About the game
Racing where ramming and shooting are part of the rules. Win, buy a better car and better guns, race again. Top-down view, tight tracks, cars that visibly fall apart.
Remedy made it before Max Payne; Apogee published it. The rights holder later released it for free.
Controls
- Arrows — drive
- Ctrl — fire
- Space — nitro
- Esc — menu
The version in short
- Year: 1996
- Genre: Top-down racing
- Size: 6.6 MB, loaded once
- Controls: keyboard, or on-screen buttons on a phone
How this runs
The game runs through a DOS emulator inside your browser: the emulator, the files and your saves all stay on your device and nothing reaches our server. The emulator, the licensing and what to do about a black screen are explained on the retro games section page.
FAQ
Is this the actual 1996 release?
Yes, these are the original Death Rally files, not a remake or a port. The emulator runs them the way they ran on a machine of that time.
How big is it and what loads?
The game archive is 6.6 MB plus about two megabytes of emulator. It loads once — after that the browser keeps the files cached and the next launch is instant.
Can I play on a phone?
Yes. On-screen buttons appear under the screen: a d-pad and actions (Ctrl, Space, Esc). Presses go straight into the emulator, exactly like a real keyboard.
Are my saves kept?
They are, but only in this browser on this device — they are written inside the emulator. A different browser or a cleared cache means starting over.
