Highway Pursuit

Highway Pursuit is a modern game taking its inspiration from a number of classic arcade games.

It's an action-packed 3d blast along roads filled with enemy agents -- but also with innocent civilians that you should protect at all costs.

Featuring diverse landscapes and scenery, a variety of enemy vehicles, multiple weapons, weather effects, radio communications from your HQ, 3d sound effects, configurable support for keyboard, joysticks and steering wheels, Highway Pursuit is a road trip you shouldn't miss!

Highway Pursuit is produced in association with Retrospec.

Platforms: Windows up to Windows 11

Version: 1.2.5

Released: 1st March, 2025

License: Freeware

File size: 4.9MB

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Features
  • Fast-paced action-packed arcade action.
  • A variety of enemy vehicles with their own attack patterns.
  • Multiple weapons: machine guns, oil slick, smoke screen, surface-to-air missiles.
  • Radio communications from your HQ keep you informed of dangers ahead.
  • Automatic highscore storage.
  • Can be controlled by keyboard, gamepad, joystick or steering wheel.
  • Redefinable controls.
  • Excellent music and 3d sound effects.
  • A range of landscapes including forest, urban and desert.
  • Highway Pursuit is freeware -- you may download and play it for free.
Release history
Version 1.2.4 (1st March, 2025)

Ten more years have passed, so it's time for another Highway Pursuit bugfix release.

  • Fixed a problem saving the high score file. This is now saved to the My Documents directory rather than the installation directory.
  • Removed the online highscore upload function as this is no longer available on the Retrospec website.
Version 1.2 (13th November, 2015)

It took ten years, but a new version of Highway Pursuit is available now!

  • Fixed an issue that was causing Highway Pursuit to crash at startup on some Windows 10 systems. Unfortunately I have had to remove the anti-aliasing feature for the time being, as this is what was causing the crash.
  • Added support for 1920x1080 screen resolution.
  • Improved support for playing in MAME cabinets by allowing the Shift, Control and Alt keys to be mapped as game controls.
Version 1.1 (6th Janury, 2005)
  • All controls can now be redefined when in Joystick mode, so the steering/acceleration/brake can be mapped to other axes or to controller buttons.
  • It is now possible to navigate the menus using the joystick -- see the Use Joystick For Menus option under the Controller settings. The entire game can then be driven without using the keyboard, except for typing in a name for the highscore table (though pressing Fire will save whatever name is already entered without needing to touch the keyboard).
  • The last entered highscore table name will be saved between sessions.
  • The Escape key will now return to the menu when in Pause mode.
  • Additional keys recognised for menu option selection (should fix problems with activating menus on some systems).
  • Slightly easier to get into the lorry -- it will steer towards the correct position in front of you.
  • Hopefully fixed a bug where the lorry fell into the water while carrying the player car.
  • Uninstall now properly cleans up the registry entries and HighwayPursuit directory.
Version 1.0 (12th November, 2003)
  • Initial release