Destruction Derby Wiki
Register
Advertisement
64 front Welcome to the Destruction Derby Wiki,
Here you'll find everything about the Destruction Derby (DD) series of video games. It's the DD database for the games, cars, tracks, and more!
We strongly recommend new users to create a Wikia account!

258 articles, 900 files and 6,626 edits since March 2011.
We recommend users to use Mozilla Firefox to browse wikis and the web

20 years of Destruction Derby - see News section >>>

About DD
DD1 front

The Destruction Derby (DD) video game series debuted in 1995, based around the real-life sport of demolition derby driving.
Destroy, smash, wreck, bash and crash - these are the only instructions you'll need to know!

The original DD game was a instant hit, as it was the first ever video game involving demolition derby. This allowed gamers to smash and wreck their opponents, be it in a destruction bowl or a race. The real-time 3D, 32-bit graphics were great for its time. In 1996, the well-known DD2 came, with awesome graphics for its time and unbelievable demolition that was just pure fun. Raw came in 2000, offering a large variety of content, including combining demolition derby with other race styles, and awesome race tracks. Arenas followed on in 2004.

The DD series will always remain as one of the most legendary racing video game series, simply because of its awesome exclusivity of destruction. No other series has managed to emulate the quality that DD has offered in all those years. And gamers loved them all too; no wonder why all the PlayStation DD titles received platinum sales.

A timeline of the series can be seen here

Did you know?
{|
Raw front
  • ...that over 2.5 million copies were sold during the whole series?
  • ...that Raw was the only game in the whole series not to have a commentator?
  • ...that DD64 is the only game in the series that does not have competitor names?
  • ...that Raw has more tracks and modes than any other game in the series?
  • ...that Martin Edmondson, the co-founder of Reflections, said in August 2011 that he wants to see a new DD game?
  • ...that the series was originally going to be called Demolish 'em Derby?
  • ...that Arenas' soundtrack contained a real single, and not just game developer-composed music?
  • ...that DD1 was one of the earliest games on the PlayStation platform to get Platinum sales?
Developers
Psygnosis

Psygnosis was founded in 1984 and renamed SCE Studio Liverpool in 2001. It was part of Sony Computer Entertainment. As well as DD, they are also well known for the Wipeout series Sadly, the studio was closed down in August 2012.

Reflections

Reflections, now part of Ubisoft and known as Ubisoft Reflections, is best known for the Driver series. Based from Newcastle upon Tyne in north-east England, they developed DD1 and DD2.

S33

Studio 33, based in Liverpool in north-west England, developed Raw and Arenas. They are also known for developing Formula One 99, and the PS1 versions of Formula One 2000 and Formula One 2001. Studio 33 was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2004, around the time of Arenas' release, relocated to nearby Warrington, and renamed North West Studio. The studio closed on 17 October 2006.

DD1-DD2 transparent-64 transparent-Raw transparent-Arenas transparent

Latest News

31 October 2015: Happy 20th birthday! Yes, today exactly two decades ago the original Destruction Derby game was released on the PlayStation in Europe, and on MS-DOS. The start of what would become the most smashing and bashing video game series!

As a tribute to DD, the background image of the wiki will be temporarily changed to one accomodating its anniversary, based on the Buckle up... and sight tight ! loading screen.

We are hoping to see more people take part in the tribute online. Play the game like it's 1995 and relish the nostalgia. Upload some videos on Youtube and tell friends about it! That way we can make more people aware that it's 20 years of not just WipEout (which was also brilliant) but DD as well.

Here at the wiki community we would like to thank all the staff of Psygnosis (R.I.P.) and Reflections from '95 who created the first title.

We will always remember the owl-ball that gave us DD, WipEout, Colony Wars, Team Buddies, and many others. R.I


And here's our gift to Psygnosis and Reflections!

5715327-Birthday-cake-on-fire-Stock-Photo-candle

A birthday cake of Destruction

Spoiler
We would love to have a reboot in the future. We're talking to you, Ubisoft Reflections and SCE

50px-Replacement filing cabinet.svgArchives

Help
Not sure where to start?
  • If you are new to wikis, check out the tutorial.
  • To browse around the wiki, use the blue Navigation bar at the top.

The community

Adding content
  • Visit the Community Portal to see special pages, such as wanted articles, in order to improve the wiki.
  • If you want an article to be displayed on the Navigation at the top of the page, or want to edit this Main Page, you can request it to the admin.


Advertisement