Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) [Paperback]

Anthony Pena (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 1999 | Series: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

Everything you need to make bloody pedestrian sushi
Detailed maps of all racetrack environments
Bone-jarring tactics and steel-shredding strategies
Breakdowns of every driver and car, including the new combine harvester and wingless airplane
Covers "kill or be killed" multiplayer mode
Locations and tips for all neck-breaking power-ups
Descriptions of every head-splitting weapon and accessory

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (January 6, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761519491
• ISBN-13: 978-0761519492
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,892,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OK book for a great game, July 2, 2004

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Anonymous_me (chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) (Paperback)

I'm not thrilled with the book, but so far as I know, its the only book available for Carmageddon II.

I noticed Carmageddon 2 has FAR better reviews than Carmageddon 3. I think Carmageddon 2 is a good game. Carmageddon 2 is one of the only games I've ever played in my life.

It was very hard to learn for me. Some things about games and computers that I now take for granted had to be discovered by tedious trial and error. I'm no great shakes at this game, a lot of times I go back to previous levels, just to play around and create mayhem. Its a good game.

In book's beginning, lotsa pages are wasted on pics of the available cars. While I'm not that good at the game, I know the cars that are available to buy. The book actually lists some vehicles that u can supposedly buy -but some of them aren't even in Carmageddon!

They give some cool ideas for strategies. But no battle plan survives unexpected when facing the enemy. U may be forced off course if too many other drivers try to zero in on u.

Carmageddon 2 is a cool game in the sense that there is much to explore off the course. Try taking different turns, going places just for the heck of it. U'll discover a lot of stuff that'll get u big points. U'd never have known that if u hadn't done independent exploration. (and this book might help, too)

I actually played Carmageddon 2 with a game pad for a long time, til I got a steering wheel.

I know the game runs under WinME. This is a very old game, it must have been released in the days of Win98. Don't know if it runs under XP.

Bought the game from Amazon when it was heavily discounted (cause it was an old game).

I have maybe 10 games, most of which I've barely touched. Carmageddon seems to me to be a game that u should hold on to.

I think the game gets a bit crash prone at the higher levels. Somewhere around level 8 or 9, its a touch crashy and also, the nature of the game changes. U'd better have saved a lot of points, because u'll need a BIG vehicle. The old tricks of destroying enemies start to fall flat at these higher levels. No matter what u do, u can't destroy the other huge vehicles with a little car.

I gave up and began the game all over, using some of the tricks from the book. I don't care, I like the game. Like the book sez, u can replay levels to get lotsa extra points. (this book mentions that tip)

Also, u'll find that at the higher levels, u'd better buy a BIG vehicle, the choice of car duznt make that much difference at lower levels. Just keep the red one they give u-and buy all the armor,offensive and power u can for the car. Otherwise, save your points for a later level where u'll need to buy more expensive and larger vehicles.

The on-disk documentation for Carmageddon won't explain how the missions are won. Get explanations off the net and/or this book.

I guess, if u're like me and want to stick with an old favorite, u may as well buy this book. I've learned a few things from it. I had already learned a lot from experimentation.

Since, for me, this game has long term potential, I say spend a few bucks and get a few little tricks that u might not figure out on your own. Carmagedon is a rich game, with lots of stuff to explore. U might not catch it all on your own.

Buy the book if u think like I do. I think it would have been even better had I bought it a few years ago.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Carmageddon II Carpocalypse Now : Carpocalypse Now, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) (Paperback)

This is a very good book, because it has very good explanations, and also it has a lot of images and illustrations, and you can understand it better, you can play better because with this book you know how to play, and they tell you tips so you can play better.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Carmageddon II Carpocalypse Now : Carpocalypse Now, April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) (Paperback)

This is a very good book, because it has very good explanations, and also it has a lot of images and illustrations, and you can understand it better, you can play better because with this book you know how to play, and they tell you tips so you can play better.