Earache: Extreme Metal Racing
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Earache: Extreme Metal Racing is a budget title from UK developer Data Design Interactive
and Metro 3D
. It incorporates an Extreme metal music soundtrack from artists signed on the Earache Records
record label as players race. It has been released on the PC
and PlayStation 2
. The PC version of the game was packaged in an Earache Compilation set called Worldwide Metal.
Time Trial - The opportunity to race undisturbed on any of the tracks and hone your skills without the violent interruption from competitors. Your ghost vehicle will appear after the first lap to help set the pace of future laps. Speed stripes are always active and zombies will never cause you to be hit by lightning.
Challenge - A series of 3 successive races. After each race, points are awarded according to the finished position. The player with the most points at the end is the tournament winner.
Death Match - Pure unadulterated combat in Metal Hammer
's amphitheater of pain. It's a constant free-for-all death match until only the winner is left standing. Each player has 3 lives and once they have been destroyed, they are removed from the game.
Zombie Massacre - Set in Metal Hammer
's amphitheater of pain, it's a mad dash to splatter more zombies than the other players combined. The game ends when all but the lightning zombies are destroyed.
Death Race - To win, all competitors must be destroyed before they complete a lap of the track.
Data Design Interactive
Data Design Interactive was a United Kingdom based video game developer and video game publisher. It was founded in 1983, became a limited company in 1999 and ceased trading in 2009. It developed games on the multiple games platforms including PC and consoles...
and Metro 3D
Metro 3D
For information about the American video game developer/publisher, see Metro3D, Inc.Metro 3D is a video game developer and publisher based in the United Kingdom. They specialize in creating budget titles suitable for the entire family. Many of their titles, such as Ninjabread Man and Anubis II,...
. It incorporates an Extreme metal music soundtrack from artists signed on the Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
record label as players race. It has been released on the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
and PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
. The PC version of the game was packaged in an Earache Compilation set called Worldwide Metal.
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Game Modes
Single Race - Single race offers straight-forward competitive action on any of the tracks. You can choose the race track and how many laps the race will last.Time Trial - The opportunity to race undisturbed on any of the tracks and hone your skills without the violent interruption from competitors. Your ghost vehicle will appear after the first lap to help set the pace of future laps. Speed stripes are always active and zombies will never cause you to be hit by lightning.
Challenge - A series of 3 successive races. After each race, points are awarded according to the finished position. The player with the most points at the end is the tournament winner.
Death Match - Pure unadulterated combat in Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
's amphitheater of pain. It's a constant free-for-all death match until only the winner is left standing. Each player has 3 lives and once they have been destroyed, they are removed from the game.
Zombie Massacre - Set in Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
's amphitheater of pain, it's a mad dash to splatter more zombies than the other players combined. The game ends when all but the lightning zombies are destroyed.
Death Race - To win, all competitors must be destroyed before they complete a lap of the track.