Rally Championship (series)

Rally Championship
GenreRacing
Developers
Red Rat Software
Pixelkraft
Magnetic Fields
Warthog Games
Publishers
PlatformsAtari ST, Amiga, MS-DOS, PC-98, FM Towns, Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube
First releaseLombard RAC Rally
1988
Latest releaseRally Championship
2002

Rally Championship or Rally is a series of loosely related racing video games focused on rallying created by British magazine Europress (the software division earlier known as Mandarin Software and later as Actualize). The series began in 1988 with Lombard RAC Rally[1] (officially licensed game based on what is now known as the Wales Rally GB) and ended after the release of the eponymous console-only Rally Championship in 2002.

As of 1999, more than 1 million copies of Rally games had been sold.[2]

Premise

The series is in the genre of racing simulation in the field of real-life rallying and was the first of its kind. The games feature real-life tracks and all of them also have licensed rally cars from major manufacturers.[2]

Games

Game Year Platform Content
Lombard RAC Rally 1988 Atari ST, Amiga RAC Rally
Network Q RAC Rally 1993 MS-DOS, PC-98, FM Towns RAC Rally
Network Q RAC Rally Championship 1996 MS-DOS RAC Rally
International Rally Championship 1997 Windows, PlayStation Unlicensed international
Mobil 1 British Rally Championship/2000 1999 Windows, PlayStation British Rally Championship
Rally Championship Xtreme 2001 Windows Unlicensed international
Rally Championship 2002 PlayStation 2, GameCube Unlicensed international

References

  1. ^ "Lombard RAC Rally".
  2. ^ a b "Rally Championship 99". NAG. Vol. 2, no. 7. October 1999. p. 66.