Destruction Derby - How it came to be

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In volume 3 of Classic Gaming by gamesradar+, Martin Edmondson, creator of Destruction Derby, said that the idea of the game when his father took him to watch real life stock-racing. This later caused an “unhealthy” obsession of smashing cars. In fact, Martin would observe the damage made on a car that was about to be towed away after a round.

He wanted to make the game in the most realistic way possible and later developed the game shortly after the first PlayStation console launched.

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