Mad Trax

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Mad Trax
Mad Trax cover.jpg
Developer(s) RayLand Interactive
Publisher(s) Project Two Interactive BV
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
Genre(s) Racing, Action (Vehicular combat)
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Mad Trax is a futuristic, combat racing game developed by RayLand Interactive and published by Project Two Interactive BV in North America in 1998. [1]

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References

  1. "Madtrax". IGN. Retrieved 2017-08-13.