 Destruction Derby was published by Sega and developed by Perfect Entertainment for the Sega Saturn , as part of a deal that also brought Wipeout to the console . Due to the limitations of the Saturn , this version lacks transparencies . GameFan 's Ryan Lockhart estimated that the port was " 80 % ready " in the magazine 's August 1996 issue , and it was released in August 1996 . A Nintendo 64 version of Destruction Derby was announced by the UK magazine CTW in 1998 , alongside Nintendo 64 versions of Psygnosis games such as Wipeout and <unk> .. Destruction Derby 64 was developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by THQ , under license from Psygnosis . At the time , Looking Glass head Paul Neurath said in a press release , " We are delighted to have teamed up with THQ for the launch of Destruction Derby 64 " . Aaron Boulding of IGN commented that the game " had a tough time just making it to the N64 " during its 18 months in production , and noted that " development duties [ ... ] passed from Psygnosis to Looking Glass Studios and publishing [ was ] picked up by THQ . " The game was released in October 1999 . 
