Screamer

Screamer is a traditional arcade racing game. The player can drive many different cars such as a Corvette, a Porsche 911, and others. The game has varied tracks, all of which are available in backwards mode…

79 31 October 1995

Arcade Racing Sport Action

Screamer is an arcade developed by Graffiti Entertainment, released 31 October 1995 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Screamer is

Screamer is an arcade game developed by Graffiti Entertainment and released in 1995. It was published by Virgin Entertainment. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Screamer is a traditional arcade racing game. The player can drive many different cars such as a Corvette, a Porsche 911, and others. The game has varied tracks, all of which are available in backwards mode. Players can take on the Bullet car for the ultimate championship race.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Screamer holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Screamer launched on 31 October 1995, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby and Mission Critical. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Mission Critical.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Screamer — frequently asked questions

When did Screamer come out?

Screamer was released on 31 October 1995 for DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Screamer?

At minimum, Screamer needs 1 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 graphics, 500 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Screamer?

The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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