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Burnout

Topic: Software

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Short description: 1998 video game
Burnout: Championship Drag Racing
Burnout Championship Drag Racing cover.jpg
Developer(s)MediaTech West[1]
Publisher(s)Bethesda Softworks[2]
Designer(s)Brent Erickson
EngineXnGine
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release
  • NA: March 20, 1998
Genre(s)Racing video game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Burnout: Championship Drag Racing, also known as simply Burnout, is a video game developed by MediaTech West and published by Bethesda Softworks for MS-DOS, released on March 20, 1998.[3][4][5] A Player's Choice Edition was released in September 1998[6] for both DOS and Microsoft Windows. Burnout was licensed by the Hot Rod magazine. Although the name suggests otherwise, the game is not a part of the Burnout series, which would begin 3 years later in 2001.

Development

The game was developed by Washington based MediaTech West, the same team that did XCar[7] in conjunction with Hot Rod Magazine.[8][9] The game utilizes Bethesda's XnGine[10] It was originally scheduled to be released in November 1997.[11] The game went gold on March 13, 1998[9] Burnout was released on MPlayer.com in June 1998.[8][12]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings68%[13]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGW4/5 stars[15]
GameRevolutionB[16]
GameSpot7/10[17]
Next Generation4/5 stars[18]
PC Gamer (US)88%[19]
PC Zone52%[20]
The Cincinnati Enquirer2.5/5 stars[21]
New York Daily News4/4 stars[22]

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[13] GameSpot said, "Burnout has such a refreshing feel and intense bursts of white-knuckled action that it's really worth sticking it out for a while."[17] Next Generation said, "The single race is nice for a quick, visceral moment, but the real game is competing in a season or going head-to-head with someone over a network – by far the most adrenaline-pumping way to play."[18]

According to Pete Hines, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Bethesda, the game is the best-selling drag racing game of all time.[23]

References

  1. ↑ McNamara, Marie (September 7, 1998). "Managing to be creative in the business of fun". https://southsoundbiz.com/examiner_posts/managing-to-be-creative-in-the-business-of-fun/. 
  2. ↑ "Burnout: Championship Drag Racing". http://gamezone.com/gamesell/p11347.asp. 
  3. ↑ Jebens, Harley (March 6, 1998). "Feeling Burned Out? That's the Idea". Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/feeling-burned-out-thats-the-idea/1100-2462862/. 
  4. ↑ Gentry, Perry (March 13, 1998). "What's in Stores This Week". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-1564,00.html. 
  5. ↑ "News for March 20, 1998". March 20, 1998. http://ogr.com/news/news0398.html. "March 20, 1998: Bethesda announced that Burnout, their drag racing simulation, has shipped and should be hitting stores in the next few days." 
  6. ↑ Bassave, Roy (June 12, 1998). "Burnout: Championship Drag Racing". Corvallis Gazette-Times (Lee Enterprises): p. 44. https://www.newspapers.com/article/85182524/. Retrieved September 5, 2023. 
  7. ↑ Goble, Gordon (October 7, 1997). "Bethesda's Hot Rodding Burnout". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,1180,00.html. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "A Call to All Speed Demons! Online Racing Begins -BURNOUT Now Available on MPlayer.com". June 1, 1998. https://www.proquest.com/docview/447462096. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jebens, Harley (March 13, 1998). "Burnout Is Hot". Ziff Davis. http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_03/13_burnout/index.html. 
  10. ↑ Buttars, Shaffer (May 18, 1998). "Burnout Championship Drag Racing Review". http://gamezilla.com/reviews/b/burnout.asp. 
  11. ↑ GameSpot staff (October 2, 1997). "Crash and Burn Courtesy of Bethesda". Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/crash-and-burn-courtesy-of-bethesda/1100-2467804/. 
  12. ↑ "Burnout Lays Tracks Onto Mplayer.com!". June 3, 1998. http://www.mplayer.com/news/980603/burnout.html. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Burnout: Championship Drag Racing for PC". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/196843-burnout-championship-drag-racing/index.html. 
  14. ↑ Goble, Gordon (April 30, 1998). "Burnout: Championship Drag Racing". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0%2C6%2C0-1672%2C00.html. 
  15. ↑ Goble, Gordon (February 1999). "Choice Drag (Burnout Championship Drag Racing Player's Choice Edition Review)". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (175): 224. https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_175.pdf. Retrieved September 5, 2023. 
  16. ↑ Anderson, Tom (May 1998). "Burnout: Championship Drag Racing Review". CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33130-burnout-championship-drag-racing-review. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Poole, Stephen (April 28, 1998). "Burnout: Championship Drag Racing Review". Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/burnout-championship-drag-racing-review/1900-2538256/. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Burnout Championship Drag Racing". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (43): 115. July 1998. https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_43/page/n115/mode/2up. Retrieved October 17, 2020. 
  19. ↑ Vaughn, Todd (June 1998). "Burnout". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 5 (6). http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/145.html. Retrieved October 17, 2020. 
  20. ↑ Green, Roger (August 1998). "Burnout Championship Drag Racing". PC Zone (Dennis Publishing) (66): 121. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_066_1998-08_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n119/mode/2up. Retrieved October 18, 2020. 
  21. ↑ Bottorff, James (1998). "'Burnout' for die-hard fans only". The Cincinnati Enquirer (Gannett Company). http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/burnout.html. 
  22. ↑ Bassave, Roy (June 21, 1998). "No foot-dragging in this race". New York Daily News (Daily News Enterprises): p. 50. https://www.newspapers.com/article/99037709/daily-news/. 
  23. ↑ Crowe, Greg (December 14, 2000). "Still Out There...". Noble Order Press Enterprises Inc.. https://www.gameindustry.com/interviews/still-out-there/. 

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