Destruction Derby (1975 video game)

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Destruction Derby
Developer(s)Exidy
Publisher(s)Exidy
Chicago Coin
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)2 player simultaneous

Destruction Derby is an arcade video game released by Exidy in 1975[2] as the company's first driving game.[3] Exidy licensed it to Chicago Coin, who sold the game as Demolition Derby (not to be confused with Demolition Derby, a 1984 game by Bally Midway). Exidy stopped producing Destruction Derby to avoid competing with the licensed version, and instead developed a game with similar mechanics: the controversial Death Race.[3]

Reception[edit]

In March 1976, the first annual RePlay arcade chart listed Demolition Derby as the ninth-highest-earning arcade video game of the previous year in the United States.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "California Clippings" (PDF). Cash Box. December 20, 1975. p. 36.
  2. ^ Destruction Derby at the Killer List of Videogames
  3. ^ a b Smith, Keith (14 December 2012). "Death Race". The Golden Age Arcade Historian.
  4. ^ "The Nation's Top Arcade Games". RePlay. March 1976.