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BMX Racers (1984)

David Darling, Richard Darling

Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum

2.75 from 4 ratings

7 members have it in their collection · 2 backlogged

Mastertronic BMX Racing game for the Commodore 64 and 16 computers
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Details

Developers
David Darling, Richard Darling
Publishers
Mastertronic
Genres
Racing, Sport
Themes
Non-fiction

Release dates

  • 1984 (Europe) Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
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Rating distribution

5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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1 star
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Status scoopings Jan 10, 2023

Insanely simple--in some ways I loved that: you simply press a key and BAM, you're going. No menu nothing. One life. Decent controls, but you literally just use the joystick, nothing more to it. Dodge every object--they all will kill you in one hit. Stick to the back, that's how I got through Course 1 and most of Course 2. …

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Insanely simple--in some ways I loved that: you simply press a key and BAM, you're going. No menu nothing. One life. Decent controls, but you literally just use the joystick, nothing more to it. Dodge every object--they all will kill you in one hit. Stick to the back, that's how I got through Course 1 and most of Course 2. Is it a favorite genre of mine? No. But this one is oddly good, despite its simplicity. Oh, and like others have mentioned, the music is absolute wild, it got louder on the second Course for sure haha.

All that being said, by no means is this a great game ha. Its best facet is its simplicity, after all. The fact you can just immediately start playing it, nothing to it, so worth a playtest but not much more. I can only imagine what the Commodore Plus version is like

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