Burnout: Championship Drag Racing

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Burnout: Championship Drag Racing
Burnout Championship Drag Racing cover.jpg
Developer(s) MediaTech West [1]
Publisher(s) Bethesda Softworks [2]
Designer(s) Brent Erickson
Engine XnGine
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release
  • NA: March 20, 1998
Genre(s) Racing video game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Burnout: Championship Drag Racing, also known as simply Burnout, is a video game developed by MediaTech West and published by Bethesda Softworks for MS-DOS, released on March 20, 1998. [3] [4] [5] A Player's Choice Edition was released in September 1998 [6] for both DOS and Microsoft Windows. Burnout was licensed by the Hot Rod magazine. Although the name suggests otherwise, the game is not a part of the Burnout series, which would begin 3 years later in 2001.

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Development

The game was developed by Washington based MediaTech West, the same team that did XCar: Experimental Racing [7] in conjunction with Hot Rod Magazine. [8] [9] The game utilizes Bethesda's XnGine [10] It was originally scheduled to be released in November 1997. [11] The game went gold on March 13, 1998 [9] Burnout was released on MPlayer.com in June 1998. [8] [12]

Reception

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [13] GameSpot said, "Burnout has such a refreshing feel and intense bursts of white-knuckled action that it's really worth sticking it out for a while." [17] Next Generation said, "The single race is nice for a quick, visceral moment, but the real game is competing in a season or going head-to-head with someone over a network – by far the most adrenaline-pumping way to play." [18]

According to Pete Hines, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Bethesda, the game is the best-selling drag racing game of all time. [23]

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