Supercars International

Supercars International is a video game in the racing / driving genre developed by Magnetic Fields (Software Design) Ltd. and published by Hit Squad, The originally released in 1996. It is currently playable on DOS.

This is the third game in the Super Cars series of top-down arcade racing games from Magnetic Fields. As always, there is also a management part available in the game (which is optional).

The game is basically a re-release of Super Cars II, with added elements, tweaked gameplay, updated 256-color VGA graphics and a new soundtrack.

The game lets you race in three built-in seasons (easy, medium and hard), but also lets you customize your own seasons. The 21 tracks seem to have been taken from the previous title, but here you can choose the number of laps and also race in reverse.

If you run a season with the 'full' option, i.e. including the management part, you have to buy your own cars to race. This is done at a car dealership between each race, using a mini-game with different chat options to try to lower the price. Each new car can carry more weapons and armor, and is also faster.

Weapons and armor can also be purchased between each race, as well as repairing any damage you have sustained. Prices vary between races, so there is the possibility of earning money by using weapons as a commodity and trading them. Some weapons have changed from the last game, and you now also have a button to select which weapon to fire while racing.

In addition, several special events will appear between each race with mini-games similar to the car dealer in the management mode (and there are several new events compared to the last game).

The core of the game, the race itself, takes place on various road courses with tunnels, jumps, railroad crossings, and gates that open and close. Although the game is an arcade racer, the cars behave somewhat realistically, with drifting around corners and spinning when crashing (something new to this game). All the cars also leave skid marks and craters when they explode, meaning that the track looks quite battle-worn at the end of a race.

In addition to racing against computer players, you can also race against a friend in split-screen mode.

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