Interstate '82
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| Developer(s) | Activision |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Composer(s) | Josh Mancell |
| Engine | Dark Side |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single-player or multiplayer |
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Interstate '82 is a vehicular combat video game for Windows. It was developed and published by Activision and released in 1999.
Synopsis
The game is set in the southwest United States in an alternate version of the year 1982, during the Reagan Administration. The game is less complex than its predecessor, Interstate '76, lacking the detailed armor and weapon management of the original. Its play-style is closer to console-based vehicular combat games like Twisted Metal, with a single health bar displaying both armor and chassis strength, as opposed to 76's armor/chassis strength system. The vehicle models have been updated to reflect the change in era, and overall, the game has a new wave feel, with several hitherto-unreleased Devo songs being on the soundtrack, as opposed to the first game's funk-inspired style.
Interstate '82 features a story-mode like its predecessor, with one new option: the player can exit his vehicle and enter another, adding some strategy to the game's storyline. Another new addition is the ability to skin the new vehicle models.
Plot
Six years after Groove Champion and his allies avenged his sister's murder, the former hero has gone missing. The player takes on the role of Taurus, Groove's former partner, as he tries to discover where his friend has gone, uncovering a conspiracy leading all the way to the very top of the American government.