''Chariot Race'' is a top-down racing game for the

VIC-20 The VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit entry level home computer that was sold by Commodore International, Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commod ...

home computer published in 1983 by Micro-Antics. Each player attempts to take out the opponent's chariot on the way to the finish. The design, programming, and sound were done by Paul Hope, who died in 2011.

Gameplay

''Chariot Race'' allows two people to play at the same time. Each player races a

chariot A chariot is a type of vehicle similar to a cart, driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid Propulsion, motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk O ...

along the vertically scrolling track while avoiding side walls and oncoming chariots. A player can eliminate the opponent's chariot by pushing it into other chariots or making it crash into the arena walls.

References

1983 video games VIC-20 games VIC-20-only games Top-down racing video games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom {{horse-racing-videogame-stub