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Death Rally

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This page is for the original game. For the remake, see Death Rally (2012).

Death Rally
Death Rally cover
Developers
Remedy Entertainment
Windows Jari Komppa[1]
Publishers
Original Apogee Software
Current 3D Realms
Release dates
DOS September 6, 1996[2]
Windows October 20, 2009[3]
macOS (OS X) (Cider) May 5, 2015[4]
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile
Series Death Rally
Death Rally on HowLongToBeat
Death Rally on IGDB
Death Rally guide on StrategyWiki
Death Rally on MobyGames
Death Rally on Wikipedia
Death Rally
Death Rally 1996
Death Rally (2012) 2012

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Death Rally is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view racing game in the Death Rally series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Developer website
DRM-free
Free download. Native port (not DOSBox), follow the "for free" link at the bottom of the section.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Native port (not DOSBox).
Windows
macOS (OS X)
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Native port (not DOSBox).
Windows
Publisher website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Installer fix fixes an installation issue with the original DOS release.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\dr.cfg[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358270/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358270/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
4:3 only (Windows port is pillarboxed).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard remapping
Keyboard remapping
Controller remapping
Controller remapping

Audio

General settings
General settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Effect.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Not implemented in the native Windows port.[5]
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Software renderer
DOS video modes SVGA (VESA)
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD

Command line arguments for Windows version

Parameter Description
-nogl Use software renderer instead of OpenGL.
-window Start in windowed mode. Switch with Alt+ Enter.
-smooth Enable bilinear filtering. Switch with F12.
-nosound Disable music and sound effects.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 4.0
Processor (CPU) Intel i486
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VESA
Other 2x CD-ROM drive
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.10.3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/358270/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358270) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References