The Incredible Crash Dummies

by Gray Matter · published by Playtronic, Acclaim Entertainment, LJN, Flying Edge, Acclaim · The Incredible Crash Dummies series

1993 · Amiga, SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, SFAM

Platform Racing Action Single-player Comedy Side view

At a time when computer games were being blamed for violence, bad language, epilepsy and everything else the 'moral majority' needed a scapegoat for, Virgin gave us: The Road Safety Game. Or not, as this is a standard platform game with a twist of questionable taste and purpose.

Story

You play a crash test dummy, trying to progress through levels filled with hazards such as cars and fireballs, within the time limits. Contact with each of these loses you a limb, and once you have none left, contact means game over. Since the character isn’t handicapped by missing limbs in any way, in practical terms you can think of these as hit points especially as there are screwdrivers to pick up which restore one limb.