<s>
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
driving	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Exidy	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
first	O
shipping	O
to	O
arcade	O
distributors	O
in	O
April	O
1976	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
modification	O
of	O
Exidy	O
's	O
1975	O
game	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
in	O
which	O
players	O
crashed	O
into	O
cars	O
to	O
accrue	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
,	O
the	O
objective	O
became	O
to	O
run	O
into	O
"	O
gremlins	O
"	O
to	O
gain	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
working	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
which	O
appeared	O
on	O
some	O
early	O
advertisements	O
was	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
98	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1975	O
,	O
Exidy	O
licensed	O
its	O
game	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
to	O
arcade	O
game	O
company	O
Chicago	O
Coin	O
to	O
manufacture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
Chicago	O
Coin	O
entered	O
financial	O
difficulties	O
which	O
would	O
eventually	O
lead	O
to	O
the	O
dissolution	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
Exidy	O
had	O
sold	O
exclusive	O
manufacturing	O
rights	O
they	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
profit	O
from	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Needing	O
an	O
interim	O
product	O
to	O
introduce	O
to	O
distributors	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
game	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
saleable	O
by	O
their	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newly-arrived	O
engineer	O
Howell	O
Ivy	O
from	O
Ramtek	O
made	O
several	O
modifications	O
to	O
Destruction	B-Application
Derby	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
this	O
new	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
top	O
and	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
players	O
could	O
wrap	O
around	O
to	O
the	O
opposite	O
side	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
Atari	O
's	O
Space	B-Application
Race	I-Application
(	O
1973	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
sources	O
have	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
licensed	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
1975	O
film	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
2000	O
,	O
Exidy	O
has	O
denied	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
"	O
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
a	O
reflection	O
of	O
the	O
undead	O
monsters	O
depicted	O
in	O
the	O
cabinet	O
art	O
and	O
marketing	O
,	O
both	O
devised	O
by	O
artist	O
Michael	O
Cooper-Hart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exidy	O
only	O
intended	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
as	O
an	O
interim	O
product	O
until	O
their	O
subsequent	O
game	O
Car	O
Polo	O
(	O
1977	O
)	O
was	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
article	O
,	O
many	O
news	O
organizations	O
through	O
1976	O
and	O
1977	O
reported	O
on	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
,	O
including	O
national	O
newspapers	O
like	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
at	O
Exidy	O
attribute	O
a	O
large	O
jump	O
in	O
sales	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
this	O
increase	O
in	O
national	O
profile	O
for	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
,	O
even	O
though	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
coverage	O
was	O
negative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
eighth	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1976	I-Application
according	O
to	O
RePlay	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
the	O
seventh	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1977	I-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
Play	O
Meter	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
original	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
is	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
Musée	O
Mécanique	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
"	O
Death	O
Chase	O
"	O
recreates	O
the	O
look	O
,	O
feel	O
,	O
and	O
play	O
of	O
the	O
1970s	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
on	O
the	O
1980s	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
vector	O
graphics	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
