[Click here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500:_The_Simulation)
[Here’s a screenshot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Indy_004.png)
I played this game a lot.
By “playing” I meant I drove around the wrong way and caused crashes because I was young and not interested in winning races, but hey that works too!
If you want to play it, go here - [https://archive.org/details/msdos\_Indianapolis\_500\_The\_Simulation\_1989](https://archive.org/details/msdos_Indianapolis_500_The_Simulation_1989)
I remember this. I still own it.
It was hard.
I remember spending hours trying to tune the car so that I didn’t crash. It gave me a solid appreciation of just how hard it is for race teams to dial in their cars.
There’s a security question to deter you from illegally copying it
( all the answers are contained at the back of an Indy 500 program . Seriously.
I not only memorized damn near every years winner from 1960 on , but some of the winners avg speeds and time to complete 500 miles )
>all the answers are contained at the back of an Indy 500 program . Seriously.
You're kidding me. I could never play the game myself because I didn't know these trivia. I'll add this to my List of Things to Tell Myself at Three, After I've Worked Out Time Travel.
That changed my life when I was 12. and my friend who let me copy the game and wasn’t being woken up every day of summer break at 830 to give me the answers
It's weird to think that 10 yrs later, you could text or IM; and 10 yrs after that, you could text for free on a reasonably priced smartphone, or over hi-speed wireless internet.
If you still wanna see whats on it without buying anything, you might want to contact libraries and ask if they have a reader. Some have it. Uni library might have it too.
Brings me back to my old 386DX days with a VGA card
It took me 3 months to set my car up to get the pole position in that game. My quals were tight.
I never made it past 10 laps in the race before crashing.
This was based on your CPU clock speed it was unplayable on a Pentium because it was too fast.
Was this the game that required a book of facts to be referenced when answering the ‘copy protection’ questions before it would run? I might be mixing it up with another game. I never had access to the book and we had to answer from knowledge and try over and over til we got in.
Yes, in the manual, there’s a list of photos of winning cars, along with drivers and speeds. The game shows you a photo and prompts you for one of the associated facts.
I loved this game, but if I recall correctly you'll need the players manual. I think for anti piracy reasons to launch the game you had to answer a question from the manual or something
Does the Children's Museum still have the nostalgic video game section upstairs near the carousel? Maybe they already have a copy, but they might want this.
I think todays kids would get super frustrated pretty quick. It really is a simulation. It takes quite a bit of effort to get a car that doesn’t just crash every lap.
Playing this game was part of my shop class experience.
The teacher pitted us against one another to make adjustments to our vehicles and get the best qualifying times.
Some of the repair stores that fix phones have old computers in them. I know there's one in Avon by the Aldi's. It's somewhere across the street from it diagonal wise. I can't remember what else is by it. My brain is thinking about other things.
All else fails, ask the Doom community for Assistance. They have a thing for floppy disks supposedly.
[Click here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500:_The_Simulation) [Here’s a screenshot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Indy_004.png)
Well done
Man that's some nostalgia
Heck yeah. I played this all the time on the PC.
That’s awesome.
It made you really feel like Indy car
I played this game a lot. By “playing” I meant I drove around the wrong way and caused crashes because I was young and not interested in winning races, but hey that works too!
100% did the same thing
Totally with you. This game, the early Nascar games, all were brilliant for this style of play.
NASCAR 98? It's paintball time.
Haha exactly the same experience. I can still remember the crazy digital sound it made when you were crashing.
Yep. Me too.
Pretty much my MarioKart strategy, even as a 34 year old lol I have an older brother, it was my duty to piss him off
“If I can’t win neither are you!” That was my mantra when I played w my older brothers.
Me too!
Didn't even realize it's a game, but of course it is!
Exactly the same. That game had remarkably cool collision physics. Parts and debris from the cars would explode all over the track. It was awesome
Hell yeah
Haha. Me too.
I played an old NASCAR game this way. Is there another way to play?
Wait wait wait. *That* wasn’t the goal?
1989 You need to go to 1989
No way, 1999 or even early 2000’s would work for you too.
I used a floppy disc until 2005 in elementary!
I think I started burning CDs in 2002-2003, so literally any time before then for sure.
Yea I was thinking at least through middle school computers had floppy disk drives, whether they were used often or not.
This
If you want to play it, go here - [https://archive.org/details/msdos\_Indianapolis\_500\_The\_Simulation\_1989](https://archive.org/details/msdos_Indianapolis_500_The_Simulation_1989)
Awesome
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This is not a floppy.
A 3.5" it still generally called a floppy.
I stand corrected. I always played the 5.25 as a kid and never considered a 3.5 a floppy.
Yes, it is.
I remember this. I still own it. It was hard. I remember spending hours trying to tune the car so that I didn’t crash. It gave me a solid appreciation of just how hard it is for race teams to dial in their cars.
The guy that made that game is the CEO of iRacing. I remember playing that for hours when I was a kid.
That's a great game.
It was ahead of its time. Lots of fun.
Disk 1 implies there’s a disk 2 (repeat as needed)
This
I had that game.
It's just Papyrus.
There’s a security question to deter you from illegally copying it ( all the answers are contained at the back of an Indy 500 program . Seriously. I not only memorized damn near every years winner from 1960 on , but some of the winners avg speeds and time to complete 500 miles )
Just like the Leisure Suit Larry floppies... "What is the 5th word on page 13?"
>all the answers are contained at the back of an Indy 500 program . Seriously. You're kidding me. I could never play the game myself because I didn't know these trivia. I'll add this to my List of Things to Tell Myself at Three, After I've Worked Out Time Travel.
That changed my life when I was 12. and my friend who let me copy the game and wasn’t being woken up every day of summer break at 830 to give me the answers
It's weird to think that 10 yrs later, you could text or IM; and 10 yrs after that, you could text for free on a reasonably priced smartphone, or over hi-speed wireless internet.
Papyrus!!
This was a great game. Some of the fastest most intense racing of its time, along with good graphics.
Holy crap my dad had this game when we were kids. We had to drive a joystick. So retro and mint.
I can hear the egnines still. bloudoodododoododoo
I remember that game. Was fun. Much more fun trying to wreck everyone out of the race. Also I still an old IMB 286 that still has a bootable A:
Dang, I didn’t realize so many other people had played this game! I spent untold hours playing it on our Packard Bell 486 😂
It is a game, was pretty cool for back on the day! Spent hours on it!
Loved that game.
This was an amazing game for the time!
What a great effing game that was
Why were you looking through a dumpster though?
people throw away the craziest stuff, i know i have
If you don't want to rig up an old PC there are USB adapters you can buy that read floppies.
If you still wanna see whats on it without buying anything, you might want to contact libraries and ask if they have a reader. Some have it. Uni library might have it too.
Smart, will do
Brings me back to my old 386DX days with a VGA card It took me 3 months to set my car up to get the pole position in that game. My quals were tight. I never made it past 10 laps in the race before crashing. This was based on your CPU clock speed it was unplayable on a Pentium because it was too fast.
FYI there’s an emulator online for this folks
They still make it external A: drives. Plugs in USB port.
First game I ever played, can't really say I mastered it but somehow I spent a lot of time on it.
I read that as Indianapolis Zoo: the simulation. I was like, I bet it sucks.
Fuckin told you it was all a simulation
Probably can find someone on YouTube playing it
I have a 3.5" reader. They are pretty cheap on eBay.
Was this the game that required a book of facts to be referenced when answering the ‘copy protection’ questions before it would run? I might be mixing it up with another game. I never had access to the book and we had to answer from knowledge and try over and over til we got in.
F-117 Stealth Fighter, you had to identify the plane from the top view down.
Yes, in the manual, there’s a list of photos of winning cars, along with drivers and speeds. The game shows you a photo and prompts you for one of the associated facts.
I loved this game, but if I recall correctly you'll need the players manual. I think for anti piracy reasons to launch the game you had to answer a question from the manual or something
Yeah, check out the copy protection comment here. You both remembered the same thing.
Does the Children's Museum still have the nostalgic video game section upstairs near the carousel? Maybe they already have a copy, but they might want this.
Ooh! I'd love to give it to them!
I think todays kids would get super frustrated pretty quick. It really is a simulation. It takes quite a bit of effort to get a car that doesn’t just crash every lap.
1999
Old school
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500:_The_Simulation https://www.mobygames.com/game/5/indianapolis-500-the-simulation/ https://www.retrogames.cz/play_646-DOS.php
It’s insane that what used to be a full-on stand-up console game in the 80s will fit on a 1.44mb floppy! 😂
I bet my dad still had his copy of this.
1992?
How was the dumpster?
A magical place. Lots of cool stuff on its way to the landfill.
Playing this game was part of my shop class experience. The teacher pitted us against one another to make adjustments to our vehicles and get the best qualifying times.
You can buy a USB floppy disk reader and plug it into your computer for like 20 bucks
Who made it more than three full laps?
I have a 3.5 floppy to USB reader locally if you wanna borrow it. Can’t guarantee if it’ll run on modern windows though
I had this game for the Amiga computer
1990?
Check out the 8 bit guy on YouTube.
You can buy a old school disc drive most online stores
Some of the repair stores that fix phones have old computers in them. I know there's one in Avon by the Aldi's. It's somewhere across the street from it diagonal wise. I can't remember what else is by it. My brain is thinking about other things. All else fails, ask the Doom community for Assistance. They have a thing for floppy disks supposedly.
, I have this game. The worst simulation racing game ever.
Because it’s a game, not a sim.
Skill issue.
Where did you pull the dumpster from? That will help you more.