Lombard RAC Rally (video Game)
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''Lombard RAC Rally'' is a 1988
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developed by
Red Rat Software Red Rat Software was a Manchester, UK-based video game developer and publisher founded by Charles Partington, Harry Nadler, and Don Rigby that operated between 1985 and 1993. The company initially focused on developing games for the Atari 8-b ...
and published by Mandarin Software (an imprint of
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). The game was based on the same rally (under the earlier sponsors' names) as the later ''Network Q RAC Rally'' games, and was the first of a series of related games published by Europress. It was released for the
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and
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formats. The game prominently features an animated driver, seen from behind moving the steering wheel, with the road seen through the car's windscreen. The game cover art features
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from 1987. Inspiration for the game came to Charles Partington and Harry Nadler (of RedRat Software) one lunch time when they were watching Lombard RAC Rally coverage on TV at the Top Cat Tavern (Manchester Corn Exchange/Hanging Ditch), which was located just around the corner from RedRat's offices. Charles and Harry had not previously seen rally coverage from an 'in-car' perspective and commented to each other that "we have to make a game out of this".


''Speed Run''

''Lombard RAC Rallys developers (
Red Rat Software Red Rat Software was a Manchester, UK-based video game developer and publisher founded by Charles Partington, Harry Nadler, and Don Rigby that operated between 1985 and 1993. The company initially focused on developing games for the Atari 8-b ...
) also released a superficially similar game called ''Speed Run'' for
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with the same animated driver, but more simplistic through-the-window graphics and gameplay. Early adverts for ''Speed Run'' also mentioned an Atari ST version, but do not make clear whether that proposed version later evolved into ''Lombard RAC Rally'' instead.


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* * {{Rally Championship series 1988 video games Amiga games Atari 8-bit computer games Atari ST games DOS games Europress games Mandarin Software games Rally racing video games Red Rat Software games Video games developed in the United Kingdom