Разработчик: Graffiti
Описание
This is velocity-driven, pedal-to-the-metal arcade racing. Strapped into a personally chosen made-for-the-Autobahn racing machine, you'll scream to redefine fast in this winding 3D ride of pure fun.
- Great, addictive, arcade-style gameplay
- Driving mechanics so unrealistic they’ll make you wish you could powerslide like that in real life!
- If you didn’t have a Pentium processor back in 1995, now is your chance to finally play this game!
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
- Processor: 1 GHz Processor
- Memory: 256 MB RAM
- Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
- DirectX: Version 7.0
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Mouse, Keyboard
- Processor: 1.4 GHz Processor
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Mac
- OS: OS X 10.6.8 or later
- Processor: Intel Core Duo 2GHz+
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 64MB of video memory
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Recommended two-button mouse, or Apple mouse with Secondary Button / Secondary Click enabled.
- Storage: 1000 MB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 or later
- Processor: 2.0 GHz Processor
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB VRAM, OpenGL compatible
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Отзывы пользователей
Steam Deck player. I have linked the game to ProtonExperimental, otherwise it will not start. Then perfectly playable on the Steam Deck. I have arranged the keys differently, it does not work well if the gas and brake are under the four-point key together with the steering. It's an old game that will give you a headache, it's still enjoyable if you like old dos racing games with arcade vibes.
If you're looking for a hyper-realistic racing experience, keep on driving. But if you're in the market for a lighthearted, charming throwback to the '90s, Screamer might just be your pit stop. The graphics might feel a tad dated, but they come with an endearing charm that's hard to resist.
The car selection is limited, with cheeky nods to the iconic super cars from the '90s, and the track list isn't exhaustive. Yet, there's something pure about the gameplay that makes it addictively entertaining. Perfect for those moments when you just want a casual racing fix without the bells and whistles. Highly recommended for some quick fun on the race track! 🚗💨
Similar to Ridge Racer but for PC
Might crash. Still pretty fun.
if it didn't crash every minute, I'd give it a nicer rating...
otherwise, it is a cool arcade-like racer with weird collisions & a rather meh handling model...it doesn't look like it offers much content in it either
Three things:
1. It's a 1995 Dos game so don't expect modern features.
2. It was quite crashy even when I used to play it on windows 98 dosmode so it's not just a bad emulation.
3. Buy it on sale £6.99 is too expensive when this cost me £5 back in the late 90's.
Bearing those in mind I'd recommend it as a piece of DOS gaming nostalgia, type in the cheats to unlock cars and tracks and it's a piece of retro fun.
Not bad for 1995, but there are probably better racing games nowadays. It also crashed twice in less than an hour.
Played a Demo of this game back in 1998 at a friends house, the graphics, the colours. It's a classic 1990's arcade racer. Over shadowed by NFS release in the 1990's so probably didn't quite get the traction it wanted, having said that it much have been enough for Milestone to release: Screamer 2. Screamer Rally and Screamer 4x4.
I should note that although it says 0.5hrs played on steam, that does not represent the HOURS played before I purchased it on steam. Fun game. IF you like games like Sega Rally, Daytona USA, ect then you'll love this.
Trivia: All cars are based on real 1990's sports cars.
This is an excellent game from the 90's that I still find entertaining to this day, despite lacking a lot of features that more modern racing games have. The music is probably the best I've heard in a racing game (with Moto Racer as a close contender). I was really looking forward to playing it again when I saw that it was available on Steam, but I only got 5-10 minutes out of it before it crashed on me ... and unfortunately it happens everytime I try to play it. So unfortunately I can't recommend people buying this game, even though the game itself is good – it just seems that the ones who made it available on Steam didn't do a very good job of making sure it actually runs properly.
Be very careful when purchasing this game. Not that there isn't much wrong with Screamer other then the crashes. I just find it very very hard to recommend as an entire game on its own being released on Steam. It's more of an artifact then a game because of the kind of impact when released and the later game that went after it. I grew up playing Screamer Rally and I wanted to experience the games origins, so this was around and decided to purchase it, so that's satifiying on its own but then you don't really buy your way into success. The game however is clearly the more you play, the more you'll experience and understand what truly goes on but that was 1995 when gamers almost had more time with so little other alternatives like Ridge Racer, Test Drive or Need for Speed.
Screamer is a racing game which uses sports and exotic cars modelled after a Ferrari or a Porchse and put them onto a track to race on. Almost unseen then and is believeable considering there really isn't anything on it's time.
So the game isn't as welcome as it can as playing the arcade mode to see what's going on wouldn't let you win. So out of boredom and maybe to get the most out of the game, I decided to maybe try to sit in the championship mode but the game goes really easy on you and you can actually win races and experience the other content of the game which doesn't fail to deliver. Could see where the game was going with that.
The game physics isn't the best. Maybe really early game but slamming and rear ending other racers and find yourself against the wall is too unrealistic. The game AI cars slam into you and again find yourself against the wall. This would cost you the race in almost very case. The vehicles are extremely wide for the tracks, so getting to the first place is a challenge in the single player races as the tracks feel narrow. The game is flash with colorful graphics and the game does hold but loads of trial and error to winning races as the gameplay is dated.
Fun little arcade racer, nice software rendered graphics. Crashes after few races, but because of autosave I won't lose progress
Hmm... Ah, yes... This fine game exemplar seems to follow a heavy influence by the 90's old school games pioneered by SEGA's Daytona USA with a hint of Konami's Winding Heat...
And indeed... It was a shame I didn't have that marvellous pinnacle of the technology they called Pentium processor at the time to savor this experience...
CRASH WARNING: I have found the Steam version of this game to be extremely unstable, crashing after a random amount of time, usually just a few minutes. I have not found a way to fix this.
This PC exclusive came out in late 1995, just a month after the original PlayStation NA and EU launch. It was a noble attempt to replicate a Ridge Racer/Daytona USA type arcade racer on standard x86 hardware, although in my opinion Screamer is much closer in feel to Ridge Racer than Daytona.
I loved this game back in 1996 on my Pentium 166-based PC, which could run the SVGA version, albeit at a framerate that was "acceptable" at best. It was bold, colourful and looked more like a true 3D arcade racer than any title that came before it. The tracks were - for the time - very detailed and full of moving decor; oil derricks, planes, helicopters, trains, etc. This level of detail came at the cost of the tracks being very short; no track takes more than 2 minutes to complete a lap. I imagine this is due to memory limitations; the minimum requirement was 8MB of RAM.
The 3D engine in this game was, again for pre-3D acceleration DOS, very impressive. The tracks and cars and the majority of the track decoration is fully 3D modelled. Everything is texturemapped; there are animated textures, transparent textures and a basic smoke particle effect, and the player-driven cars have basic fake reflectivity on the glass. Considering this runs 100% in software on a lowly 486-DX processor and above, this is beyond what any other PC driving game had done visually, including 1994's Need for Speed. This is the game's greatest strength.
Sadly, the tradeoff for all this eyecandy is the extremely restricted draw distance. Track geometry pops into view just metres beyond the car. I'm sure this was necessary to hit required performance targets on weaker PCs, and most other racers of this era - even 3DFX accelerated ones, including Screamer 2 - exhibited the same limitation to some degree, but it's extremely noticable here and constitutes the biggest visual flaw in the game.
The audio is typical 90s racing game fare. Loud, repetitive announcer spewing the same couple of lines every few seconds, completely generic rock-type music, completely generic engine noise and some pretty awful impact sounds. As in Ridge Racer, there is some ambient track sound - you can hear helicopters and planes as you drive under them which is a nice touch, but overall the audio in Screamer is... average.
As for the driving model - I'd describe it as "Ridge Racer minus the polish". It's basic, even for an arcade racer. The cars vary in top speed, grip and acceleration, but since the AI isn't going to be bothering you at anything but the highest difficulty level (in fact, if you're even halfway competent in Novice and Amateur you probably won't see your opponents after the starting line) just pick any car and you'll probably be fine. Drifting is purely dependent on whether a corner is designated as "driftable" in the engine (this is also how Ridge Racer works). Try to drift on a corner that isn't driftable and it simply won't happen.
With only six tracks (twelve if you count the mirrored versions), 12 cars (6 auto, 6 manual) and 1 special car you can only drive if you beat the championship on the hardest difficulty, there's not much replay value here, and you could pretty easily exhaust the content in a few hours.
It would be difficult to recommend this game unless you happened to be really interested in the history and development of PC racing games, or you're filled with nostalgia for your misspent youth. Condsidered by itself in 2018 this game is extremely dated. Considered as a snapshot - an example of an era in PC gaming - it's noteworthy.
It's part of my childhood, so it gets a thumbs up from me.
Not a bad game, but Poor emulation. It crashed on me three times.
I dread to think how many hours I spent playing this as a kid, and while it does look terribly dated now, it still provides a fun, arcade-style racing experience, with the announcer walking the fine line between funny and annoying.
Pro League in the Championship is as challenging as ever but still gave me that sense of accomplishment when I finally finished that sixth race in pole position!
Looking forward to Screamer 2 & Screamer Rally getting a Steam release now as well...
Oh, and for people complaining of crashes, it only happened to me a couple of times on the 5th track, but setting detail to low in the options prevented any further crashes, so I can endorse that fix.
Sweet memories..
Eternal unbeaten classic
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Great game!
Saw this excellent racing game from 1995 and had to instantly purchase it. The game boasts really fun arcade racing that screams the 90's. The announcer can get annoying, but is charming. The game boasts many tracks and cars to try out, so the game has hours worth of fun. Definitely worth the price and still looks great.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Graffiti |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 23.12.2024 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 72% положительных (18) |