★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ GRAND PRIX 500CC (c) MICROIDS ★

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Drag on your greasy leathers, choose one of 12 major circuits from around the world and roar off on your electronic mean machine.

For each track, you can practice or compete. There are a total of six bikes in each meet. The game can be played by one or two players - the screen splits to show both at once - and the computer controls the remainder.

Playing controls include manual or automatic gear change. The bike has six gears and neutral. Each part of the split screen shows speed, revs and gear selected. Each screen follows its respective rider, which means that sometimes you see your bike on both.

The biggest difference between 500cc Grand Prix and TT Racer - also reviewed in this issue - is the method used to show the bike. In this game you see it from behind, and when you bank left or right at a corner you see the bike bank. TT Racer, however, shows the rider's view, and like most flight simulators shows the angle of the horizon changing when you bank at a corner.

I didn't like either of these bike simulations and wonder why there has never been a good bike or car game yet for the Amstrad! Of the two, 500cc GP is worse. Graphics are very mediocre and sound is the standard boring racing-game brrrrr.

SECOND OPINION

I usually like two-player games, particularly simultaneous racing ones, but this left me cold. The steering is very awkward because of the oversteer, and the computer bikes don't provide much variety. These control difficulties spoll a graphically very pleasant game. I too preferred TT Racer.

BW

  • FIRST-DAY TARGET SCORE : Complete a circuit.
  • GREEN SCREEN VIEW : No helmet-visor difficulties here.

The Verdict

GRAPHICS : 63%

  • Movement is a lot smoother than TT Racer.
  • Bike depiction is fuzzy.

SONICS : 17%

  • Fizzle, spit, pop, pop.
  • No music to rave about.

GRAB FACTOR : 37%

  • Easy to get driving.
  • Controls suffer from chronic oversteer.

STAYING POWER : 54%

  • Tough to beat computer.
  • Two-player action is more fun.

AA RATING : 42%

  • Not as good as TT Racer.

CB, AA

GRAND PRIX 500CC [500cc Grand Prix]
(c) MICROIDS

Program: Elliot GRASSIANO

★ YEAR: 1986
★ LANGUAGE:
★ GENRE: INGAME MODE 0 , SPORT , MOTORBIKE , RACING GAME , MULTIPLAYER , SAVEGAME , TAPE , DISK
★ LiCENCE: COMMERCIALE
★ RERELEASES: PROEIN SOFTLINE (SPAIN) , ACTIVISION (500cc Grand Prix) , ARIOLASOFT


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★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ DOWNLOAD ★

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» 500cc  Grand  PrixDATE: 2014-05-09
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» Microids-Grand  Prix  500-RodeoDATE: 2012-07-27
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» Proein  Softline-Mach  3-Space  Racer-Crazy  Cars-Fire  and  Forget-Sapiens-500cc  Grand  Prix-Bob  Winner    SPANISHDATE: 2025-05-13
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Covers/Packages:
» Grand  Prix  500cc    (Release  DISC)    (M10)    FRENCHDATE: 2012-06-10
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» Grand  Prix  500cc    (Release  DISC)    (MA02D)    FRENCHDATE: 2019-11-29
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» Grand  Prix  500cc    (Release  DISK-MICROIDS)    ENGLISHDATE: 2012-06-10
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» Grand  Prix  500cc    (Release  TAPE)    FRENCHDATE: 2019-11-29
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» Grand  Prix  500cc    (Release  TAPE-MICROIDS)    ENGLISHDATE: 2022-08-22
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Dumps cassettes (version commerciale):
» Grand  Prix  500cc    (Release  MICROIDS-UKQ710)    ENGLISHDATE: 2022-08-22
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» Grand  Prix  500cc    (Release  PROEIN)    FRENCHDATE: 2012-03-23
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» Grand  Prix  500cc    FRENCHDATE: 2016-08-31
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» Grand  Prix  500cc    (Release  TAPE-ARIOLASOFT)    GERMANDATE: 2018-12-02
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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.