You play as a Trashman, a bounty hunter paid to capture criminal scum hiding on harsh alien worlds. Your job is to race the enemy crime boss to the finish, blasting his goons along the way. Get blown up or drive too slowly and the boss gets away. But if you make it to the checkpoint in time, you block the boss' escape and trap him on the planet.
The gameplay involves racing and combat, with the option to upgrade your vehicle using cash from bounties. You can also compete against a friend in the vertical split-screen deathmatch mode.
Off-World Interceptor 's most notable feature is its storyline, told in full-motion video. This was a standard for its time, but Off-World Interceptor 's FMV is often mocked by a couple of guys sitting in chairs, a la Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Off-World Interceptor was released on the 3DO console in 1994.