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Previous News from 2010
Posted March 1, 1998
Updated February 25, 2010
February 24, 2010: High Velocity Duelling's Car Wars
Mailing List
The archive of the High Velocity
Duelling Car Wars Mailing List (HVD CWML) is once again available
on SWAT HQ.
February 21, 2010: MegaRace, MegaRace 2, MegaRace 3 and
Interstate
'76
Good Old Games is also offering for purchase downloadable versions
of MegaRace,
MegaRace 2
and MegaRace 3.
The
classic
automotive
combat
computer
games,
originally
built
for
older
operating
systems,
have
been
retrofitted
for
Windows XP and
Windows Vista.
The Official Interstate '76 Desktop Theme and Wallpapers for
Windows Computers from the Official Activision Web Site have been
unavailable for over 10 years. Before they were removed from the
Internet SWAT saved copies of the files. These beautiful graphics can
be downloaded once again if you access the SWAT
Automotive
Combat
Desktop
Themes and Wallpapers Page.
February 20, 2010: Duel Slang and Interstate '76 Arsenal
Do you remember the "Truckers' Terminology and CB Slang (Circa
2033)" sheet in the Car Wars Pocket Box supplement Truck Stop? Vist SWAT HQ's Autoduelling Terminology and CB
Slang Unofficial Updates for new phrases to use when talking on
your wireless during courier runs and battles.
Good Old Games is now offering for purchase a
downloadable version of Activision's Interstate '76 Arsenal. The
package includes the original Interstate '76 game and the Nitro Pack
Expansion. GOG.com also published a retrospective
article
about
Interstate
'76.
February 19, 2010: WormSpeaker's Mad Max House Rules for Car Wars
WormSpeaker's JARPS Zone, the home of Badlands (a tabletop RPG
set in the world of the Wasteland CRPG), was sent to Highway One when
GeoCities was shut down last year. SWAT saved a copy of the Web site
several years ago. Visit SWAT HQ's
Archive of WormSpeaker's JARPS Zone's Car Wars Files to access a
set of Mad Max variant rules from old Web site.
February 15, 2010: CWIN Vol. 13, No. 2 and Pyramid
CWIN Vol. 13, No. 2 was sent to subscribers today.
Steve Jackson Games has posted all of the Car Wars articles from the
electronic version of Pyramid Magazine on its Web site. These articles
include Uncle Albert's 2050 Catalog Update, a document previously
available only to subscribers of Pyramid. Visit the SWAT Index of Car Wars Articles in
Pyramid Magazine to access these files.
February 1, 2010: Axles and Alloys II
Released!
Axles and Alloys II: Dork
Future Blog
January 11, 2010: Death Rally
Computer Game Now Available as Free Download
Remedy
Entertainment - Death Rally for Windows
Remedy
Entertainment - Discussion Forums - Death Rally
January 10, 2010: Knight Rider 2010
TV Movie and Warlords in the 21st Century (Battletruck) Now Available
on YouTube
Automotive Combat Media - Streaming Video
January 2, 2010: Web Site Cleaning
A few sections of the old ServNet site are now back. A long-overdue
check of the site's links has started, a process that will hopefully be
concluded within a month.
January 1, 2010: Happy New Year!
CWIN Vol. 13, No. 1 was sent to subscribers today. If you want to see
the articles and links from the issue now instead of
waiting for the CWIN Archive to be
updated, subscribe!
The 2010 WADA Car Wars League was started today. All the information
about the tournament is on the League Main Page.
2010 WADA Car Wars League
http://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/tour2010
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