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==Preparation==

Prior to the game, the player can select playing options from a menu. These will determine the speed of the player's and computer's cars and when the computer's cars will speed up.

The player has the ability to speed up at any time by pressing the joystick button, but it is sometimes advantageous to move slowly.

There are five "lanes," each of which forms a circumference around the board. The outer lanes are larger than the inner ones. The lanes (from inner to outer) have 4, 20, 36, 52, and 68 dots respectively. Each lane is divided into four sectors, with breaks at the 12:00, 3:00, 6:00 and 9:00 points. It is at these locations where lane-changing is possible. The player has the ability to switch up to two lanes at each break, while the computer's cars can only switch one lane at a time.

In the center of the screen is a "pit," where spare cars are displayed. The game begins with two cars in the pit. When a level is cleared, a new car is added to the pit, and bonus points are scored. When a crash occurs, a car is removed from the pit. A maximum of four cars can occupy the pit at any given time. If a level is cleared with four cars in the pit, bonus points are scored, but no new cars are added.

After one level is cleared, the starting position of the computer's yellow car moves to the left of the screen (9:00 position). When the second screen is cleared, the yellow car moves back to its original position, but the computer adds a new ''blue'' car, which starts at the left. After this level is cleared, the blue car shifts to the second-outermost lane.

==Advertising Blurbs==

Enjoy the excitement of high-speed racing, combined with the challenge of out-maneuvering a canny opponent, as you pit your speed and skill against the computer in this challenging, fast-paced game.

* In addition, various levels of difficulty allow you to add even more excitement to the Car Wars action as your skills increase. Movement on the screen can be controlled by the Wired Remote Controllers or from the keyboard.

'''CAR WARS^TM'''<br>

'''Cartridge Instructions'''<br>

Copyright &copy; 1981, Texas Instruments Incorporated<br>

Command Module program and data base contents copyright &copy; 1981, Texas Instruments, Inc.<br>

===Introduction===

Movement on the screen can be controlled by the Wired Remote Controllers or from the keyboard.

===Getting Started===

You can stop a game at any time and return to the option selection display by pressing BACK. To start a game over with the same options, press REDO.

The object of the game is to clear the dots from the playing field by successfully maneuvering your car through the maze of lanes, without being "crashed" by the yellow computer car. You get three chances to clear the field. The number of cars in the pit show how many chances you have left at any point in the game.

If you are using the Wired Remote Controllers, move the lever to direct your car, and press the FIRE button to accelerate.

As you move your car around the field, your object is to clear as many lanes of dots as you can before the computer's car can crash into yours. For each dot cleared in the first round, you receive 10 points. If you successfully clear all the dots without being "crashed", a BONUS message flashes on the display, and bonus points are added to your score. The number of bonus points awarded depends on the type of game you set up, as shown on the chart below.

Thus, you could receive from 200 bonus points, for a game where you've chosen a car speed of "creepin'" and a computer-car speed-up point of "late", to as much as 1,000 points, if you select a car speed of "flyin'" and a speed-up point of "look-out!" When the bonus scoring is completed, an extra player car is added to the pit (you may receive up to four additional cars).

If you again succeed in clearing all the dots from the field without being crashed, the third round begins with two computer cars simultaneously attempting to crash your car off the field.

To play another game with the same options, press REDO. To change the options for the next game, press BACK and the option selection display appears. When you finish playing Car Wars, press QUIT to return to the master title screen.

==Downloads==

==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070412064248/http://my.stratos.net/~hewston95/RTM10/RTM10.html#TI994_Arcade Web Archive: Retrogaming Times Monthly, March 2005, Issue #10]

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