Mean Streets, Battle and Intrigue in the Ruins of Houston is a programmed Car Wars adventure requiring Car Wars or the Car Wars Compendium (with a set of maps and counters to play). It can be played solo, as a two-person game (agent versus gang vehicles), or with a Game Master. "Good agents don't stay dead... You're a top agent for Texas Intelligence -- and somebody just killed you. Now you've awakened as a Gold Cross clone, to finish the job your former self started." The scenario is set in the Houston of the Car Wars future. It features an atomic bomb plot, a ravaged inner-city, and, of course, roving gangs of murderous psychopaths.