Game:

The Last V8 (1985)

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The Last V8 was developed and released for the Commodore 64 (Later the 128) by Mastertronic and I believe on the 2.99 budget label.

From Moby Games:
"Seven years have passed since world war III, and only now dare you leave your shelter in order to investigate what has become of the surface world. You drive out in your specially-equipped vehicle, the Last V8, only to discover that the outside world is more hostile than you would have expected. Your task is now (as commended by a digitised voice at the beginning of each level) simply to get back to the base in as short time as possible.

The Last V8 is an over-head driving game where you must drive through narrow roads without crashing into anything, and with a strict deadline for your arrival at the base. This is somewhat complicated by the fact that you have only a narrow stripe of screen space to see where you're driving; two thirds of the screen is dedicated to instruments (speed readout, radiation level and mission objectives). The steering method is not the usual Sprint one; instead you simply pull the joystick in whichever direction you want to go, pulling it in the opposite direction in case you need to decelerate."

The graphics are great and so is the music. However the game only has 2 levels. I say however, but due to insanely difficult controls you might have to spend a lifetime beating the game. The first level is doable after some practice, the but the second is torture while you figure out the best route and fight the terrible controls to get round tight corners. So really all you get for your 2.99 is some great music while you watch the demo mode complete the first level for you and either restart or switch off when the second comes around ;)

The C128 version adds an extra level at the start where you need to collect nukes (I guess). It is very much like the follow up game Red Max also from Mastertronic and still quite challenging.




Recorded in Bizhawk and many glitches come with it this time.

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