Download 1000 Miglia

1000 Miglia - the roaring years of sports cars. A title that makes us think of WOW what a game this must be … well, be excited as long as you can - It’ll be the only nice emotions you will have for the next few moments before switching back to Outrun. 

It is 1927 and after enormous difficulties the first Italian automobile race called 1000 miglia (meaning the 1000 miles cup) is about to be started. Manufactures needed to decrease the powers of their brand new cars to fit in the regulations made by an official racing crew to compete against various opponents. It was fist thought that this race would never be repeated but after the total success of the first race it became more and more popular. Since 1927 it was held once a year (with a break during WW2) until today. If you wish more information visit www.1000miglia.it or read the manual. 

Let’s talk about the game that tries to bring us a bit of the glorious race event into our houses. First problem I encountered was the question “What do I need to start?” - A midi driver. But no prob, it is includes. First run “MIDI3DRV.EXE” and then “MIGLIA.EXE”. For the impatient ones there is also a “mm.bat” to speed it up a bit. 

Once in the game select your driver and car from the roster (be sure to take one with good mechanic abilities). When you finished select the year you want to drive (1927 - 1933) and start your race. You have the chance to take up to 6 spare parts with you. Choose wisely - this can save a lot of time when you are in trouble. 

Finally the race begins and the semi-3D bitmaps fly all around you. Try to steer a bit and do not dare to drive at full speed (neither CPU cycles nor the cars speed itself) or you might come into the trouble screen quite fast. The trouble screen is the thing you’ll see at least two or three times each race. It means you have hit too many obstacles and you car needs repairs. When you like to know where the hell you are, just press space to access the race map and the drivers physical status. When you see your driver is almost out of energy you might want to switch the pilots. 

After some short time you have finished the first stage and can directly jump to the next one. A nice thing is the option to save the game after a race to be able to continue another day. A day where you forgot about the sound- and gameplay-miseries. 

It is quite hard to write a conclusion now that I didn’t say too much good about Mille miglia. I think it is best when you try it yourself. It definitely didn’t convince me and so I rather continue playing Outrun and Lotus.