


Three types of special attacks can be made using each of the five standard weapons, at a bigger cost in ammunition, by performing fighting game-style movements and button presses on the control pad. Every vehicle is equipped with a machine gun by default, but players can add up to three out of five available weapons - mines, auto-cannons, rocket pods, mortars, and homing missiles, plus a special weapon unique to the vehicle. Each stage has interactive features, such as ballistic missiles and launching Aurora planes for the Area 51 level. Players combat over a number of stages located over the western United States, whether in Story or Arcade Mode. Although officially it has no connection to the Interstate '76 series, it features several of its themes (auto-vigilantes, the 1970s time frame, and specific fictional vehicle companies).

Vigilante 8 is a vehicular combat video game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color.
