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Vroom

ECS/OCS

Information

Year of the first release

1992

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Lankhor - Worldwide

Number max of players

Budget publisher

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Lankhor

Language

English

Artists

Coder : Christian Droin
Coder : Daniel Macré (Daniel McRae)
Coder : Jean-Luc Langlois
Graphician : Dominique Sablons
Graphician : Stéphane Polard
Musician : André Bescond
Musician : Jean-Luc Langlois

Language in manual

English
French
German

Hardware

ECS
OCS

Amiga original game

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

yes

WHD install

yes

WHD information

Authors	CFou! Mr.Larmer
Updated	2006-06-04 18:52:08

HD install

unknown

HD notes

Genre
Category	Racing
Subcategory	Racing - Competitive
Dimension	2D
Quickmatch	Multiplayer Support - Modem/Online
Quickmatch	Multiplayer Support - Serial/Null-Modem
Quickmatch	Pole Position
Scrolltype	Into Screen
Theme	Transport - Car
Viewpoint	First Person

Conversion hardware

Atari ST/E
PC (DOS)
Sinclair QL – CST Thor 1/20/21/XVI

Conversion notes

Based on 1986 Daniel Macré/Pyramide Sinclair QL release WROOM! (aka VROOM); Amiga conversion ported from 1991 Lankhor Atari ST release.
PC versions: VGA

Classic compilation

Metallic Power

Relationship

has a data disk: Vroom Data Disk
is a precursor to Vroom Multi-Player

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:

[1] Coding by Daniel Macré (68K game engine, physics, artificial intelligence, menus), Jean-Luc Langlois (Amiga optimisations, game engine additions, AI, mouse/joystick control) and Christian Droin (track editor + other tools; compression, file system + other environment functions; serial/null modem support).
Graphics by Dominique Sablons and Stéphane Polard. Music by André Bescond and sound FX by Jean-Luc Langlois.

[2] Distributed by Ubi Soft in the UK, BOMICO in Germany and by Pactronics in Australasia.

[3] Game features digital sound, joystick/mouse control, savegames (championship races only) and 2-player serial/null modem support across platforms (i.e. Amiga/ST).

[4] More info. about game development is provided in the "History of VROOM (1986-1995)" documentary (in French with English/Japanese subtitles), featuring creator Daniel Macré. [Source: Wasabim, courtesy of Youtube]