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* AfterTheEndAfterTheEnd: Takes place after a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity.
* BoringReturnJourney: Getting from New Hope to San Anglo requires braving streets and deserts, managing petrol supplies, and fighting off bandits, highwaymen and street gangs in numerous melee, gun and vehicular battles in your Interceptor. Getting back just requires driving directly along the highway in an armoured tanker, with only a handful of enemy encounters (one of which you just smash right through without a fight).
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* ExactWords: A Blitz Race forbids the use of guns and rockets. Unfortunately for you, your opponent's car's GrenadeLauncher counts as neither.
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* DiscardAndDraw: Reaching San Anglo means you have to exchange your Interceptor for the armoured tanker required to transport the petrol back to New Hope.
* ExactWords: A Blitz Race is no-holds-barred, but forbids the use of guns and rockets. Unfortunately for you, your opponent's car's GrenadeLauncher counts as neither.
* ExactWords: A Blitz Race is no-holds-barred, but forbids the use of guns and rockets. Unfortunately for you, your opponent's car's GrenadeLauncher counts as neither.
* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: When you're faced with a highwayman who asks where you're from, lying that you're a lone road warrior will cause him to mistake you for the guy who killed his wife and son. Telling the truth that you're from New Hope will gain the city a new builder and some advice for your journey ahead.
* MacGuffinEscortMission: The whole purpose of your mission is a trade deal with San Anglo, in which you transport blueprints and crop samples/surplus grain and seed supplies to the refinery in exchange for a tanker-full of petrol. Downplayed in that the enemies you encounter along the way couldn't care less what you're transporting other than your credits and maybe your car.
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* OilSlick: The Dodge Interceptor have bottom canisters which spews crude oil for making enemy vehicles crash.
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* OilSlick: The Dodge Interceptor have has bottom canisters which spews crude oil for making enemy vehicles crash.
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* WrenchWhack: If you choose to take on the Animal's bodyguards in a shootout, after it's over the Animal himself will ambush you, at which point you fight him briefly until a few pages later Amber whacks the Animal unconscious with a wrench. It's a good way to avoid an otherwise difficult boss battle.
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* TheBigRace:
** One side quest has you taking part in a Blitz Race, which you can participate in to win a petrol canister.
** Another race has you face off against a supercharged driver for the right to get through a canyon.
** One side quest has you taking part in a Blitz Race, which you can participate in to win a petrol canister.
** Another race has you face off against a supercharged driver for the right to get through a canyon.
* BullyingADragon: Sure, you can try to barge into the car-free-zone that is guarded by a gun in a bunker, [[spoiler: but that gun aimed at you is a FrickinLaserBeam that'll burn right through your car and you in an instant]].
* {{Caltrops}}: The Interceptor carries canisters that cover the road behind it with spikes, disabling any vehicle that runs over it.
* {{Caltrops}}: The Interceptor carries canisters that cover the road behind it with spikes, disabling any vehicle that runs over it.
** The armored tanker that you use to drive back from San Anglo to New Hope also counts, as you can drive right down the highway back to your home with few worries about being stopped.
* ExactWords: A Blitz Race forbids the use of guns and rockets. Unfortunately for you, your opponent's car's GrenadeLauncher counts as neither.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The leader of the Doom Dogs, called "The Animal", wears a mask.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The leader of the Doom Dogs, called "The Animal", wears a luchador-style mask.
* OneHitKill: The Dodge Interceptor has 4 rockets, which can instantly kill any opponent that crosses your path, and is the only other weapon other than the Interceptor's machine gun you can use in regular vehicle fights.
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* PlayerGuidedMissile: The Dodge Interceptor has 4 rockets, which can [[OneHitKill instantly kill any opponent that crosses your path]].
* PostPeakOil: Running out of oil with no backup? You're screwed!
* PostPeakOil: Running out of oil with no backup? You're screwed!
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* PowerFist: The Animal faces you with studded gloves, which you can match with a pair of knuckledusters.
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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Your WeaponOfChoice, with BottomlessMagazines to match.
* SchmuckBait: Not as much as the other gamebooks considering the lack of cursed treasure, but be wary of the buildings you encounter along the way; some may be friendly repair shops, but others may house dangerous hijackers.
* {{Sidequest}}: Partway through your journey, you get notified that New Hope's council leader, Sinclair, has been kidnapped. You can find him partway through your journey, but it's not necessary for a successful mission.
* SchmuckBait: Not as much as the other gamebooks considering the lack of cursed treasure, but be wary of the buildings you encounter along the way; some may be friendly repair shops, but others may house dangerous hijackers.
* {{Sidequest}}: Partway through your journey, you get notified that New Hope's council leader, Sinclair, has been kidnapped. You can find him partway through your journey, but it's not necessary for a successful mission.
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* VehicularCombat: The other third of combat between regular hand-to-hand and shooting, and the Dodge Interceptor is more than up to the task. You face everything from Chevys with machine gunners, to armored cars, to pickups-turned-chariots.
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Is it a coincidence that this book comes out in the same year as ''Film/{{Mad Max 2|TheRoadWarrior}}''?
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Is it a coincidence that this book comes out in the same year as a few years after ''Film/{{Mad Max 2|TheRoadWarrior}}''?
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Oh what a day! What a lovely day!'']]
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'Cause I really did confuse them for a while...
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* RayOfHopeEnding: Should you succeed in your journey, the ending narration will state that society will be able to rebuild itself someday.
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Is it a coincidence that this book comes out in the same year as [[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Mad Max 2]]?
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Is it a coincidence that this book comes out in the same year as [[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Mad ''Film/{{Mad Max 2]]?
2|TheRoadWarrior}}''?
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Besides the usual stats of SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK you rolled for your character, you also have a separate stats sheet for your vehicle - the Dodge Interceptor, a CoolCar armed with machine-guns, spiked projectiles, oil slicks and missiles. You will need everything the tech department has to offer, to aid you on your quest - travel from New Hope, through the harsh desert and wastelands with blueprints and crop samples to San Anglo, an allied city, in exchange for Petroleum supplies, allowing both cities to rebuild from the apocalypse.
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Besides the usual stats of SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK you rolled for your character, you also have a separate stats sheet for your vehicle - -- the Dodge Interceptor, a CoolCar armed with machine-guns, spiked projectiles, oil slicks and missiles. You will need everything the tech department has to offer, to aid you on your quest - -- travel from New Hope, through the harsh desert and wastelands with blueprints and crop samples to San Anglo, an allied city, in exchange for Petroleum supplies, allowing both cities to rebuild from the apocalypse.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The book is published in 1985 and set in 2015, or 30 years later.
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* BottomlessMagazines: You'll never need to find backup ammo for your pistol or the Interceptor's machine-gun. Averrted for the rockets, oil slick and spike projectiles though.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The leader of the Doom Dogs, called ''The Animal'', wears one.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''The Animal'', leader of the highwaymen.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The leader of the Doom Dogs, called ''The Animal'', "The Animal", wears one.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast:''The Animal'', "The Animal", leader of the highwaymen.
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* PostPeakOil: Running out of oil with no backup? You're screwed!
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* SyntheticPlague: What causes society to collapse in the first place.
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* DisasterScavengers: Some of the bandits and highwaymen you encounter are merely these.
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* MadeOfIron: Your character's STAMINA Stat is '''2D6 + 12''', or ''12 points'' higher than the usual FF protagonists.
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* MadeOfIron: Your character's STAMINA Stat is '''2D6 + 12''', 24''', or ''12 points'' higher than the usual FF protagonists.
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* GuestStarPartyMember: Amber will tag along and help you sabotage the Doom Dogs' vehicles near the end.
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* PlayerGuidedMissile: The Dodge Interceptor has 4 rockets, which can [[OneHitKill instantly kill any opponent that crosses your path]].
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* PlayerGuidedMissile: The Dodge Interceptor has 4 rockets, which can [[OneHitKill instantly kill any opponent that crosses your path]].path]].
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The book is published in 1985 and set in 2015, or 30 years later.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The book is published in 1985 and set in 2015, or 30 years later.
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* BottomlessAmmunition: You'll never need to find backup ammo for your pistol or the Interceptor's machine-gun. Averrted for the rockets, oil slick and spike projectiles though.
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* BottomlessAmmunition: BottomlessMagazines: You'll never need to find backup ammo for your pistol or the Interceptor's machine-gun. Averrted for the rockets, oil slick and spike projectiles though.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''The Animal'' leader of the highwaymen.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''The Animal'' Animal'', leader of the highwaymen.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The leader of the Doom Dogs, called ''The Animal'', wears one.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''The Animal'' leader of the highwaymen.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One of your last opponents is a Station Wagon with a ''massive'' spiked beam lodged in its front. It will attempt to inflict this trope on you.
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* {{Outlaw}}: A highwayman is inexplicably dressed as a cowboy, complete with Stetson hat, cowboy boots with spurs and western wear. Have we mentioned that this book is supposedly set in 2015?
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* {{Outlaw}}: A highwayman is inexplicably dressed as a cowboy, complete with Stetson hat, cowboy boots with spurs and western wear. Have we mentioned that this book is supposedly set in 2015?2015?
* PlayerGuidedMissile: The Dodge Interceptor has 4 rockets, which can [[OneHitKill instantly kill any opponent that crosses your path]].
* PlayerGuidedMissile: The Dodge Interceptor has 4 rockets, which can [[OneHitKill instantly kill any opponent that crosses your path]].
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* ActionGirl: Amber, your contact from San Anglo.
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* TheApunkalypse: The aftermath of doomsday turns many surviving members of the population into violent bandits and highwaymen.
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* MadeOfIron: Your character's STAMINA Stat is '''2D6 + 12''', or ''12 points'' higher than the usual FF protagonists.
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* MadeOfIron: Your character's STAMINA Stat is '''2D6 + 12''', or ''12 points'' higher than the usual FF protagonists.protagonists.
* {{Outlaw}}: A highwayman is inexplicably dressed as a cowboy, complete with Stetson hat, cowboy boots with spurs and western wear. Have we mentioned that this book is supposedly set in 2015?
* {{Outlaw}}: A highwayman is inexplicably dressed as a cowboy, complete with Stetson hat, cowboy boots with spurs and western wear. Have we mentioned that this book is supposedly set in 2015?
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* CriticalAnnoyance: Running out of petrol mid-journey, with no backup supply, is an instant NonStandardGameOver.
* {{Expy}}: Your hero is ''Mad Max'' by any other name.
* {{Expy}}: Your hero is ''Mad Max'' by any other name.
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* CoolCar: The Dodge Interceptor is one. Some enemies you encounter during your journey also drives these.
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* CoolCar: The Dodge Interceptor is one. Some enemies you encounter during your journey also drives these.these.
* MadeOfIron: Your character's STAMINA Stat is '''2D6 + 12''', or ''12 points'' higher than the usual FF protagonists.
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BulletproofVest: You can collect one which can possibly save you from [[spoiler:being shot from point-blank by a terrorist in the ending.]]
*CoolCarCoolCar: The Dodge Interceptor is one. Some enemies you encounter during your journey also drives these.
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''Freeway Fighter'' is the 13[[superscript:th]] entry of the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series of gamebooks, written by Ian Livingstone. It is the franchise's first attempt of exploration into the [[ApocalypticIndex Post-Apocalypse genre]]
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''Freeway Fighter'' is the 13[[superscript:th]] entry of the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series of gamebooks, written by Ian Livingstone. It is the franchise's first attempt of exploration into the [[ApocalypticIndex Post-Apocalypse genre]]
genre]]. Naturally, your character, a former getaway driver-turned mechanic from New Hope, one of the last surviving cities of the plague, is on the side of good and the best driver New Hope has to offer.
Besides the usual stats of SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK you rolled for your character, you also have a separate stats sheet for your vehicle - the Dodge Interceptor, a CoolCar armed with machine-guns, spiked projectiles, oil slicks and missiles. You will need everything the tech department has to offer, to aid you on your quest - travel from New Hope, through the harsh desert and wastelands with blueprints and crop samples to San Anglo, an allied city, in exchange for Petroleum supplies, allowing both cities to rebuild from the apocalypse.
Will you survive the journey?
Besides the usual stats of SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK you rolled for your character, you also have a separate stats sheet for your vehicle - the Dodge Interceptor, a CoolCar armed with machine-guns, spiked projectiles, oil slicks and missiles. You will need everything the tech department has to offer, to aid you on your quest - travel from New Hope, through the harsh desert and wastelands with blueprints and crop samples to San Anglo, an allied city, in exchange for Petroleum supplies, allowing both cities to rebuild from the apocalypse.
Will you survive the journey?
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-> Life is lawless and dangerous. Survivors like you either live in scattered, fortified towns, or roam outside as bandits. YOUR mission is to cross the wilderness to the far-distant oil-refinery at San Anglo and bring vital supplies back to the peaceful town of New Hope. Even in the armed Dodge Interceptor you are given, the journey will be wild and perilous. Will YOU survive?
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In the futuristic year of [[{{Zeerust}} 2015]], a deadly pandemic broke out starting in New York, and within months, have spread throughout the globe, wiping out more than half of the world's population. The world, from a peaceful utopia, descends into madness, as among the population that survives the disease outbreak, half of them valiantly attempts to rebuild the world, while the other half have instead turned to embrace a life of barbarism and violence.
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''Freeway Fighter'' is the 13[[superscript:th]] entry of the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series of gamebooks, written by Ian Livingstone. It is the franchise's first attempt of exploration into the [[ApocalypticIndex Post-Apocalypse genre]]
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In the futuristic year of [[{{Zeerust}} 2015]], a deadly pandemic broke out starting in New York, and within months, have spread throughout the globe, wiping out more than half of the world's population. The world, from a peaceful utopia, descends into madness, as among the population that survives the disease outbreak, half of them valiantly attempts to rebuild the world, while the other half have instead turned to embrace a life of barbarism and violence.
Is it a coincidence that this book comes out in the same year as [[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Mad Max 2]]?
''Freeway Fighter'' is the 13[[superscript:th]] entry of the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series of gamebooks, written by Ian Livingstone. It is the franchise's first attempt of exploration into the [[ApocalypticIndex Post-Apocalypse genre]]
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