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LE
MANS
Commodore,
£14.95 ROM, paddles
only
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This is a copy of one of the earliest arcade video racing
games, Monaco GP. It's a vertically scrolling
2D view-from-above game where the object is just to
keep going as long as possible. You start the game with
a time limit and the idea is to get to the next section
before the time runs out. If you do then you get more
time added on, to allow you reach the next one.
There
are plenty of cars on the track, although they just
career from one side of the track to the other. If you
touch a car or the side of the track then you crash
and lose time.
Your car has two gears and can only move from side to
side so that very swift decisions have to be made when
you're going along at top speed. As you progress you
encounter more and more hazards, like the track getting
incredibly thin, night (where you can only see a few
carlengths in front of you) and icy roads.
The
trouble with Le Mans nowadays is that it's hopelessly
outdated by the likes of Pitstop II and Speed
King. This sort of race game might have sold a while
ago, but now at £14.95 it's just too expensive and too
old.
Graphics
56%
Sound 45%
Feel 57%
Lastability 49%
Overall 51%
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