<s>
MegaRace	B-Application
is	O
a	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Cryo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
pre-rendered	O
3-D	O
graphics	O
and	O
over	O
twenty	O
minutes	O
of	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
of	O
fictional	O
game	O
show	O
host	O
,	O
Lance	B-Application
Boyle	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
and	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
spawned	O
two	O
sequels	O
,	O
MegaRace	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
MegaRace	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MegaRace	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
distant	O
future	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
a	O
contestant	O
on	O
a	O
fictional	O
game	O
show	O
and	O
namesake	O
,	O
MegaRace	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MegaRace	B-Application
is	O
broadcast	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
VWBT	O
(	O
Virtual	O
World	O
Broadcast	O
Television	O
)	O
television	O
channel	O
,	O
where	O
contestants	O
compete	O
in	O
a	O
live-or-die	O
race	O
match	O
against	O
Hells	O
Angels-like	O
speed	O
gangs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MegaRace	B-Application
's	O
host	O
is	O
the	O
eccentric	O
Lance	B-Application
Boyle	I-Application
,	O
who	O
was	O
portrayed	O
by	O
actor	O
Christian	O
Erickson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Megarace	B-Application
is	O
a	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
game	O
with	O
arcade	O
gameplay	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
RoadBlasters	B-Application
and	O
Spy	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
because	O
the	O
speedway	O
is	O
rendered	O
in	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
in	O
MegaRace	B-Application
is	O
to	O
kill	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
speed-gang	O
members	O
in	O
each	O
race	O
before	O
three	O
laps	O
of	O
the	O
racetrack	O
are	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
beats	O
Lance	B-Application
Boyle	I-Application
's	O
score	O
(	O
120,000	O
points	O
)	O
,	O
plays	O
for	O
a	O
sufficiently	O
long	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
comes	O
in	O
second	O
,	O
third	O
or	O
(	O
occasionally	O
)	O
fourth	O
,	O
Lance	O
will	O
let	O
him	O
move	O
on	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
track	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MegaRace	B-Application
features	O
a	O
techno	O
chiptune	O
soundtrack	O
composed	O
by	O
Stéphane	O
Picq	O
of	O
Dune	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
Toolworks	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microïds	O
(	O
Anuman	O
Interactive	O
's	O
adventure	O
games	O
label	O
)	O
,	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
Cryo	O
brand	O
,	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
available	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
on	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
alongside	O
MegaRace	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
received	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
on	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
via	O
GOG.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
controls	O
are	O
difficult	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
fun	O
gameplay	O
and	O
impressive	O
graphics	O
make	O
up	O
for	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
would	O
seem	O
that	O
every	O
new	O
piece	O
of	O
hardware	O
needs	O
to	O
proves	O
itself	O
on	O
a	O
racing	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
could	O
be	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
game	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Daytona	O
,	O
Ridge	O
,	O
and	O
Cruis'n	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MegaRace	B-Application
was	O
eventually	O
added	O
to	O
publisher	O
Mindscape	O
's	O
"	O
Value	O
Classic	O
Series	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MegaRace	B-Application
also	O
spawned	O
two	O
sequels	O
,	O
MegaRace	B-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
and	O
MegaRace	B-Application
3	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
pre-rendered	O
method	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
albeit	O
with	O
3D	O
polygon	O
car	O
models	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lance	B-Application
Boyle	I-Application
also	O
returns	O
for	O
both	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MegaRace	B-Application
also	O
came	O
bundled	O
with	O
some	O
Packard	O
Bell	O
,	O
Quantex	O
computers	O
,	O
Matrox	B-Application
video	O
cards	O
,	O
and	O
Gravis	O
joysticks	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
to	O
mid-1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
ZOOM	O
Platform	O
and	O
Jordan	O
Freeman	O
Group	O
announced	O
conversions	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
MegaRace	B-Application
Trilogy	O
for	O
mobile	O
and	O
tablet	O
devices	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
reboot	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
on	O
PCs	O
,	O
game	O
consoles	O
,	O
mobile	O
,	O
and	O
tablet	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
