Interstate ’76, the atmosphere, the muzaaak

I’m partial to car games in the sense that I’m quite not not enjoying them. Maybe it’s the fact that I never wanted to have a car and never got the excitement… so it happens that though i have tried several and indeed respect a lot the production values of many of them and could totally see why somebody would enjoy them very much I can only think of a couple that are closer to my heart (Carmageddon, I76, Burnout…), and they tend to be of the non-realistic type… this is about one of them:

Interstate 76 totally captured me with it’s story and most importantly it’s atmosphere. From radio chatter to vigilante attitudes & histories, and last but certainly not least: it’s groovy funky music… which is why I actually started writign this post and remembered I76:  apparently there’s still a website/community surviving for this game, and that’s where I found a full downloadable mp3 soundtrack :D how cool is that?

http://www.interstate76.com/download/i76audio.htm

As for the game: if you can endure it’s super low polygon graphics (which you might say adds a very interesting style) and you are curious about a vigilante car game where a group of car enthusiasts do their own police-ing… give it a try. I remember when i was playing it I was impressed with the mission variety, from shooting out your window to mounting stuff in the garage & missions ranging from hunting to running away and everything in between… but yes, that was like more than 10 years ago, so think by those standards. Either way, worth mentioning the music which doesn’t age like that. (btw, I hope slowly games will slow their rapid aging process… though since even photoperfect movies do I doubt it will ever stop…)

PS: i kept searching for the install mp3 (i remember I saved it for years after playing it), it’s a fun mix with switching radio stations until it i think settles on the song that starts around minute 1 on this youtube clip