I had to look up the current state of Car Wars. (It’s been years since I was a MiB, so I don’t have to keep up with current games these days!) Apparently, the most recent release is Car Wars Classic - so basic CW with all the other releases stripped out, but compatible with the various weapons catalogs and the like for those of us who spent far more money than we should have back in the late 80’s and 90’s.
I also recall “Car Wars 5th Edition” which didn’t do quite so well. (It came out while I was an active MiB. I actually won a contest to be a named NPC, but 5th edition didn’t go far enough for me to collect on that … dangit.)
I had that on my Amiga 500. I would love something like that again, or even a port that would run on a current system. (I have can install DosBox …)
Now this … if I can find it … hmm. Ah ha! Darkwind: War on Wheels is heavily influenced by Car Wars. You do have to download a client, but I recall it being well worth it. I haven’t tried it in a while, as they don’t have a Linux client, but I may have to see if I can get it running under WINE.
