Super Skidmarks

Super Skidmarks is a video game in the racing / driving genre developed by Acid Software and published by Codemasters Software Company Limited, The originally released in 1995. It is currently playable on Genesis, Amiga.

A lazy descendant of Super Sprint with a wealth of features, and one of the last multi-format games with roots on the Amiga.

There are a multitude of cars available, from F1 and sports cars to Minis and VWs, with the option to have up to 8 of them on more powerful machines - with up to 3 different car models. You could link 2 Amiga 1200s (or faster) and use them to display the track on 2 separate screens. There were also two novel options: motorized cows and the ability for cars to pull caravans while racing; using the caravan to push an opponent off line was a skill worth mastering.

There are 24 tracks, all of which have walls around them to ensure a crash-and-bump race, and most of them have parts that intersect with others, making collisions possible if you're far ahead (or behind) other cars (fortunately there's no damage to cars). You can race forwards or backwards - perhaps the first game with this feature available. You can run individual races or one of the built-in championships, one for each car, on a set of specially selected tracks.

The customizable nature of the game goes further: you can set the number of laps, as well as the color and power of the cars. As you race repeatedly on a track, the track markings erode as cars drive over them.

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