Road Rally

Road Rally is a video game in the racing / driving genre and published by International PC Owners originally released in 1983. It is currently playable on DOS.

Somewhat unusually for a driving game, Road Rally is presented entirely in a turn-based textual format. Your objective is to drive a distance of 5 miles from your house to Old Mill Creek. There are five courses, ranging from the relatively straight to those riddled with curves, and you can choose from four vehicles: a Volkswagen, a Chevy, a Mazda RX-7 and a Ferrari. The problem is that you only have half a gallon in the tank . . and the faster the car, the more gas it guzzles.

A game turn represents 10 seconds of driving time, and gives you a summary of your current stats and road conditions. Each turn, you have the option to adjust your gas rate, by entering a number from -10 (hard braking) to 10 (hard acceleration): this is the only form of control you have over your car. You need to carefully control your speed so as not to crash, take corners safely, avoid overheating the engine and running out of gas.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.