Death Rally Driver's Survival Guide
 
Death Rally: Death in the Fast Lane
 

Death Rally, an auto-combat PC game published in 1996 and 1997 by Apogee / 3D Realms, GT Interactive / Atari, and Remedy Entertainment, has many elements that would be very useful when running an campaign using Car Wars, Outrider, Dark Future, or another car combat boardgame.

This document compiles all of the information from the game, the paper manual in the CD-ROM version of Death Rally, and the electronic manual in the CD-ROM version of the Death Rally that is applicable to car combat boardgames. The Death Rally Survival Guide is meant to be a source of inspiration for planning combat racing campaigns for boardgames. The screenshots of the racetrack outlines below should also be useful for creating new maps for use with boardgames such as Car Wars.

This information is posted without permission from Apogee/3D Realms, GT Interactive/Atari, and Remedy Entertainment. No infringement of copyrights or trademarks is intended.

Thanks to Kristian Popivcak of Prague College, Czech Republic for previously publishing some of the statistics and the Track Availability Table below.
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Posted September 03, 1998
 Updated May 12, 2015


Death Rally
Death in the Fast Lane


Enter the corrupt racing world of Death Rally, where defensive driving means annihilating your opponents. You'll become ravenous for the power and glory that comes with being the best at Death Rally, but first you must pay your dues. Put the pedal to the metal and smash, blast, and obliterate the competition to earn the chance to face the undefeated master, "The Adversary." Make deals with loan sharks and mob bosses to get the cash you need to build the ultimate battle racing machine. Remember, no trick is too dirty, no spectator too innocent, in your savage quest for the checkered flag.

Features:



The Race Awaits . . .
The Fastest Cars . . .
In The Deadly Competition . . .
Race Versus Time . . .
Or Just To Survive . . .


Welcome to Death Rally. The race is on. In Death Rally, where life is short and hot, fast and deadly. Watch the road, hear the rumble. Start out easy, get the feel of it. But remember: By the rules or fry the rules, play to win. 'Nuff said. Now ride your machine, your motor-war-chariot.


You are sitting behind the wheel of a truck full of illegal auto parts on their way to the notorious Death Rally. It's a lousy job, but somebody's gotta do it. A glance at the rear mirror shows only smoke and fire, burning bridges, burning cop cars. A film of red blood covers your cracked windshield. The wipers are out of work. OK, all right, you are the first one to admit that you had to commit a few traffic violations to get here in time, but that's no reason for the cops to get all excited. You are a man who likes to keep his promises. Before you looms the police road block. Several truck loads worth of gun barrels point into your general direction from behind the blockade. Represented deterrents range from infamous piece-making Peacemakers, through sub-machine guns, shotguns, sniper rifles, assault rifles, machine guns, miniguns, grenade launchers and anti-tank rocket launchers, to vehicle mounted, all-purpose, anti-everything, auto-loading, infrared-homing guided missile systems. The cops really mean to get you this time. All they are going to get is trouble. You pump the gas pedal, and your truck roars her challenge to the cops. Under the roar you can hear an echo of crunching bones from the vicinity of your rear wheels.

"Come on, dare me," you think.

"We dare you, punk," blares the megaphone. You grin madly. Time to rock and roll. And that's when it happens. Clouds seem to part, and radiant rays of sunlight shine down on you, glorifying your blood-washed truck. You can hear angels singing. Your radio seems to switch channels by itself.

"You are the chosen one," speaks a quicksilver voice from the radio. "Listen. I am True Tom Rhymer, and I know the road you're traveling. I am the man in the machine, the guru of the cars, the rocket petrol daddy. You show great potential, kid. I tell no lies. Death Rally is your destiny. You could be the one to climb to the top and challenge the Demon King of the race, the old Hell Racer himself, The Adversary. Listen to True Tom. Fortune and glory, kid, fortune and glory. Listen close."

And then the moment passes, and everything is back to normal, and you put the hammer down, and your truck roars forward like a hungry T-Rex. You roar right along with it. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Time to go to work.

Suddenly the air is filled with bullets and bombs like raindrops in a heavy-metal rain as all the guns go off in a simultaneous nuke boom. Missiles tear their burning trails in zigzag patterns of hidden meaning. To the left and right skyscraper-giants grumble and fall in slow-motion. Under your wheels the asphalt burns and melts and disappears into clouds of hissing steam. Yeah! You don't even slow down as you bash through the blockade.

You park your truck, mortally wounded in the battle, in a dark alley right next to the Death Rally pits area. She let's out a long groan and a sigh, and is dead still.

Auto-wrecks smoke and burn by the side of the road. The asphalt is wet with skid marks of blood. Tires shriek with ecstasy in tune with machine gun rumble. Death Rally!

You jump out from the truck. You can hear the sirens closing in. A shady character, his face hidden by a high collar and a hat, is pulling a burned corpse of a driver from a spent piece of trash Vagabond racing car.

"Hey, you the dealer?" you shout. His eyes flash in the shadows.

"Indeed," he answers with a voice as sinister as is his appearance.

"Oh yeah? Well, I've got a delivery for you." The sirens are getting louder. The cops are really out to get you.

"Indeed, and I am grateful." You can imagine the grin on the dealer's hidden face.

"Well, look, fair is fair, I brought you your goods, now you gotta help me out, those cops are gonna be here any second now." You can already see the lights of the cop cars flashing from behind the corner.

The dealer motions towards the smoking corpse at his feet.

"It seems that Death Rally is short of one driver, and you must be good since you made it this far. This Vagabond here is not as bad as she looks. A new paint job, maybe some tuning, and she'll be as good as new."

You nod. Fortune and glory? No kidding. The easiest decision you ever made. You jump into the Vagabond, and floor the gas pedal. All that the cops are gonna find is skid marks and a cloud of smoke.

Towards a Death Rally destiny filled with glory and gore -- you are on your way!

 
Objective

At the beginning of the race you will start out in position 20. Your objective is to win championship points (and money) from the races, and rise up to the first position. Only then can you challenge The Adversary, who is the self-proclaimed Demon King of the race.


Starting a New Game

After the introduction is complete, the Main Menu screen will appear. Use the arrow keys to select an option from the Main Menu and press the ENTER key.


Start Racing

To begin a new game, highlight this option and press the ENTER key. Use the arrow keys to select an option from the Start Racing Menu and press the ENTER key.


Start a New Game
 
Use the arrow keys to Start a New Game and press the ENTER key. This will bring up your Drivers License screen. Press the up/down arrow keys to select which player you would like to be in the race. Press the left/right arrow keys to change the color of your race car. Using the keyboard, type in your racing nickname and press the ENTER key. Your next option will be, "Do you want to use weapons?" Select Yes or No and press the ENTER key. Selecting NO will disable all the weapons from the game, as well as the Underground Market options. Once you make your selection, you will be prompted to choose a difficulty level. You can choose from three different difficulty levels.
Once you've made your selection, the Race Sign Up screen will appear.


Race Sign Up

Use the arrow keys to quickly make your choice between three race options shown and press the ENTER key (Easy Race, Medium Race, or Hard Race). The reason you must make your decision quickly is because only four racers are allowed in each race. You must secure your spot in the race in order to get more points and money. For beginners, joining the Easy Race is strongly recommended. As you advance in the game, you should try the Medium or Hard Races.


Prepare to Race

Once you've joined a race, the Prepare to Race screen will show you the approximate outlines of the race track you've selected. The game will pause for a moment to load the race track.


Playing the Game

Once the track is loaded, you will see four cars on the starting grid. Take a second to locate your ace car and get ready for the action. A set of lights will scroll out from the top right corner. When the lights turn green, GO FOR IT!


Using Weapons

If you selected YES in the Weapons option, you will be able to use weapons during the race. Each car is equipped with a machine gun, and mines can be bought from the Underground Market. When the race starts, all weapons are disabled for two seconds. This will give you a chance to get your car out of harm's way. After the two-second delay, you can start shooting. Of all the cars available in the game, the first three cars are equipped with a single machine gun, and the last three cars are armed with double guns.


Opponents

Underneath your own stats, you will see the following data on your opponents:

Name and Color of Car: A thick horizontal stripe shows the color of the opponent's car.

Damage: As your opponents take on damage, the color stripe beneath their name field starts to turn gray. 100% gray = 100% damage.

Position: Opponent position is indicated next to their name.

Lap: Lap is displayed beneath name field.

Status: A flag is displayed over the opponent's info-field if that driver has reached the goal. 100% damage is indicated with a large cross over the opponent's info-field.


Power-Ups

There are several items that you can pick up from the track. Here's a list of items with a brief description.


 1. Turbo Power-Up - A small white lightning bolt on a gray circle. Picking up this one recharges your turbo.

2. Ammunition - Red/yellow symbol showing several bullets, which increases the amount of ammunition. (The dollar sign changes to white numbers.)

3. Money - A yellow dollar sign indicates money. Picking up this one displays the amount on the screen.

4. Wrench - Pick these up to repair damage (varies between 1% to 5%).

5. Mushroom - These are not healthy. Pick 'em up at your own risk.

6. More Money - A big dollar sign indicates a larger sum of money (10 times the amount from a Money symbol).

7. Big Wrench - A big wrench repairs 20% of damage.


Race Over

The race ends when:


Ranking List Screen (Post-race)

When the race is over, you will see a ranking list screen. On the left are all the players in the current ranking order. Stats from Easy, Medium and Hard are shown on the right. The amount of points the player has earned from the race is shown next to the player's name. Races are color-coded as follows:


 Easy Race
Green
4 Laps
 Medium Race
 Blue
 5 Laps
 Hard Race
 Red
 6 Laps

Money
 		Points
 		Money
 		Points
 		Money
 		Points
1st Place
 $750
 3
 $3,000
 5
 $12,000
 10
2nd Place
 $375
 2
 $1,500
 3
 $6,000
 7
3rd Place
 $188
 1
 $375
 1
 $1,500
 4

If you place 4th or crash and burn during the race, you will not get any points or money. The same thing applies to your opponents as well. After the previous race results you get to see your own stats, such as income and the best lap times.


Race Money Power-Ups


 Easy Race
 Medium Race
 Hard Race
Ranking Small Money
 Large Money
 Small Money
 Large Money
 Small Money
 Large Money
20th - 16th
 $50
 $500
 $60
 $600
 $80
 $800
15th - 11th
 $50
 $500
 $120
 $1,200
 $150
 $1,500
10th - 6th
 $50
 $500
 $200
 $2,000
 $300
 $3,000
5th - 1st
 $50
 $500
 $260
 $2,600
 $500
 $5,000


Final Race
Ranking
 Small Money
 Large Money
1st
 $400
 $4,000


When a track has been loaded, the Race Announcer says, "Get ready to go!"

When the player sets new lowest time for a lap on a race track, the Race Announcer says, "It's a new lap record!"

When the player crosses the start-finish line and has one lap until the end of the race, the Race Announcer says, "Final lap. Go for it!"

When the player's damage level reaches 80%, the Race Announcer says, "Look out!"

When the player's damage level reaches 90%, the Race Announcer says, "Look out!"

When the player is lapped by one or more opponents, or the player cuts too many corners, the Race Announcer says, "Oh, this is no good. You've been lapped!"


The Shop


The Status Bar: In The Shop, the status bar is located on the right side of the screen. It contains the following information from top to bottom:

Name - The player's name is shown.

Car - Your current car and color.

Money - The current amount of money. You start out with $495.

Engine, Tire, and Armor - The amount of upgrades available for the current car is shown as grey boxes. A bought upgrade shows here as a colored box.

Damage - Damage is shown on a slider and percentage number.

Speed - The top speed for your car with the current engine upgrades.

Rank - Your overall position in the ranking list.


Items Available in The Shop


New Car

The top left box shows you the collection of different cars (use left/right arrows to browse). The price is shown beneath the car. When buying a new car, you get a 25% refund of the value of your current car plus upgrades. The different cars you have to choose from are:


Car Image
 Car Name
 Description
 Available Upgrades
Vagabond: $500 Vagabond
 This is the car you start out with. Slow but reliable and not much weapon power.
 Engine: 1
Tires: 2
Armor: 1
Dervish: $2,500 Dervish
 More upgrades. Functionable weapons. Engine: 2
Tires: 2
Armor: 2
Sentinel: $6,500 Sentinel
 The best car in shareware. Equipped with a single machine gun. Engine: 2
Tires: 3
Armor: 2
Shrieker: $11,500 Shrieker
 Now you're in business! Equipped with 2 machine guns. And lots more upgrading possibilities. Engine: 3
Tires: 3
Armor: 3
Wraith: $25,000 Wraith
 Fast, powerful and 2 bad-ass machine guns. Engine: 3
Tires: 4
Armor: 3
Deliverator: $45,000 Deliverator
 Armageddon's armament. Fastest car on the lot. Everything upgradable. Engine: 4
Tires: 4
Armor: 4


Upgrade Engine

Leftmost box under new cars shows you the next available upgrade. Press the ENTER key to upgrade. The more upgrades you have, the faster your car goes.


Upgrade Tires

Next selection shows you the next available tire upgrade. Better tires give you more traction. Press the ENTER key to upgrade. Tip: New drivers should invest on better tires. They will make handling easier.


Armor

Here you select armor upgrades. The better the armor, the safer your car. Press ENTER to upgrade.


Repair

A rotating wrench tightening bolts is displayed in the repair selection. You can fix 10% of your car by pressing the ENTER key. Each time you press the ENTER key, you will repair the car by 10%. As with all other selections, the cost is displayed beneath.


Continue

Press the ENTER key on the checkered flat icon to continue further on.


Underground Market

If you selected YES in Weapons Mode, your next option after The Shop will be The Underground Market. If you're playing without the weapons, you will be taken directly into the Prepare to Race Screen. In the Underground Market, you have the following options:


Borrow Money

The top left selection shows the face of The Loan Shark. He will lend you money for three races at a time (after which he will reclaim it with interest). If you take out a loan, you can pay it back any time by selecting this option again. The Loan Shark won't invest on wild cards, so you have to be an established driver (own at least a Dervish) to get a loan.


Mines

Selecting this option will buy eight mines. These last only for one race, so use 'em all.


Spiked Bumpers

Buy spiked bumpers to do extra damage to your opponents in collisions. They last for one race only.


Rocket Fuel

Rocket fuel makes your car go much faster. Be careful, though. It's so powerful it causes damage to your car whenever you're using Turbo.


Sabotage

Hire a thug to sabotage your opponent's car. The toughest opponent in the next race will start with a damaged car.


Cheat Codes


Type in these words during a race to use the following cheat codes:

Type the following codes during The Shop screen to use the following cheat codes:
 
The Shop 

Welcome to The Shop. Zillions more miles to go. That junk of yours is no juggernaut. She won't take you all the way. You need to gear up, to upgrade, make headlong headways, strive to strive, evolve, improve, better, best. Buy and be one shining perfection.
 
 
The Shop: Vehicle Showroom


Car Picture
 Car Name
 Cost
 Base Top Speed
 Description
Vagabond: $500 Vagabond
 $500
 55 mph
 Speed can be boosted to 60 mph. A single revolver. Only 2 tire and 1 armor upgrades.

Face it, not the hottest around, but she'll get you there -- on her own sweet time, is all.
Dervish: $2,500 Dervish
 $2,500
 65 mph
 Can dance. Speed can be boosted to 75 mph. Small guns. Only 2 tire and armor upgrades.

Cybernetic road warrior. Your car is your body. This here is not just any body. It is some body.
Sentinel: $6,500 Sentinel
 $6,500
 80 mph
 Vigilant. Speed can be boosted to 90 mph. Medium guns. Just 3 tire and 2 armor upgrades.

This is just what you need to rise in the octane octave of this gas-pedal gospel.
Shrieker: $11,500 Shrieker
 $11,500
 90 mph
 Roaring. Speed can be boosted to 110 mph. Heavy-duty guns. Up to 3 tire and armor upgrades.

A racing-car body that matches your hardened petrolhead soul in this exponentially accelerating equation.
Wraith: $25,000 Wraith
 $25,000
 115 mph
Supernatural. Speed can be boosted to 130 mph. Serious arsenal. Every tire fits. 3 armor upgrades.

This, sweet driver, is the cherubim of cars. Only the archangel-automobile Deliverator shines above.
Deliverator: $45,000 Deliverator
 $45,000
 140 mph
 Supreme. Speed can be boosted to 160 mph. Armageddon's armaments. Every tire and all armors fit.

Prince of the race! This is the best there is, the dream machine, the gold-honey chariot.

 
The Shop: Engine Upgrades
 

Engine
4-Cylinder 
Motor
Enhanced
4-Cylinder Motor
V-6 Injection
V-8 Turbo 
Injection
Vagabond
$1,000
--
--
--
Dervish
$1,250
$2,500
--
--
Sentinel
$2,500
$3,750
--
--
Shrieker
$2,500
$3,750
$5,000
--
Wraith
$5,000
$7,500
$10,000
--
Deliverator
$7,550
$11,750
$15,800
$22,450


4-Cylinder Motor

Top Speed +5 mph

Sick of hearing your old spirit-burner moan in constant over-rev? This motor is the sweet solution.

This engine genie will let you win. It will grant your boy racer wishes.
 

Enhanced 4-Cylinder Motor

Top Speed +10 mph

Feeding the beast with speed. Got an unbearable need for speed? This is the remedy.

Now any bitter rejects are in the past, just blurred, sweet streetlights speeding past fast!
 

V-6 Injection

Top Speed +15 mph

With this babe installed, be your destination Hell or Hallelujah, you'll get there so fast, so fast.

If speeding is the 8th Deadly Sin, with this babe under your hood, you are now past redemption.
 

V-8 Turbo Injection

Top Speed +20 mph

Definition of Nirvana: Riding that race with V-8 TI. Next stop: No stop. Never stop.

Gleaming pistons pumping in chorus with your hungry heart. This sweet symbiosis can cause addiction.
 

Car with Highest Armor Engine Allowed
 
No more engine upgrades. You've got the most beastly motor monster this vehicle can carry. Hear its powerful and sublime sound.


The Shop: Tire Upgrades
   

Tires
TrackMaster 155
RoadRunner
NS 175
SlideStop 200
Racer-X230
Vagabond
$500
$1,000
--
--
Dervish
$1,000
$2,000
--
--
Sentinel
$2,500
$3,000
$4,000
--
Shrieker
$2,500
$3,000
$4,000
--
Wraith
$4,000
$5,500
$6,000
$7,500
Deliverator
$6,000
$8,500
$9,750
$12,500


TrackMaster 155

These wheels will let you do some rapid fire cornering on that shimmering silver street.

Warp 9 Captain. No problems with traction now. The finish line, she's closing fast.
 

RoadRunner NS 175

With these fat tires, you'll shoot from the starting-line like a blood-lusting bullet.

On these wheels your vehicle starts like a nuclear blast, and stops you like a cardiac arrest.
 

SlideStop 200

These fat bottomed tires'll kiss the road like crazy, they just can't get enough. They're hot.

Now fast talk to that asphalt, motor mouth. Time to make some beautiful automotive poetry.
 

Racer-X230

Zorro's Zs were nothing. Carve your whole signature, to the rainbow-oiled road, doing 160.

Smart move, motor man. Now get out there, and do some dashing, dare-devilish damage.
 

Car with Highest Tire Upgrade Allowed

No more tire upgrades. You've got the best fat, sticky tires this vehicle can boast. You are in close touch with the road.


The Shop: Armor Upgrades


Armor
Steel Triumph Plating
Ferro-Chromium Armor
Titanium 
Plating
Accesteel 
Armor
Vagabond
$200
--
--
--
Dervish
$200
$600
--
--
Sentinel
$1,000
$1,200
--
--
Shrieker
$2,025
$3,925
$5,950
--
Wraith
$3,200
$4,550
$6,950
--
Deliverator
$5,525
$7,250
$12,525
$15,505

 

Steel Triumph Plating

Steel Triumph won't stop the hurt, but it might just keep you in one piece to the finish line.

Straight from the best R&D labs, shielding Steel Triumph gives you that extra edge you crave.
 

Ferro-Chromium Armor

What the rival guns give, this armor can take, but you'd better shoot back, there's a limit.

Deflects bullets, and most other bad stuff that goes bang in the night, too.
 

Titanium Plating

See this big gun, see this armor. Bang! Now see this armor. Smile to your reflection. Looking good.

Shiny hard stuff. No explosive can shadow its tanning radiance. Don't forget your shades!
 

Accesteel Armor

All but the most extreme shots bounce off like hail on hard concrete.

Not even a shell-shock serious bazooka can faze the cool mirror beauty of Accesteel. 


Car with Highest Armor Upgrade Allowed

No more armor upgrades. You got the best shining knight's armor this warhorse power chariot can carry to any road battle.


The Shop: Repair
 
 
Car
Repair Per 10% Damage
Vagabond
$62
Dervish
$62
Sentinel
$187
Shrieker
$287
Wraith
$412
Deliverator
$812


0% Damage -- Perfect is perfect. What isn't broken, can't be fixed. Come back after you taken in some.

1-9% -- Got your waxcoat scratched? Want to be your shining best? Hey, whatever lights up your dashboard.

10-19% -- Nothing a fresh paint job can't fix. You'll be back on the track in a pit stop minute.

20-29% -- Take five, driver. A straight and simple sledgehammer job here. These percussions, gotta love 'em.

30-39% -- This is no time to rest in pieces. The race awaits! She'll be back on her wheels in no time.

40-49% -- Your conveyance's methylated spirit receptacle has developed a chronic hernia, or something . . .

50-59% -- As Mr. Nukem sometimes puts it, "Uh-oh, that's gotta hurt." This calls for a screwdriver and aspirin.

60-69% -- So, your car's sorry ass got blown clean off. Acme glue will fix your mishap-ridden day at the races.

70-79% -- Who helped tow this piece of junk over the finish line? No sweat, this can be fixed.

80-89% -- Don't tell me. You parked your car in a nuclear test zone. These holes need some gum. Start chewing.

90-99% -- Sorry, this vehicle is gone for good . . . Just kidding. Medic. Fast! We've got a driver in shock.

100% -- This used to be a car, huh? Carry the rest of it in here and we'll see what can be done.
 

Car with 100% Damage and Player Tries to Progress Beyond The Underground Market

Repair your car first. What'cha gonna do with that pile of junk, carry it around? Let me spell this to you: R-E-P-A-I-R.


Car with X% Damage and Insufficient Money to Repair Car

No dough, no go, bro. No money, honey. You are $X short. Gotta earn it. Go do it already.


Car with 100% Damage and Insufficient Money to Repair Car

End of the road, driver.

This is how it ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. You had your shot at glory, but you blew it. Life is hard and all that. In Death Rally, you get only go, only the best can make it. But look at the bright side. At least you lived to tell the tale.


The Underground Market
 
Psst . . . Yeah, you Driver. Jealousy burns you like a dragon inside. You want that road all to yourself? So jinx those rival suckers, let them go out in a blaze; you take the glory. Welcome to The Underground Market. What you want, we got. Dig out the dough. This gonna cost you.


Loan Shark

Loan Shark

With better gear you'd already be on the top, eh? So, how does a short-term loan of $X sound?

You have three races to pay me back the $X. Fair is fair. <Grin>.

Pay back $X + $Y. Petrol brain, you owe me. You'd better be here to pay me back, or else we have nothing to discuss.


Loan Shark
 Principal
 Interest Per Race
 Repayment
After One Race
 Repayment
 After Two Races		 Repayment
 After Three Races
Vagabond
 --
 --
 --
 --
 --
Dervish
 $1,500
 $250
 $1,750
 $2,000
 $2,250
Sentinel
 $3,000
 $500
 $3,500
 $4,000
 $4,500
Shrieker
 $6,000
 $1,000
 $7,000
 $8,000
 $9,000
Wraith
 $9,000
 $1,500
 $10,500
 $12,000
 $13,500
Deliverator
 $12,000
 $2,000
 $14,000
 $16,000
 $18,000


If the loan is paid after the first race since the loan was given, you pay 116.67% of the loan amount.


If the loan is paid after second race since the loan was given, you pay 133.33% of the loan amount.


If the loan is paid after third race since the loan was given, you pay 150% of the loan amount.


Attempt to Get Loan Driving a Vagabond

Loan denied, Vagabond driver. This is a business, not a charity. We don't invest in unproven wild cards. So buzz off, bug.


Repay Loan After One, Two or Three Races

It's payback time driver. This is what I like to see, a guy who keeps his part of the bargain. Ah, the sweet smell of money. Come to papa, my babies. Real nice doing business with you, Thunder Boy. Thanks, and good racing riddance.


After Three Races Insufficient Money to Repay Loan

It's payback time, driver. Tut-tut, hotshot, I can't see my money anywhere. I am not amused, joker. A deal's a deal. I got a reputation to look after. Too bad. Nothing personal, but I got to hurt you some now. Hurt 'im boyz.
 

Underground Market
Mines
Spiked Bumpers
Rocket Fuel
Sabotage
Vagabond
$150
$200
$275
$250
Dervish
$200
$225
$350
$325
Sentinel
$450
$500
$675
$550
Shrieker
$500
$550
$625
$570
Wraith
$1,250
$1,750
$2,250
$2,125
Deliverator
$2,525
$2,750
$3,275
$2,625
 
 
Mines

Sow these seeds of destruction after a blind bend where headlight eyes are tire-smoke blind.

Now those rival wheels will reap only burning engine death, and that road will be all yours.
 

Spiked Bumpers

Nothing wakes you up like an enemy car, closing in to give you a sharp kiss with spiked bumpers.

Now you are saying "Stay back or you won't be sorry; you'll be dead." Now, that's the attitude.
 

Rocket Fuel

This nectar in the veins of your vehicle takes you right into orbit. Real speedy like.

Warning! We're talking 'bout a backdraft barbeque party here. Using the fuel causes damage!
 

Sabotage

Do you have bad luck always riding shotgun? Time for that golden racer boy to get some, right?

Sweet deal. Now your arch-racing rival will tailslide down that vile road to wreckhood oblivion.


Attempt to Purchase Mines, Spiked Bumpers, Rocket Fuel or Sabotage Twice

Out of stock. Sorry, no can do. That's out of stock. Hold your horse(power)s till after the next race.


Attempt to Purchase Sabotage on The Adversary

No sabotage. No way. What? You crazy, man? Nobody touches The Adversary's automobile and lives. Nobody.

 
Sponsors
 
Hey man, I'll make you an offer you can't refuse.
 
 

Low Damage
 		Grim Reaper
 Winning Streak
 		Hitman
 Steroids Dealer
Vagabond
 $350
 $600
 $600
 +$600 / -$300
 +$1,000 / -$500
Dervish
 $750
 $1,000
 $1,000
 +$1,000 / -$500
 +$2,000 / -$1,000
Sentinel
 $1,500
 $2,000
 $2,000
 +$2,000 / -$1,000
 +$3,000 / -$1,500
Shrieker
 $3,000
 $3,000
 $3,000
 +$3,000 / -$1,500
 +$6,000 / -$3,000
Wraith
 $4,500
 $4,000
 $4,000
 +$4,000 / -$2,000
 +$8,000 / -$4,000
Deliverator
 $6,000
 $5,000
 $5,000
 +$5,000 / -$2,500
 +$12,000 / -$6,000


Gambler

Sponsor: Gambler

Damage on Vehicle at End of Race 0%, 1% or 2%

Inconceivable Driver! It was a snowball's chance in Hell, through that blitzkrieg battle, and not a shadow of a scratch on your paint job. My bet was on you, and it paid me back big time. Your share, $X. Go knock yourself out.
 

 

Grim Reaper

Sponsor: Grim Reaper

All Opponents Killed

I am one grateful Reaper Driver. More car corpses for my domain. You are my sweetest minion. Your dead serious dedication has earned you a parking space among my Horsemen. A bonus of $X to you, my horse-powered serial-auto-killer.
 



Manager

Sponsor: Manager


Three First-Place Finishes in a Row

Not too shabby driver. Your wild winning streak has earned you an extra X bucks. But don't get cocky. Those other wannabe victory hounds are going to zero right into your blazing headlights, and they want to get you bad.


Fourth-Place or Car Destroyed

Too slow, no dough! Death Rally is for winners. You totally lost this race. All the bonus $$ you collected on the way are null and void. You get nothing, get it? Zero, none, naught, nix, nada, zilch. Next time, be better. No money or points awarded.


Car Lapped by Opponents

You were lapped loser! The pain, the humiliation! Your stunt made me the laughing stock of the races. What were you trying to do, mimic slow-motion? No one is going to take me seriously after this. No money or points awarded.
 



Hitman

Sponsor: Gambler

Wanna be my hitman, Driver? Wanna get rich, tough guy? OK. Here's the deal. I have put some major funds on this race, betting that Driver Alpha won't reach the finish line. Make me right, and it'll pay you $X.


Target Killed

You totally slew that car. A killer race! The bullets took the sky like clouds of locusts, and the screams of motors were a banshee wail. Death! You were beautiful. Driver Alpha is in a car-coffin grave. $X, your money.


Target Escaped

Your hit missed! You sissy Sunday Driver. The simplest job, and you screw it up! I bet you are afraid of the dark as well. I'll show you what happens when you break your promises to me. I'm gonna make you pay!
 



Steroids Dealer

Sponsor: Steroid Dealer

A slick steroid run anyone? Extra $, anyone? You? This is easy as shifting gears 1-2-3. Just pick up some pills along the way, and get them to the finish line before things get crowded. Be first, like, floor it like.


First-Place Finish and Steroids Delivered

What motorized steroid peddling! Wow, my main man. I didn't know there was that much smoke in the whole burning Hell, and through it all, bearing gifts like some blessed beast, you came, and this here is prime stuff! $X to you!


Second or Lower-Place Finish, Car Destroyed, or Steroids Not Delivered

Where's my steroids? The whole deal went sour because of your incompetence. A few slick turns of the wheel, but no, nope! I'm not happy, and when I'm not happy, I am mad, and when I am mad bad things happen -- to you!
 

Racetracks  
 

Racetrack Name
 Easy Race
 Medium Race
 Hard Race
Holocaust Easy Only

Suburbia
 Easy Only

Toxic Dump Easy Only

West End Easy Only

Desert Run Easy Medium
Hell Mountain Easy Medium
Oasis Easy Medium
Palm Side Easy Medium
Rock Zone Easy Medium
Snake Alley Easy Medium
Bogota
Medium
 Hard
Borneo
Medium
 Hard
Complex
Medium
 Hard
Downtown
Medium
 Hard
Newark
Medium
 Hard
Utopia
Medium
 Hard
Eidolon

Hard Only
Velodrome

Hard Only


Medium Race

Hold on to your reins, you mad motorized berserker! They would mow you dead out there. Sign up here only when you have a Sentinel or something even wilder under your tail.
 

Hard Race

Hold on to your reins, you mad motorized berserker! They would mow you dead out there. Sign up here only when you have a Wraith or something even wilder under your tail.  
 



















The Arena: The Final Challenge Awaits


Arena


You have made it through the road-Hell Purgatory. Now you must face the Demon King of the Race, The Adversary. Winner takes it all.



Final Race in The Arena
9 Laps

Prize
1st Place Glory
2nd Place
 Return to the Death Rally Circuit


First Place in The Arena
 
You are victorious. The Adversary lies dead in the burning remains of his Deliverator. At last, his evil reign is over.
 

Death Rally Drivers

 
Starting 
Rating
Name
Starting 
Points
Vehicle
Portrait of Driver and Car
Demon King


The Adversary
--
Deliverator
1.
Sam Speed
 100
Deliverator
 Sam Speed

2.
 Jane Honda
 86
 Deliverator
 Jane Honda

3.
 Duke Nukem
 77
 Deliverator
 Duke Nukem

4.
 Nasty Nick
 69
 Deliverator or Wraith
 Nasty Nick and Deliverator
Nasty Nick and Wraith

5.
 Motor Mary
 63
 Wraith
 Motor Mary

6.
 Mad Mac
 57
 Wraith
 Mad Mac

7.
Mat Miler
51
Wraith
 Matt Miller

8.
Clint West
46
Wraith
 Clint West

9.
 Lee Vice 42 Shrieker
 Lee Vice

10.
Dark Ryder
37
Shrieker
 Dark Ryder

11.
Greg Peck
33
Shrieker
 Greg Peck

12.
Suzy Stock
28
Sentinel
 Suzy Stock

13.
Iron John
25
Sentinel
 Iron John

14.
Mori Sato
20
Sentinel
 Mori Sato

15.
Cher Stone
17
Sentinel
 Cher Stone

16.
Diesel Joe
13
Dervish
 Diesel Joe

17.
Mic Dair
9
Dervish
 Mic Dair

18.
Liz Arden
 5
Dervish
 Liz Arden

19.
 Bogus Bill 2
Vagabond
 Bogus Bill

20.
 Farmer Ted 1
Vagabond
 Farmer Ted


Cheat Codes
 

Type in these words during a race to use the following cheat codes:
 

Type in these words during The Shop screen to use the following cheat codes:
 
Secrets

Entering your name and driver picture as Duke Nukem on the Death Rally Driver's License will give you the Duke Nukem's armor level, the best in the game. Duke Nukem will say, "Let's rock," when you make your difficulty level selection.

When Duke Nukem is selected on the Death Rally Driver's License, and the player's car crashes and burns (reaches 100% damage), Duke Nukem will say, "This sucks."

When Duke Nukem crosses the finish line in first place, Duke will say, "Hail to the King, baby."
 
The two racetracks Eidolon and Velodrome, available only as Hard Races, have "acceleration zones" marked with gray arrows. These areas temporary increase acceleration while a car is on them.

If you are going to purchase a new car, buy items in the Underground Market for the next race (Mines, Spiked Bumpers, Rocket Fuel, and Sabotage) before you purchase the new car in The Shop. The items you have purchased in the Underground Market will be transferred to your new car. This procedure saves money because Underground Market items become more expensive as more powerful cars are purchased.


Tips for Winning at Death Rally
 
If you want to beat this game fast, make sure to:

Pay loans back as soon as you can. The Loan Shark adds interest to the loan after each race.

Get all the extra bonuses available. If possible, try to kill everybody without taking any damage yourself to get two bonuses in the same race. (Keep in mind that you get a bonus for 3 wins in a row.)

Keep driving. Even if there's only one opponent left, don't close in for the kill immediately: keep driving around the track to get as many wrenches and/or bonus money from the track as possible.

Collect everything. The amount of "gettable" objects is always constant. If you pick up an ammo box, it means that another object "pops out" somewhere. So, even if you don't need the turbo or ammo, it's worthwhile to pick the things up, as it means that a new object appears. As your car gets better, those small dollars start to award bigger sums.
 

True Tom Rhymer's Tales
 
Perk up. This is a free newsflash. I am True Tom Rhymer, and I know the road. I got petrol in my veins, I got wind in my engine-oiled hair. I've been where you are now, hotshot, Thunder Boy, young blood. I've been farther down the road than you'll ever get.

Listen. This is True Tom talking. I speak through the mystic ring-shapes of your wheels. A genie in the bottle. I sing to you from that beer bottle, half drank, on the side of the road. Smell my sweat in the reek and excitement of petrol pumps.

Listen. This is True Tom talking. Hear me groan mantras and mysteries over the roar and rumble of motor monsters. I am the man in the machine, the guru of cars, the rocket petrol daddy. I know that twisted road. Listen close. I tell no lies.

Are you ready for the ride, magical and mysterious? A long, long way down the yellow brick road? Through zillions of miles of blitzkreig battle, prolonged and blazing? Trailblaze through the multitude of unknown uphill struggles the road sends your way.

This is it. Here. Now. In Death Rally. Where life is short and hot. Fast and deadly. The race is on. Watch the road. Hear the rumble. Wanna play it sweet or play it dirty, by the rules or fry the rules, there's only one way to do it, play to win.

This is how it goes. You are driving. You are saying "Hang on baby, this is what I do." It's doable, all right? Winnable. And the bullets take the sky, like clouds of locusts. The end is nigh. Race over, get it? Budda budda budda. You have been warned.

So my baby walked when I bought me a new set of wheels instead of a wedding ring. Any regrets? For a while there, but now all bitter regrets are in the past, blurred sweet streetlights speeding past, fast. The rush, the high. Death Rally! Drive it. Love it.

Zillions more miles to go. That junk of yours is no juggernaut. She won't take you all the way, half the way. You need to gear up, to upgrade, make headlong headways, strive to strive, evolve, improve, better, best. Buy and be one shining perfection.

Ride your machine, your motor-war chariot. Go for that grail, only one can be King of the Race, the fastest man on the track, the number one. And there are plenty of takers. Gas is the only pedal. Floor it. You have been warned.

Body and soul; yin and yang. You, my motorlord apprentice, are the soul in this exponentially accelerating equation. Your vehicle is the body. Can you feel the precious equilibrium slipping and tailsliding from your control? Don't lose it now, stay tuned: race time!

You wanna know if its safe. Listen to True Tom. This is the score. Things can get out of hand real speedy like. I'm talking 'bout the world lighting up shining white and then nothing. I'm talking 'bout going out in a blaze of glory. You have been warned.

So jealousy burns you like a diesel engine inside, you want that road all to yourself? The black cat of bad luck haunts you? Jinx those rival wheels so they'll reap only burning engine death, and the road it all yours. But beware, the road can be a fickle lover.

Those other wannabe victory hounds are just taillights blazing far away in the far horizon. Gone Daddy gone! Not enough juice, not enough potential power in your engine box. True Tom too, has been there in the same fix you are now, oh yeah. Shoot 'em down.

This is how it goes. Your heart pumps that winning beat. This is race time, real time. And your brakes are gone. Don't miss them, don't care. Gas is the only pedal. Floor it; did long time ago. See the lap of honor. Bullets turned into confetti. Win, win, win!

This is how it goes. All you can see from the rear mirror is rocket fume, and you know there isn't that much burning smoke in the whole burning Hell. And your engine, it screams and moans like a banshee. Death is coming, Death is coming, that's what's it's saying.

Ride that whirlwind. Put some heavy-metal to the pedal, put that hammer down, and aim your nose towards that myth-shrouded final challenge. The Adversary awaits. Here you come now, there's no turning back now. True Tom can see you coming. I tell no lies.

Through the hot rod road-Hell Purgatory, where motor souls scream and way-tired wheels burn. To the final challenge. There awaits the Demon King of the Race. The flame-crowned Demon King. The Adversary. Fear him. Listen to True Tom. I tell no lies.

Listen. This is True Tom talking. Once, I tried to prove my gas-pedal mettle in a race against The Adversary. I lost. Only once did I hear him speak. It was when he raised his fire-crowned head, and said "Racer Boy, now I'm going to mow you dead."

Listen. This is True Tom talking. Yes, I speak to you now from my car-coffin grave. It was The Adversary who put me here, the Demon King of The Race. You would do well to fear him. I tell no lies. I know, True Tom does. Listen, and listen close. Fear him.

Ah, fortune and glory! You are special. True Tom tells no lies. Sweet Driver, it's been a long and winding road. But now you have finally arrived. The Adversary's evil reign is over. The Demon King is dead. Long live the King of Death Rally!
 

Additional Death Rally Resources


Remedy Entertainment
http://www.remedygames.com/index.html


Remedy Entertainment - Death Rally for Windows
http://www.remedygames.com/games/death_rally.html


Remedy Entertainment - Discussion Forums - Death Rally
http://forum.alanwake.com/forumdisplay.php?f=28


Prague College - Death Rally Cars by Kristian Popivcak
http://student.praguecollege.cz/KristianPopivcak


Kristian's schmitt - Death Rally Cars Blog
http://kristianschmitt.blogspot.com
http://kristianschmitt.blogspot.com/2011/10/cultural-interpretation.html


The Mod Archive - Purple Motion's Modules
http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_artist_modules&query=69185


Games Over - Death Rally FAQ Guide by Cooperteam
http://www.gamesover.com/walkthroughs/death_rally.txt


TV Tropes - Video Game: Death Rally
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/DeathRally


Wikipedia - Jonne Valtonen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonne_Valtonen


The Computer Show - Death Rally Review
http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/reviews/deathrally.htm


Death Rally savegame modification
http://thandor.net/article/8
thanador.net
October 04, 2010


Death Rally Intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZND99l6LM
YouTube - Ceeker
March 15, 2007