BadLands
- Genres
- Fighting Shooter Racing
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum · Arcade · Atari ST/STE
- Release
- Arcade 1989 Month only Amiga 1990 Month only Amstrad CPC 1990 Month only Atari ST/STE 1990 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX 1990 Month only ZX Spectrum TBD No date yet
- Credits
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DS
Domark Software
T
Tengen
SC
Steven Collins
MF
Matt Furniss
- Board status
- —
About
Badlands is effectively the spiritual successor to Atari's previous racing games Super Sprint and Championship Sprint. Similarly to the Sprint titles, Badlands pits three cars against each other in a three lap race around a small, single-screen circuit. Bonuses are present in the form of wrenches which can be traded for goods such as extra speed, extra acceleration or better tires Unlike the Sprint games, Badlands expands upon the formula, taking place in a post-apocalyptic environment and equipping each of the players with cannons. In reality, the cannons do little except to slow cars down by repeatedly shooting at them, but the shop between levels offers the possibility of arming the car with missiles which will destroy the target car, placing it at a severe disadvantage as a replacement is brought onto the track, taking a few seconds. The tracks also featured a number of new obstacles, including mines and retractable barricades.