Posted on: July 22, 2020

NightflierRZ

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PC exclusiv racer with emulation issues

In 1995 great arcade racers like Ridge Racer or Daytona USA were exclusiv in arcade halls. Home consoles and PCs mostly had pseudo 3D racers were most objects were sprites. Screamer (or Bleifuss in Germany) brought the arcade feeling to the PC. It's a fun racer with a bunch of cars and colorful track with a lot of animated stuff around like helicopters or moving cranes. But compared to the arcade hall games it's quite lame. The music is uninspiring. The physics are weird and the cars move to the side like dune buggies. I guess it only became a classic because it has no competitors on the PC for quite a while. The later Daytona USA port was a disappointment. It has three detail levels for graphic and the hightest demanded a powerful Pentium processor back in the day and still provides problems to DosBox for emulation. In "High Detail"-Mode a lot of players )including myself) experience problems there with the GoG version as mine always crashes after a few rounds. Mid or low details work fine. A great feature is the cloud saving for this one.

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Posted on: February 17, 2009

Ois

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Great early racer.

Screamer has all the points of an oldschool arcade racer, the closest you'll probably find to the game is Daytona USA (1993). Despite it's age, it's still fun today. Track and Car selection is quite small, but it's not really an issue. Each car handles differently, and the aim becomes to select the 'right' one to shave off that extra 1/100th of a second off your best time and finding the perfect path. A lap of each track only takes under a minute, and (what I consider a huge plus) it's quick to reset to the start and try again to gain that perfection. Graphically, Screamer is very low poly and suffers from a fair bit of pop-up, but not enough to make racing difficult or distracting. It also goes for a more vibrant colour scheme than other racers at the time and those around now. With a lack of lighting and other modern features, this works well to the games advantage (check out a few videos, or the demo rather than screenshots). Musically, we have fairly standard Allistair Brimble (ID3 tagged). This is both good and bad. Most tracks are fairly forgettable, but unlike a lot of modern racers, we are not hit with whiney rock or emo music. Instead a generic metal soundtrack takes its place. Unfortunately, there is no singing a'la 'Rolling Start', though some of you would also consider this good :) The most fun to be gained with this game I found came about from the GOG started Time Attack challenge. It's over now, but join in on the forums and compete with the rest of us (or suggest your own requirements for one).

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Posted on: March 8, 2013

bigbobo

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very simple arcade racer

Compared to newer games, you just get so much more content today with the same basic mechanic/gameplay. Many games on GoG are outstanding gameplay-wise, but this one has been surpassed too many times by new games. I didn't feel an urge to unlock anything because the only unlockables were apparently a car or two. The levels were similar and I didn't find much to explore overall in the game. Good thing is that it works. If you want levels and cars to get out of the way, and focus on simple arcade racing, then this game will do fine.

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Posted on: April 11, 2014

khron

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Awesome... esp back in the day

This game was simply awesome back in the day. It was an arcade title tho, so don't expect realistic handling. If you look for fast and fun retro arcade driving - try it. If you don't - try something else. Still, it's nice to see that you can still play such an old game today. It's your typical Good old Game :)

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Posted on: July 29, 2019

Galdelico

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Yep, still great in 2019!

I'll get it out straight away: I LOVE Screamer. Loved it back then, still loving it to this very day. Often criticised due to its floaty, tank controls and steep difficulty, I believe it's among those - very few - classic arcade racers that aged better, and are still super fun to play. Sure, it requires a bit of practice, and it's true, cars handle nowhere near 'realistically', but once you get into the game's flow, it's a blast to play: it's fast, tense (yet always fair), the tracks are fantastic - all different to each other and equally interesting - and their design is so spot on anyone can win with any car... Oh, and the Bullet is some hilarious ride, folks: it definitely pays off the sweat required to unlock it.

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