Editing Autoduel (section)

{{Short description|1985 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Autoduel
|image = C64AutoDuel-Preview.jpg
|developer = [[Origin Systems]]
|publisher = Origin Systems
|designer = [[Chuck Bueche]]<br>[[Richard Garriott]]
|released  = '''1985:''' Apple, Atari 8-bit, C64, MS-DOS<br>'''1987:''' Atari ST<br>'''1988:''' Amiga, Mac
|genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Apple II]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Macintosh]]
}}

'''''Autoduel''''' is a [[role-playing video game]] published by [[Origin Systems]] for the [[Atari 8-bit computers]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Apple II]], and [[IBM PC compatible]]s in 1985. It was released in 1987 for the [[Atari ST]] and in 1988 for the [[Amiga]] and [[Macintosh]]. The game is based on the [[Steve Jackson Games]] series ''[[Car Wars]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt |last=Barton |date=2007-02-23 |work=The History of Computer Role-Playing Games |title=Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993) |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130124/the_history_of_computer_.php |publisher=[[Gamasutra]] |accessdate=2009-03-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330222049/http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_05.shtml |archivedate=30 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''Autoduel'' is set in the [[United States]] in 2030, where cars are a primary means of protection and defense, and the highways are dangerous stretches of land ruled by gangs and [[Vigilantism|vigilante]]s with armed vehicles.