| GRAND PRIX 500cc
Grand Prix 500cc is a simulation of the exciting and dangerous world of the international motorcycle racing championship. It features a major circuit from each of 12 countries. One of two players can race, each seeing his own bike on one half of a split screen: the right side for the red bike, the left for the blue bike. Each player can independently choose either keyboard or joystick control. However, the two-joystick option requires the use of an Amsoft JY1 or similar stick to provide a second joystick port. Six bikes run in each race: the computer controls the four or five bikes not under player control. If you decide to participate in the World Championship, you'll have to race in all twelve International Grand Prix. A "save" option (disk version only), allows you to stop and restart the game after each Grand Prix. Individual circuits may be practised by selecting the training option. A race only ends when all the bikes have arrived at the finish line. Pressing ESC during training returns to the Race/Training selection menu: ESC during a race returns to the championship main menu. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS: To run the game: AMSTRAD CPC DISK Make sure the disc drive is selected (reset machine or use |DISC) Type RUN "GP" Press ENTER AMSTRAD CPC CASSETTE 1. Reset the computer by switching if off and then on again, or by holding down the CTRL, SHIFT and ESC keys together. 2. Owners of the 664/6128 machines should first type the following: |TAPE, then ENTER. 3. Insert the cassette in your datacorder or cassette player. Make sure the cassette is fully rewound. Hold down the CTRL key and press the small ENTER key. Then follow the instructions on the screen. The game will now load. After the title screen has loaded, a series of menus appears. Simply press the keys as indicated on-screen to select the various game options. The game may not run correctly if you have certain expansion ROMs fitted to your Amstrad computer. If the game crashes, you will have to disable all the expansion ROMs except the disc drive. Some ROMs provide a command to do this, but if yours does not, it will be necessary to remove the ROMs in order to run the game. CONTROLLING THE BIKE Five controls (numbered 0-4 for reference) are needed to control your bike, either singly or in pairs. Table 1 lists the functions provided. Table 2 shows how each pair of five controls (blue bike and red bike) is mapped onto the joystick, or the different keyboards from the Amstrad range. To start the bike moving at the start of the race or after a crash, select first gear and accelerate. TABLE 1 CONTROLS AVAILABLE 1 Accelerate 3 Brake 1+0 Shift up a gear (4 gears available) 3+0 Shift down a gear 2 Turn to the right 2+0 Turn to right quickly 4 Turn to the left 4+0 Turn to left quickly ESC Stop the game and return to the main menu. TABLE 2 CONTROL LAYOUT JOYSTICK BLUE BIKE 0 1 [FIRE] [FORWARD] ^ | 4 | 2 [LEFT] <-----+-----> [RIGHT] | | v 3 [BACK] RED BIKE 0 1 [FIRE] [FORWARD] ^ | 4 | 2 [LEFT] <-----+-----> [RIGHT] | | v 3 [BACK] KEYBOARD 464 1 [W] ^ | 4 | 2 [A] <-----+-----> [S] | | v 0 3 [SHIFT] [Z] 1 [8] ^ | 4 | 2 [4] <-----+-----> [6] | | v 0 3 [CTRL] [2] (Numeric keypad) KEYBOARD 664 1 [W] ^ | 4 | 2 [A] <-----+-----> [S] | | v 0 3 [SHIFT] [Z] 1 [F8] ^ | 4 | 2 [F4] <-----+-----> [F6] | | v 0 3 [CTRL] [F2] KEYBOARD 6128 1 [W] ^ | 4 | 2 [A] <-----+-----> [S] | | v 0 3 [CTRL] [Z] 1 [F8] ^ | 4 | 2 [F4] <-----+-----> [F6] | | v 0 3 [SHIFT] [F2] |