DethKarz

An action arcade racer from 1998, running on Windows 11. I have no crashes or what so ever. In the beginning I had a black screen after the melbourne Intro. I read somewhere to restart the PC and that helped me too. So now I can enjoy one of my earliest games I had for my first PC.

I spent years trying to find this game, unsure if it was just a fever dream playing it on my Win98 PC back in the day. It was so much fun. I hate to admit it but thanks to AI companion apps - some asking around and shortlisting games I eventually managed to track this one down. At one point I thought maybe I was mistaking it for Wipeout, but I remember this game having better graphics and just being so much more fun. Installed and boy.. Its every bit as good as I remember. What a damn game! Its so fun and thrilling. It has the racing element which can be pretty hard in its own right but there's also strategy with which power ups to keep or use, managing your health meter. There's so much and I'm actually stunned a sequel of any kind was never considered. The market is currently saturated with similar titles tho which im sure pull ahead of anything that a Dethkarz sequel could release, but oh well.. For a trip down memory lane this one holds up really well. 100% recommend

One of the greatest racing games of all time. Legendary music, artwork, and game play mechanics that are still fun and clean in 2026. (Works on Linux, with maximum performance, use proton 9.X)

[h1] DethKarz [/h1] [h3] Positives: [/h3] + The nostalgia and retro feel + A state of the art graphics for its time + Quite nice handling and physics + Good sense of speed + Cool tracks and cars + Power ups and weapons + Awesome soundtrack + Different difficulty settings + Quite a lot of adjustments can be made in the graphics settings [h3] Negatives: [/h3] - A few bugs and glitches - Has some issues running on windows 11 (remember this was made for windows 95!) - The championship needs more balance in difficulty and setup - Really only 4 tracks and cars (the only difference is length and classes) - Some annoying sounds (especially the low energy and incoming warnings) - When the music track is finished, its just silence till the end of the race - Widescreen resolutions are stretched - Only 60 fps (anything over will break physics) [h3] Conclusion: [/h3] Back in the day this was one of the coolest games you could play. And if you invested in a monster computer (like a hefty Pentium II Processor, 128 MB RAM, Voodoo2 Graphics Card with 12 MB RAM and a Sound Blaster Live! Sound Card) you could experience the eye candy and eargasms from a different world. But your bank account woul…

6/10

One of the best combat racing games! Nice music, tracks and cars as well as really good driving physics. Although it's old it still is very fun to play if you like racing games. Defeitely recommend!