Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge - MS-DOS Version

MS-DOS Version

The MS-DOS version, released in 1990, featured eight tracks, which was more than the NES' four. The tracks were Daytona, Talladega, Atlanta, Bristol, Sears Point, Watkins Glen, Darlington and Michigan.

Like the NES version, Bill Elliott won most of the simulated races. The "field" of 11 cars included nine fictional drivers:

• Bill Elliott - Ford, brown #9
• "Ted Alpen" - Ford, blue #25
• "Barney Barnsdale" - Pontiac, peach #1
• "Fred Forman" - Oldsmobile, white #3
• "Tranie Blue" - Oldsmobile, red #10
• "Kent Steer" - Chevrolet, purple #8
• "Iggy Nition" - Chevrolet, yellow #7
• "Goggles Pizzano" - Buick, light blue #5
• "Rexx Karrs" - Pontiac, green #21
• "Axel Folly" - Mercury, lime green #22
• Player's car.

Except for Mercury, all of the makes represented were in Winston Cup racing at the start of the 1991 season. Buick bowed out in 1991, Oldsmobile in 1994 and Pontiac in 2003.

The AI of the drivers was largely spread out by speed, but did not have specific differences in driving style (all had the same aggressiveness, same driving lines, etc.) However, "Ted Alpen" often was among the top 5 drivers for races, as was, to a lesser extent, "Fred Forman". "Kent Steer" and "Iggy Nition" often were in the middle of the pack.

The MS-DOS version of the game also offered replay functions, but no ability to save a replay.