''Demolition Derby'' is a

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developed by

Bally Midway Midway Games Inc., known previously as Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known as simply Midway, was an American video game developer and publisher. Midway's franchises included ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Rampage (series), Rampage'' ...

and released in arcades in 1984.

History

In 1970, Jerry Lawson joined

Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, it became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of int ...

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as an applications engineering consultant within their sales division. While there, he created an early coin-operated arcade game called ''Demolition Derby'' in his garage. Completed in early 1975 using Fairchild's new F8 microprocessors, ''Demolition Derby'' was among the earliest microprocessor-driven games.

Gameplay

The player takes part in a

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. Hit other cars in the

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to damage them, while avoiding being hit in one's own radiator.

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include wrenches, screwdrivers and car keys. A notable feature of the

multiplayer A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system (couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or ...

mode was the ability to enter a game while it is in progress; the message "CAR ENTERING DERBY" would appear on screen.

Reception

''Demolition Derby'' was listed in the book ''

1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die ''1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die'' is a video game reference book first published in October 2010. It consists of a list of video games released between 1970 and 2013, arranged chronologically by release date. Each entry in the list ...

''.

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* *{{IMDb title, 2275637 1984 video games Arcade video games Midway video games Arcade-only video games Racing video games Vehicular combat games Video games developed in the United States

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