thou.

  • +3

    Wow. Amazed this didn't get banned from the app store!

    • Yeah even in gta they got rid of the blood

  • Nice, been looking forward to this, wish it could be smaller so I could download it right now, have to find wifi first!

    But remember this ain't for the kids!!!

    • My take on it is, because the objects in game are mythical monsters, it doesn't cross the line like, say GTA does, for kids.

      • +1

        Uhh… Mythical monsters? Are we talking about the same game here?

        I don't remember that old lady with the walking frame that earned me a piledriver bonus by sliding into sideways being much of a monster…

        • I remembered them to be all zombies.

        • I believe certain European versions were censored from memory, which replaced people with zombies.

          I remember reading in a magazine that Zombies were too risque for the german version, so they had robots in-place of the people.

          I don't think the Australian one I had was censored though. (Oh the 90's, how things changed…)

          At any rate, they are definitely NOT zombies in this iOS version of the game, but the original people sprites. So I would be hesitant to let a kid play it.

          (that said, I was a kid when I originally played this game, so take that as you will!)

  • +1

    I hope they have the same free day when it gets released on Android. I loved this game!

    • Agreed!

    • Agreed! I did get my gf to download it on her iphone though, so just in case it doesn't come out on android soon/free, i can still play it! :P

  • Loved this game as a kid~ i think was the best compared to the newer released ones.
    remember playing this on DOS. =D
    too bad its not compatible with the iPhone 3G. =(

    • +2

      Works flawlessly on the 3GS :D

  • More pedestrians equals more points!

  • Now hope they release carmageddon 2 and maybe carmageddon 64, the whole series was great, looking forward to rest of the ports.

  • I remember playing this in 1998 or something like that, on my pc. I just spent the last hour playing on my ipod.

  • -1

    Loved this game as a kid…Probably why i'm such a reckless driver!

  • wow.. I remember playing this on my Pentium 3! it was so awesome, I think I had a voodoo 3 back then.. and come to think of it I sold the voodoo 3 card back in 2007 for around $90! to some guy in Germany.. seems there are collectors for those video cards that were once awesome!

    Thanks for the post OP!

  • Great game. Brings back loooads of memories. Does any else have an issue with save games erasing after you close the app? I have to start the game from scratch every time I open it =/

    • Yep, had the same problem first time. Hopefully I don't lose it again as I've already put 4hrs into it!

  • Expired. $1.99

    • +2

      Even at $2 it is worth it. I've almost finished the game and I can't get enough of it. Hope they make additions through updates in the near future.

  • +1

    still free on US iTunes store.. :)

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