| ★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ MOTORCYCLE 500 (c) CULT ★ |
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Yes. it's text-only manager time again! If you're fed up with soccer teams, cricket clubs or boxers why not try and run two motorcycles at once? Motorcycle 500 gives you this chance. You must select a sponsor team, a type of motorcycle (such as Kawasaki, Yamaha or Suzuki) and a couple of riders. As with many management games, die details are as (or were at tune of writing) very accurate. All the famous nd-ers are featured as well as the bikes and sponsors {usually fag-makers like Marlboro). You can select Randy Mamola, Eddie Lawson or even Barry bionic'Sheene. Your lads'skill ratings are displayed, as well as the condition of the two bikes. You have a certain amount of dosh to spend on the bikes, race fees and so on, so must balance the budget until you have reached an acceptable level of proficiency without going too far into the led. The bank is very strict about this. Next you enter a race. You can choose to enter both your riders, or just one riding a far superior bike, with all your dough spent on it alone. Obviously each option has its merits. Watch the weather; it affects the choice of tyres. So, fill up with four star {unleaded, of course), and go racing! The race is over 20 laps You get an update each lap, with details of crashes, overtakings and mechanical troubles. This is quite exciting, especially if the weather clianges and people start tumbling all over the track. Unfortunately. Motorcycle 500 is too slow. Huge amounts of time pass with only the word 'Interlude on :he screen to keep you company. The races take an age, and you are almost powerless to change the linear format of the game. You just set up the bikes, wait for eons, race, wait for eons, and set up the bikes again afterwards. It tends to spoil the excitement. There is no sound but there are very rudimentary graphics when the races are on. Unfortunately this isn't enough. The game is you pedestrian; there really aren't enough options and factors to make it interesting. James '2-stroke' Leach, AA
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Page créée en 143 millisecondes et consultée 2803 fois L'Amstrad CPC est une machine 8 bits à base d'un Z80 à 4MHz. Le premier de la gamme fut le CPC 464 en 1984, équipé d'un lecteur de cassettes intégré il se plaçait en concurrent du Commodore C64 beaucoup plus compliqué à utiliser et plus cher. Ce fut un réel succès et sorti cette même années le CPC 664 équipé d'un lecteur de disquettes trois pouces intégré. Sa vie fut de courte durée puisqu'en 1985 il fut remplacé par le CPC 6128 qui était plus compact, plus soigné et surtout qui avait 128Ko de RAM au lieu de 64Ko. |
