Game:

Stock Car (1984)

Category:

Review

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This 2020 version features:
- Intro with AY music and trainer option
- Loading screen made by Slider and Tiboh in 2020
- Amstrad CPC AY music converted by Goodboy and put in game by Tiboh

It is a Beta Disk version (The program SAMdisk can change scl files to trd files so it also can run on DivIDE / DivMMC devices) that is made by Slider/Goodboy /Tiboh in 2020 and it can be downloaded here: https://vtrd.in/gamez/s/SSTCARSG.zip

You are Stock Car Champion, Rick Radial who has the best sponsorships and now the pick of the best cars. You have a choice from a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus or Porsche to race in now. To become champion again you have to drive against three other drivers to qualify within a time limit over five laps on six different courses. Once you qualify you move onto the next track. When all six courses are completed you start on Course One but with the difficulty harder. If you hit the side of the track or another driver this causes you to spin and stop.

The graphics in this game is really nice and it could have been absolutely awesome but it is let down by the control system which only offers eight directions for the car, this makes the car awkward and tough to control. Another negative thing is the size of the tracks, they are way too short.

There is no end to this game, it keeps looping.

The Amstrad CPC in game music really boosts this game because the beeper fx wasn't exactly the best, but they are still there and now have company by AY music!

The game was published by Mastertronic Plus in 1990

Rating = 84%

Original 1990 tape version: https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005050