Mad Trax

Mad Trax
DeveloperRayLand Interactive
PublisherProject Two Interactive BV
PlatformMicrosoft Windows
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • NA: December 11,1998

GenresRacing, Action (Vehicular combat)
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Mad Trax is a 1998 video game developed by RayLand Interactive and published by Project Two Interactive for Microsoft Windows. It is a futuristic racing video game.

Gameplay

Power-ups can be purchased by spending coins collected throughout courses, and include abilities such as invincibility, and weapons including missiles and land mines. Mad Trax features a multiplayer mode over a local area network or the Internet.

Development

Mad Trax was created by a six-person team in French development studio RayLand Interactive, created in a six-month period between May to November 1998. The studio originally developed Mad Trax as a tech demo to showcase the capabilities of the Voodoo 2 graphics card, showcasing it at a 3dfx booth at Comdex.

Reception

Several previews of Mad Trax unfavorably considered the game resembled other futuristic racing titles, with PC PowerPlay writing that the game seemed to lack new or innovative features to distinguish them from the large number of games in the genre. IGN faulted the game for the simplicity and lack of variation in its tracks, and the sensitivity of its controls.

References

  1. 1 2 Kanarick, Mark. "Mad Trax". Allgame. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mad Trax". Ultimate PC. No. 19. p. 90.
  3. 1 2 "Mad French game". PC Zone. No. 60. February 1998. p. 19.
  4. ↑ "Exclusive Interview: Rayland Interactive". Beta News. 28 June 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
  5. ↑ "Videogame Creation Under the Microscope". Edge. No. 55. February 1998. p. 120.
  6. ↑ "Mad Trax". Ultimate PC. No. 18. January 1999. p. 42.
  7. ↑ "Mad Trax". PC Accelerator. No. 9. May 1999. p. 119.
  8. ↑ "Mad Trax". PC PowerPlay. No. 31. December 1998. p. 56.
  9. ↑ "Madtrax". IGN. 25 March 1999. Retrieved 18 October 2026.

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