Cro-Mag Rally - Drive like a caveman
In Cro-Mag Rally you are a speed-hungry caveman named Brog who races through the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages in primitive vehicles such as the Geode Cruiser, Bone Buggy, Logmobile, Trojan Horse, and many others. Brog has at his disposal an arsenal of primitive weaponry ranging from Bone Bombs to Chinese Bottle Rockets and Heat Seeking Homing Pigeons. In addition to single-player racing where one player races against the computer, there are also several different multi-player modes (available only when running on OS 9) including Tag, Capture the Flag, and Survival. Two players can play on a single computer in split-screen mode, or up to 6 players can play over a network.
Cro-Mag Rally is an incredibly diverse and entertaining racing game, and there is nothing else like it for the Macintosh! The game is visually stunning, has incredibly fun driving physics, and is suitable for all ages. Download the demo to try it out!
Download Cro-Mag Rally and get behind the wheel of a prehistoric hot rod. Your iPhone is the steering wheel as you avoid obstacles and fire off primitive weapons like Bone Bombs and Heat-Seeking Homing Pigeons.
Cro-Mag Rally has 3 different difficulty settings: Easy, Medium, and Hard.
Pangea Software recommends playing in Hard mode since that is the most fun, and playing in Easy mode is essentially cheating. However, here is a list of what the different modes actually do:
Easy
• Only need to come in 3rd place or better to win a Tournament mode race.
• All cars have significantly better suspension.
• All cars have significantly better traction.
• CPU cars don’t know how to brake when approaching tight turns.
• CPU cars never shoot weapons or use Nitro’s.
• Europe cannons don’t fire.
• Jungle Pterodactyls never attack.
• Jungle Totem Poles don’t shoot.
Medium
• All cars have slightly improved traction.
• In Bronze and Iron Ages the CPU cars have additionally improved traction.
• In Bronze and Iron Ages the CPU cars have tweaked / improved acceleration.
Hard
• CPU cars are chosen randomly, therefore, there may be more than one of each type of car in the race.
• In Bronze and Iron Ages the CPU cars have highly tweaked / improved acceleration.
• In Bronze and Iron Ages the CPU cars have highly tweaked / improved traction.
• CPU cars that are behind the last human player are given additional speed and other physics tweaks to help them catch up.
• CPU cars don’t attack other CPU cars if they are behind the last player.
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Riding a submarine and avoiding sharks in Atlantis
Going for a Nitro powerup in front of the Sphinx
Playing battle Tag in the Stonehenge arena
CRASHING AT LAUNCH?
Many people have been reporting that apps they buy on the App Store will not install and/or launch. While Apple figures out what the problem is, there are some things you can do which usually fixes it. Try these in this order until it is fixed:
1. Reboot your iPhone twice (hold down the power and home buttons for 10 seconds).
2. If that failes then you should re-download a fresh copy of the game. To do that, go back into the App Store (either on the iPhone or in iTunes) and click ‘Buy Now’. Don’t worry, if you’ve already purchased it then you will see a message asking you if you want to re-download it for free. You may need to delete the game first before you can download a fresh copy.
You can also see Apple’s App Store Troubleshooting Guide which has some additional information. If you need further help you can contact Apple’s Customer Support from the iTunes Help menu.
SOUND EFFECTS WON’T TURN ON?
There is a small bug in the iPhone OS which causes the audio in an app not to turn on once it has been turned off. The solution is this: go into the game’s Settings dialog and turn the Sound Effects: ON. Then press the Done button to save the changes. Now quit the game and relaunch it. That should turn the audio back on.
Tips for Driving
• Unlike most racing games where you simply hold down the acceleration button and never let go, Cro-Mag Rally requires a bit more interaction. In Cro-Mag Rally, speed kills - remember that. You’ve got to get used to letting go of the gas pedal and hitting the brakes, especially on the levels with tight turns like China and the Viking Village Yes, hitting the brakes slows you down, but in this racing game, “control” is more important than speed.
• Different tracks require different vehicles, and the fastest car is not always the best car. On most of the tracks, good acceleration and traction are actually the most important characteristics to look for in a car.
• Remember that Cro-Mag Rally’s tracks have lots of curves and bumps, and when you hit a bump and get airborne, you will continue to spin in mid-air. When you land after getting airborne, you are likely to skid out if your car has poor traction, and recovering from an uncontrolled skid is much easier with a car that has good acceleration. When driving in a bumpy area try to keep going straight, otherwise, you will inevitably get into a mid-air spin which typically results in a skid-out upon landing.
• If you are involved in a skid-out and your car comes to rest aiming backwards, don’t bother wasting time turning the car around. Just start driving backwards until you get a good opportunity to turn back around. The cars in Cro-Mag Rally work just as well in reverse as they do going forward - it’s just a little more difficult to get used to steering backwards.
• In single-player mode, you are always going to start each race in back of the other cars. The initial melee of crashing that goes on at the start of each race as all of the cars try to get in the lead can determine the outcome of the rest of the race. If you can avoid crashing into any of the other cars right off the starting line and wiggle your way into first place, then that will usually double to triple your odds of winning the race. Let the other cars lose time by smashing into each other in the first 15 seconds of the race; you try to avoid it.
• If you are in a fast car or in a car with the Nitro activated, don’t try to over-steer to avoid hitting steep parts of the terrain. You will usually crash if you attempt to do that, so instead just let your car hit the slope and if you get airborne, just hope you’re flying down-stream.
• The Logmobile, and the Chariot are two of the most speed-oriented cars in the game, and the CPU does a good job of driving them. Therefore, these are often going to be “the cars to beat” in many of the races. If you are in a car with better acceleration and traction, then a good strategy is to ram into the Logmobile or Chariot whenever you get a chance. The CPU artificial intelligence is always going to be worse recovering from a crash than you will be.
• When playing in Tournament Mode it is best to focus on getting the Arrowheads on the first lap. This is helpful because then you will have 2 full laps to focus solely on winning the race. If you are constantly having to worry about staying in 1st place and getting the arrowheads on every lap then you are going to lose.
• Most racing games (and Cro-Mag Rally is no exception) have a gameplay feature which gives players in back and advantage over those in front, thus allowing the players in back to catch up. In Cro-Mag Rally, you are given a little extra speed the farther you fall behind in the Place rankings. For example, you may notice that the Geode Cruiser goes about 20% faster when it is in 6thplace compared with its speed in 1st place. What this boils down to is the fact that even if you are in 6th place and all seems lost, you actually stand a fair chance of winning the game. However, the CPU cars also have the same advantage, so keep that in mind.
Tips for Powerups
• Once you get good at handling these cars, this tip is the sure-fire way to win: choose a car with excellent speed and poor to mediocre traction and suspension. This alone will certainly result in losing the race, but if you can manage to pick up all of the Sticky Tire, and Super Suspension Powerups then you’ll blaze past all the other players. It is often worth the trouble and loss of time to actually turn around to pick up a missed Sticky Tire powerup than to pass them by. High Speed combined with Sticky Tire powerups will greatly improve your odds of winning!
• Avoid using the Oil weapon on the first 2 laps. The CPU cars’ artificial intelligence knows to try to avoid the oil slicks that are on the ground. The CPU can probably do a better job of avoiding these than you can, so odds are that if you drop an oil slick down on the first two laps, the only car that will hit it will be yours. However, on the third lap you should always try to use as many oil weapons as possible. This will slow down the players behind you, and you don’t have to worry about ever running into your own oil slick since you’re already on the final lap. However, on some of the difficult tracks it may be a good strategy to use the Oil weapon as much as you can early on so long as you are in 1st place. Anything you can do to keep the other cars well behind you at the start of the race will help, however, be prepared to take your own medicine when you lap around.
• Unlike the Oil slicks, the Land Mines do not stay around forever, therefore, it is safe to drop those down on any lap - you don’t need to worry about running into your own land mine on the next lap.
• Never throw a Bone Bomb backwards on a bumpy road. If you’ve played the game for more than 20 minutes, you probably already learned this the hard way. Bone Bombs have a tendency to hit the ground prematurely on bumpy terrain, and the shock wave from the explosion behind you will send you into a spin. Only throw Bone Bombs behind you when you are on level terrain.
• If the race is really close and there is a faster car coming up behind you, here is a strategy which works well: Get the Sticky Tires powerup, and then lob a Bone Bomb in back of you. Even if you get hit with your own Bone Bomb, odds are that you will recover from the skid faster than your opponent since Sticky Tires reduce the spin from an explosion.
• The Roman Candle is one of the most effective weapon in the game. No aim is required, and they have good range. However, there are two things to be aware of when using the Roman Candles: 1) If there are no opponents in range when you fire a Roman Candle, the projectile will come raining down on YOU. 2) Never rapid fire a barrage of Roman Candles as fast as you can. Instead, fire one off every 1/2 to 1 second. This will increase your odds of a direct and repeated hit.
• The Homing Pigeon weapon is the best weapon to use for a rear attack. If there are cars coming up on you from behind, nothing does as good a job of neutralizing them as the Homing Pigeon. This weapon is not all that good for a forward attack since they are slow-moving and tend to detonate in front of you unexpectedly which can cause you to be blown up by your own Homing Pigeon much of the time. Primarily use these for rear attacks.
• Even though they look really cool when you fire them, the Bottle Rockets are not a very effective weapon in racing mode. They are too slow and have poor aim in the twisty terrains of the racing tracks. However, they are excellent weapons for use in the battle arenas during multi-player games.
• This probably goes without saying, but never activate a Nitro powerup right before a turn in the road. That’s the fastest way to get your face imprinted on the rock wall.
• Of all the weapons in the game, the most difficult to use is the Freeze Bomb. These require very good aim and timing, but if you manage to hit an opponent with it you’ll be in good shape. They are very effective weapons when they hit their target.
Battle Tips
• In Survival mode, all of the cars take damage equally. The big Geode Cruiser is just as frail as the Logmobile, so don’t just pick the Geode Cruiser because it looks tough. It won’t protect you from enemy fire any better than any other car.
• In the Stonehenge arena there is a Druid in the middle of the track. Every time you touch the Druid you get 20 seconds of Sticky Tires, 20 seconds of Super Suspension, and 20 of whatever weapon you currently are holding. Therefore, a good strategy is to pick up 1 Roman Candle and then touch the Druid. Now you have 20 Roman Candles to blast away with!
• When playing Quest For Fire mode, it is always a good idea to steal one of your opponent’s torches whenever you drop one of your torches at your base. Take the enemy’s torch and hide it somewhere. He can still see it on his map, but you can at least make it inconvenient for him to go get.
• Try to get to the top of the big pyramid in the Aztec battle arena. The best weapons are there. Here is the trick to getting to the top of the pyramid: get a Nitro powerup and then head to the side of the pyramid with the ramp. Activate the Nitro and that’ll give you enough speed to make it to the top.
