What platforms is Combat Cars on?

Combat Cars was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

When did Combat Cars release?

Combat Cars was first released on December 31, 1994.

Combat Cars

Dec 31, 1994RacingSega Mega Drive/Genesis

Combat Cars — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Combat Cars on?: Combat Cars was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
When did Combat Cars release?: Combat Cars was first released on December 31, 1994.

About Combat Cars

Combat Cars is a racing game in which the player not only competes with other cars, trying to outrun them, but also uses all kinds of weapons and gadgets to damage their opponents. In the beginning of the game, the player can choose one of the eight available characters. Each character has his/her own strengths and weaknesses (speed, car handling, etc.), as well as unique weapons. The weapons include a simple gun, glue spots they can leave to trap other cars, homing missile, and others. There are 24 different tracks available in the game. The player must complete them in a linear fashion, and once they run out of time, the game is over.

Summary via IGDB.

Combat Cars on Wikipedia

Combat Cars is a racing vehicular combat game developed by Scangames and published by Accolade, and released for the Sega Genesis in 1994.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Developer: Scangames Norway
Publisher: Accolade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1994	$8	$14	$38	6 reviews	Low

Also released on: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

Complete

$14

Sealed

$38

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Cardboard box release	$8	$15	—
European (PAL) release	$12	$32	—

How often it sells

Loose: about once a week
Complete: about once a week
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $0.86 in Oct 2007, $6.92 five years ago, and $7.75 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2008	$1.49	—
Jan 2009	$3.00	—
Jan 2010	$2.95	—
Jan 2011	$3.05	—
Jan 2012	$0.95	—
Jan 2013	$0.76	—
Jan 2014	$1.07	$3.92
Jan 2015	$0.22	$3.92
Jan 2016	$1.81	$3.92
Jan 2017	$4.00	$9.38
Jan 2018	$5.01	$7.75
Jan 2019	$4.00	$8.00
Jan 2020	$5.55	$8.94
Jan 2021	$4.37	$8.74
Jan 2022	$7.30	$13.59
Jan 2023	$7.97	$12.68
Jan 2024	$6.18	$13.04
Jan 2025	$6.68	$12.33
Jan 2026	$7.96	$11.51
Oct 2026	$7.75	$13.99

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Barcode
North America	June 1994	015605034084
Europe / PAL	8 July 1994	5020622061215

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A top-down combat racer that starts fun and turns brutally hard, and it costs very little in the US.

Combat Cars is a racing and vehicular combat game developed by Scangames and published by Accolade. It came out in North America in June 1994 and in Europe on 8 July 1994.

Electronic Games found it enjoyable at first, a top-down update of games like R.C. Pro-Am and Rock n' Roll Racing, but said the difficulty jumps from the second level so much that it is nearly unwinnable against the computer.

What the press said at the time

MegaTech Issue 33	September 1994	63%
MegaTech Issue 34	October 1994	63%
Consoles +		85%
Computer and Video Games		67%
Electronic Gaming Monthly		6.6
Mean Machines Sega		71%

“A fairly entertaining, but ultimately average racing game. … It's certainly fast and fairly entertaining, but there are some faults that ruin the game.”
— Sega Magazine, August 1994

“A brave attempt to rival Micro Machines that sadly fails miserably. There is a two-player mode but the whole thing is just too hard.”
— MegaTech, September 1994

“A brave attempt to rival Micro Machines that sadly fails miserably. There is a two-player mode but the whole thing is just too hard.”
— MegaTech, October 1994

Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Genesis version.

Before you buy

Among US carts it sits below the middle and is cheap. The European cart usually costs more than the US one, especially complete. A cardboard-box edition exists, which PriceCharting prices separately from the plastic-case copy. A complete US copy means the case, cartridge and manual.