Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

The Great American Cross-Country Road Race

Title	The Great American Cross-Country Road Race
First release	1985
Developer	Activision
Publisher	Activision
Platforms	Apple II, Commodore 64
Genre	racing video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Commodore 64: 1985-01-01 Apple II: 1985-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q7737637

Navigate a third-person racing perspective to compete in cross-country road races. Players manage vehicle movement across various terrain to complete single-player challenges published by Activision. The gameplay focuses on traversing long distances as part of the competitive racing experience.

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Wikidata (Q7737637) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (apple2/the-great-american-cross-country-road-race) · last updated 2026-10-12 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (c64/the-great-american-cross-country-road-race) · last updated 2026-10-01 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (50812) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (70309) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

The Great American Cross-Country Road Race – box art (front)

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Activision · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots (5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Activision · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots, Logos (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Activision · internal use only.

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Videos

C64 Longplay - The Great American Cross-Country Road Race

MontyMole1976 · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 11:58auto-matched
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The Great American Cross-Country Road Race - C64

Gansteeth · Commodore 64 version · gameplay · 10:02auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

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