GAME DESCRIPTION (From Lord Soths Games Site)
Interstate '76 is an action game from Activision that has VGA or SVGA graphics (up to 1024x768) and supports Windows compatible sound cards for sound effects.
In this game you drive a muscle car loaded with weapons and you have to drive around destroying enemies. You have to complete certain objectives to complete each mission.
Two missions are included in this demo
The Story: The year is 1976... a different 1976. You are Groove Champion, auto-vigilante, and you drive to avenge the death of your sister Jade, who was brutally murdered by known auto-mercenary Antonio Malochio. His plan, should he succeed, would leave the United States economy in shambles. He intends to destroy the U.S. strategic oil reserve and leave the country dry. His employer: OPEC. Jade tried to stop him... and failed. With help from seasoned auto-vigalante Taurus, former partner of Jade and now your wingman, and grease monkey Skeeter, who can fix just about anything, it's now up to you...
REQUIRES: Pentium 90+, 16MB RAM, DirectX 3.0. Recommended: Pentium 133+, 32MB RAM
Nitro Pack (From Operation 3DFX)
In response to fans' requests, new multi-player missions are being created, including the stalwart Capture the Flag and pure racing mode. Additionally, the host computer can limit the weapons used in the mission and set time and kill limits. A new option to toggle the instrument panel in all external views proves to be a bit weird when you're playing the game, but perhaps you'll get used to it. You can now set the difficulty levels (from "wimp" to "badass") and there will be the usual complement of new funk-filled tunes. The 3D engine, which came under fire for being a poor performer in the original game, has been optimized and will support 3D acceleration out of the box. The game will also patch the original Interstate '76, giving owners of that game all of the visual and speed enhancements. Support for force-feedback devices will ship with the game as well.
More Details can be found here http://www.cdmag.com/articles/008/128/nitro_preview.html
Interstate 76 Nitro Pack Details
DEMO
The Interstate 76 demo is 21.47Mb. You can download it from one of two sites:
ftp.activision.com
/activision/i76/download/compw
bithawg.ten.net
/FILEFACT/DEMOS/SIMS
CHEATS
Press and hold CTRL-SHIFT while typing these in: (Cheats from Operation 3DFX)
thirdnostril - does nothing of note as does:
freelance
getdown - all cars start to attack you, though once you are dead the
mission is complete(only in TRIP)
wiggleburger - wiggles the screen a lot
PATCHES
This link has new maps for the full version of the game. http://www.allgames.com/I76/
There is also now a Beta patch for 3D accelerator cards. It can be found at the All Games Network or activisions site. The current cards that are supported (that I know of) are 3DFX, Matrox Mystique / Millenium and I believe Rendition Verite.
Check the All Games Network for further details.
There are also some extra cars and a car editor available from Operation 3DFX under their cheats section.
From Operation 3DFX
"Force Feedback users will be happy to know that Activision finally
released their requested patch
for force feedback, out of curiosity doesn't i76 come bundled with
Microsoft's force feedback joystick hmm..."
You can download this patch from here (4.1 Mb):
ftp://west.ftp.activision.com/activision/i76/patch/i76v1083.exe
ftp://east.ftp.activision.com/activision/i76/patch/i76v1083.exe
ftp://op3dfx.com/pub/game_patches/i76/i761083.exe
Voodoo 2 Fix
Toni Tamasi (3Dfx) posted a work-around for the problems with I76 in combination with a voodoo2 card:
Interstate ’76: Setting the control panel to limit texture memory to 2MB and entering the environment variable: set sstv2_num_tmus=1 allows the game to work properly. The developer is aware of the problem and is working to address it.
INTERSTATE 76 GOLD EDITION PATCH NEWS
(From Operation 3DFX)
Well Activision just released their Interstate 76 Gold update, unfortunately it's 80 megs so you're better off getting it off them, here's info on the update:
This file is quite large as it contains several new files that include16-bit art, new horizon maps, difficulty levels, hack prevention and 3Dhardware support for all of the original I '76 missions. Please refer to the Gold Edition screen on this site for a complete listing of the enhancements. There are two versions of the file -- a software version and a 3D hardware version. Both are identical except that the hardware version includes the 3D acceleration enhancement and will take longer to download. A 3D accelerator card is required to use the hardware enhancement, although you can still download the hardware version and run the game in software mode. The 3D hardware version is 85 MB; software version is 70 MB.
ftp://ftp.avault.com/patches/I76gpat16.exe
http://ftp.activision.co.uk/activision/arsenal/gold/hard/I76gpat16.exe
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/3dfxmania/patches/i76gold.exe
ftp://mirrors.telepac.pt/pub/3dfxmania/patches/i76gold.exe
ftp://ftp.iol.it/3dfxmania/patches/i76gold.exe
ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/3dfxmania/patches/i76gold.exe
Note: this update doesn't work with Voodoo 2.
LINKS TO OTHER INTERSTATE 76 SITES
www.activision.com
http://www.avault.com/previews/i76np.asp
(Preview of Nitro Pack)
Interstate
76 Nitro Pack Review (Preview of Nitro Pack)
http://www.ogr.com/ (Another
Preview of Nitro Pack)
http://www.cdmag.com/articles/008/128/nitro_preview.html
(Another Preview of Nitro Pack)
http://www.allgames.com/I76/
http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/gdr.cgi?zones/previews/feb98/nitro.html
(Another Nitro Pack Preview)
http://www.gamepen.com/ (Interstate
76 award)
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