(From Operation 3DFX, Origianlly from Psychonews)
"The sequel to Activision's critically acclaimed hit Interstate '76, Interstate '82 is a combat-action revolution that combines the fast-paced thrills of Interstate '76's super-car slug fest with first person shoot-em-ups. Multi-vehicle gameplay pits players in cars, on foot, in helicopters and on motorcycles against each other in complex areas never seen before in a car-based shooter.

Interstate '82 is built for 3-D acceleration and screams like a blown small block, with visually stunning worlds, realistic weather effects and frame rates faster than a '73 Manta with a stroked 454 on nitro."

Activision has announced the Interstate '82, the sequel to the popular Interstate '76 series of games, will be hardware only. The follow-up will be set in the year 1982 and features a new engine, more complex levels, and first person elements. Players will also be able to fight not only in the cars, but on foot, helicopter and motorcycle as well. The storyline will focus on a plt to overthrow the government, while you try to stop it from happening.

(From E3.Net)

"Interstate '82 will offer 25 Trip levels and 30 multiplayer levels in 20 unique areas. The game will also have 40 cars, but not all of them will be available to the player. Not only will you be able to drive exotic sports cars of the 80's, you?ll be able to traverse the roads in motorcycles and other weapons-loaded vehicles of mass destruction. I have to say that I was overly impressed from what I saw in I '82.

I'm a huge fan of the first one and this game looks to take the series to the next level. The graphics are incredible and the new gameplay options will surely give the players a lot more interaction with their character and the environment. Be sure to look for this game, due out in the fourth quarter of this year. If you're a fan of the first one, I think you'll love the second one too. If you're new to the series, I'm sure you'll be impressed by what you see. "

Update on Game Development (From agn3d.com)

Here is a list of the features we have decided to include in the game:

We intend to upgrade the renderer to DX6 - this will give us multitexturing - a more rich environment and more texture detail and volume; Bumpmapping - more texture to each texture; Environment mapping - shiny shiny metal cars, glass and water surface reflection effects; Multiple Resolution Support - hardware can handle multiple resolutions and res-swapping on the fly; 32-bit color - ‘nuf said; Multiple monitor support - I’82, you’re soaking in it! - Irradiate your brain - warm your home courtesy of NEC!

We managed to come up with far more optimizeable AI algorithms so the game will run faster and support far more cars in combat in any one area - so we’re putting that in.

Extra time = extra weapons and better weapon effects!

In terms of audio - we now support A3d, Eax which gives us monstrous sound support for DVD.

The extra time will also give us more dynamic support for all input devices as well as better native force feedback and even Pentium III optimizations.

Perhaps most important of all - the extra production time provides us with much that much more optimization, bug fixing and polish.

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LINKS TO OTHER INTERSTATE 82 PAGES

Psychonews
http://www.ogr.com/ (Game details)
http://www.games.net/e3/articles/0,1272,2423,00.html (Interview with Game Developer)
http://www.pcfan.com/pcfan/previews/i82.html (Game Preview)
http://www.e3.net/live/interstate529.html (Game Preview / Screenshots)
http://www.agn3d.com/Downloads/interviews/i82/i82chat.html (Interview with Developers)
http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_08/18_inter/ (Game Preview)
http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/previews/9921_1.html (Game Preview)
http://www.agn3d.com/html/agn3d-link_display.cfm?LinkID=660 (Screenshots)
http://gzero.org/bz/i82/info.html (game info and movies)
http://www.cdmag.com/Home/home.html?article=/articles/014/086/interstate82_preview.html (Preview)
http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_08/18_inter/ (Preview)
http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/9921.html (Preview)
http://www.avault.com/previews/i82.asp (Preview)
http://www.gamecenter.com/Peeks/I82/?st.gc.fd.si.sp (Preview)
http://www.game-over.net/preview/december/i82/index.html (Preview)
http://www.gamelinks.net/previews-interstate82.html (Preview)

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