Instructions
Wire Rally
Three laps of a one-screen wireframe track against the clock. Slide the corners, dodge oil and cones, stay off the grass, and grab seconds at every checkpoint.
- Year
- 1980
- Era
- Vector
- Genre
- Racing / Top-down
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Left/Right steer, Up (or Space) is the throttle.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Use the < and > buttons to steer and hold GAS.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Maker’s note
Five tracks, each tighter than the last; the clock carries over. Checkpoints add 5 seconds, a clean lap pays 300, and spare time pays out at the end of each track. Oil and cone positions come from a seed.
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 11,500
- 23,000
- 35,000
- 47,500
- 510,500
- 614,000
- 718,000
- 822,000
Each target is a step up. Beat them all and you have outplayed the workshop.
The Vector era, 1977–1982
Glowing phosphor lines on black glass: wireframes, starfields and one bright dot doing something impossible.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked run, so clearing site data clears the table.
