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RICHARD
PETTY'S TALLADEGA
Audiogenic,
£8.95 cass, joystick
only
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This rather odd-sounding game is set around the Nascar
circuits of America (where they race large, powerful
cars). You have to take on 18 other racing cars, including
ace race Richard Petty's, on either a tri-oval or random
circuit and win, even if it means racing dirty.
Before
racing, you must go through a qualifying lap like in
Pole Position. The better your qualifying time,
the higher your position on the starting grid. If you
do badly then you end up at the back end of a rather
long queue of mean drivers, who are all out of bump
you off the track and put you out of the race.
Keeping
on the track isn't your only worry, there are tyre wear
and fuel gauges that require a wary eye -- if either
reaches zero then you're out of the race. However there
is a pit stop facility similar to that in Pitstop
II, which allows you to get your tyres changed,
engine seen to and more fuel.
There
are several types of cars on the circuits, bumpers and
demons being the major competitors. The main group are
easily outdriven, bumpers are slow but try to cut you
up, and demons are fast, ex-kamikaze pilots who try
their utmost to knock you about. If you overtake them
then they still give chase and hassle you.
The
only trouble with this game is that it's old and suffers
from flickery graphics and pretty feeble sound although
it remains pretty addictive and challenging, but it
has been superseded by games like Speed King and
Pitstop II.
Graphics
43%
Sound 56%
Feel 61%
Lastability 70%
Overall 64%
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