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{{wikify-date|September 2006}} | {{wikify-date|September 2006}} | ||
'''Highway pursuit''' is a [[computer game]] created by Adam Dawes, initially released in [[2003]]. | |||
Highway pursuit is a | |||
Highway Pursuit puts you in control of a powerful sports car in a world filled with enemy agents seeking to take control of the road. Your mission is to destroy as many of these enemy agents as possible, without putting any civilian life at risk. | Highway Pursuit puts you in control of a powerful sports car in a world filled with enemy agents seeking to take control of the road. Your mission is to destroy as many of these enemy agents as possible, without putting any civilian life at risk. | ||
Along the way you will encounter varied terrain and weather conditions, a number of different enemy vehicles intent on your destruction, and also a few | Along the way you will encounter varied terrain and weather conditions, a number of different enemy vehicles intent on your destruction, and also a few helpful pointers from your colleague Ashley back at HQ. | ||
== | ==Gameplay== | ||
===Your Car=== | |||
Your car is equipped with a front-mounted machine gun, which is your main weapon for use against the enemy cars. You have unlimited ammunition for the machine gun, but be careful not to hit the civilian vehicles when firing. | Your car is equipped with a front-mounted machine gun, which is your main weapon for use against the enemy cars. You have unlimited ammunition for the machine gun, but be careful not to hit the civilian vehicles when firing. | ||
The car is also capable of being upgraded with a number of add-on weapons. These are described in the extra weapons section of this page. Additional weapons that are fitted will be displayed as a glowing icon at the bottom/left of the screen. | The car is also capable of being upgraded with a number of add-on weapons. These are described in the extra weapons section of this page. Additional weapons that are fitted will be displayed as a glowing icon at the bottom/left of the screen. | ||
In the bottom | In the bottom right of the screen is a speedometer that displays how fast your car is currently moving. Immediately above this is the health display (a red heart icon). As your car sustains damage, the health will slowly deplete. When it runs out, your car explodes and you lose a life. Health recharges very slowly over time as you drive along. A small health boost is also given for docking with any weapons van, and a larger boost for docking with the repair van (which also displays a heart icon on its roof). | ||
Drive with care to avoid damaging your car. You must stay on the road at all times; straying | Drive with care to avoid damaging your car. You must stay on the road at all times; straying onto the grass will cause severe damage to your (or any other) vehicle. This can be a useful way of dispatching enemy cars, however. Ramming them off the edge of the road can cause extreme damage to their cars. | ||
==Enemies== | ===Enemies=== | ||
*Crasher | |||
The first type of car you will encounter. These cars are relatively harmless and attack you by ramming you from the side or from behind. They will try to push you off the side of the road. They are a pink colour. | The first type of car you will encounter. These cars are relatively harmless and attack you by ramming you from the side or from behind. They will try to push you off the side of the road. They are a pink colour. | ||
*Blade | |||
This enemy is a much nastier piece of work. These cars have retractable knives fitted to their wheels. If you are rammed from the side by a Blade vehicle when the knives are fully extended, your tyres will burst causing you to spin out of control off the road. Be very careful of these orange cars! | This enemy is a much nastier piece of work. These cars have retractable knives fitted to their wheels. If you are rammed from the side by a Blade vehicle when the knives are fully extended, your tyres will burst causing you to spin out of control off the road. Be very careful of these orange cars! | ||
*Jeep | |||
The Jeep is bullet-proof, and no amount of attack from your machine guns will get this car out of your way. The only ways to destroy these green cars are to push them off the side of the road, or to use oil or smoke in front of them so that they drive off the side of the road. | The Jeep is bullet-proof, and no amount of attack from your machine guns will get this car out of your way. The only ways to destroy these green cars are to push them off the side of the road, or to use oil or smoke in front of them so that they drive off the side of the road. | ||
*Chopper | |||
Hovering above you and able to follow you wherever you go, the Chopper can make quite a nuisance of itself. It will drop bombs in front of you that create huge craters in the road, causing massive damage to any car that should drive over them. The Chopper can only be destroyed using Surface-to-Air Missiles, available from a weapons van, though it will fly away on its own when it runs out of bombs to drop. | |||
==Weapon Vans== | ===Weapon Vans=== | ||
*Smoke van | |||
Fits a smoke-screen to your car. When deployed, the smoke screen forms a wide blanket of dense smoke across the road. The smoke does not cause any damage to vehicles that are caught in it, but causes them to drive blindly to the side to get out of the smoke. It can therefore be used to edge cars off the road. | Fits a smoke-screen to your car. When deployed, the smoke screen forms a wide blanket of dense smoke across the road. The smoke does not cause any damage to vehicles that are caught in it, but causes them to drive blindly to the side to get out of the smoke. It can therefore be used to edge cars off the road. | ||
*Oil van | |||
Fits an oil cannister to the back of your car. When deployed, the oil pours out on to the road behind you, causing any cars that drive over it to skid uncontrollably until they crash. This can be very powerful, and also allows you to destroy the armoured Jeep, but be careful not to let civilians get caught in the mess. | |||
*Missile van | |||
Adds a small number of Surface-to-Air missiles to your car. These can be used to try to destroy the helicopter. You should try to fire the missile when the helicopter is as near to directly above you as possible to minimise the chance of the missile missing its target. | Adds a small number of Surface-to-Air missiles to your car. These can be used to try to destroy the helicopter. You should try to fire the missile when the helicopter is as near to directly above you as possible to minimise the chance of the missile missing its target. | ||
==Scoring== | ===Scoring=== | ||
You are awarded points for driving but also for: | You are awarded points for driving but also for: | ||
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You will be given an extra life at 100,000 and 200,000 points. | You will be given an extra life at 100,000 and 200,000 points. | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://adamdawes.com/windows/win_hpursuit.html Official site] | |||
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