Paris-Dakar Rally Special

Paris-Dakar Rally Special is a game of many genres which transforms the endurance racing format of the Paris-Dakar Rally into a timed obstacle course.

The game starts off as a puzzle adventure game where you are dropped into a city map and have to figure out a series of places to go and dialogue choices to end up with a sponsor, a SUV for the Rally, and a navigator. The timed obstacle course starts with a race proper where you have to reach the finish line in a very fragile SUV - a collision with another car crashes your car, three collisions completely wreck it and send you back to the start of the race. The next timed obstacle is an urban maze where you try to reach the finish line by going through narrow streets that can only fit one car while trying to avoid collisions with other cars. The third timed obstacle is side-scrolling stage where your SUV can now shoot bullets to clear enemies and occasionally your driver has to get out on foot to reach some buttons to create driving paths for your car. The fourth timed obstacle is an underwater stage where you dive your SUV into the Mediterranean Sea and shoot down marine life and torpedoes from unknown source to reach the shore of Africa. The fifth timed obstacle is the crossing of the Sahara Desert, which plays in a top-down perspective. The sixth timed obstacle is another top-down stage, this time running through an active warzone. The final timed obstacle is another race proper, but through a sandy and narrow cliffside. The sandy ground here creates more drift compared to the first race.

At the end of the game, your time is tallied and compared with the other competitors. An additional celebration scene will play out if you come in first place.