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combined role-playing, arcade, and strategy features, calling it "more than a game—it's a complete system of play ... overall game play is excellent". The review concluded with "highly recommended". Game reviewers
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among a few. The character may also enter more distinguished Arena events to earn money as well as take to the highways to fight the other cars and salvage their parts. In this sense, the game was very open-ended in what the player could do. The game also had a storyline, involving certain critical
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439:Barton, Matt (23 February 2007).
1476:Video games based on board games
667:"Wanted – Autoduel Source Code!"
872:Underworld I: The Stygian Abyss
119:Apple, Atari 8-bit, C64, MS-DOS
348:was his only successful game.
234:Gameplay screenshot (Atari ST)
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949:II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
590:Diverse Talents, Incorporated
1496:Video games set in the 2030s
908:Ultima Worlds Online: Origin
777:I: The First Age of Darkness
518:Brooks, M. Evan (May 1994).
858:Worlds 1: The Savage Empire
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198:. The game is based on the
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956:III: Heart of the Tiger
798:IV: Quest of the Avatar
405:Darkwind: War on Wheels
164:role-playing video game
1471:Vehicular combat games
805:V: Warriors of Destiny
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812:VI: The False Prophet
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190:and in 1988 for the
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200:Steve Jackson Games
1446:Commodore 64 games
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1282:John Romero
1187:Metal Morph
1152:Space Rogue
833:VIII: Pagan
791:III: Exodus
714:at Lemon 64
359:Casus Belli
243:—including
91:Atari 8-bit
78:Platform(s)
62:Designer(s)
1410:Categories
1357:Starr Long
1337:Paul Steed
1055:No Remorse
1047:and sequel
1034:Windwalker
1019:and sequel
675:18 October
549:9 November
539:"Autoduel"
426:References
253:Manchester
220:vigilantes
129:Amiga, Mac
1451:DOS games
1208:CyberMage
1166:Bad Blood
1124:2400 A.D.
1062:No Regret
995:Privateer
980:Spin-offs
850:Spin-offs
620:7 October
449:Gamasutra
280:Reception
274:city area
196:Macintosh
107:Macintosh
1441:Car Wars
1201:BioForge
1110:Autoduel
1045:Crusader
970:Prophecy
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711:Autoduel
703:Autoduel
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592:: 42–43.
543:Compute!
459:26 March
391:See also
385:Autoduel
381:Autoduel
346:Autoduel
332:Autoduel
306:Autoduel
301:Compute!
245:Syracuse
226:Gameplay
212:Autoduel
205:Car Wars
188:Atari ST
180:Apple II
170:for the
159:Autoduel
135:Genre(s)
124:Atari ST
95:Atari ST
87:Apple II
25:Autoduel
1376:Related
1017:Moebius
988:Academy
610:YouTube
352:Reviews
268:types.
266:chassis
202:series
146:Mode(s)
113:Release
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1077:series
1002:Armada
934:series
886:Online
769:series
766:Ultima
615:Google
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