Published on2019/06/08
A new direct conversion, like so many others, and once again the game chosen is a recreational license (the usual in the last years of the 8 bits, along with those of movies).
I never saw anything special to the Spectrum version, which is what I was able to know at the time; It was a racing game, dull and boring, and the same goes for his MSX twin (who does not lose excessive speed but the music does - or at least I could not hear it, because Mc Alby is accredited).
However, the 1988 SEGA recreative is another song. It has spectacular graphics and sound, and it sure was a joy to play a game with the wheel and the car in which you sat moving according to the course of the circuit.
But of course, converting it to 8 bits was really complicated, and more when all the resources were not used to try it.
I never saw anything special to the Spectrum version, which is what I was able to know at the time; It was a racing game, dull and boring, and the same goes for his MSX twin (who does not lose excessive speed but the music does - or at least I could not hear it, because Mc Alby is accredited).
However, the 1988 SEGA recreative is another song. It has spectacular graphics and sound, and it sure was a joy to play a game with the wheel and the car in which you sat moving according to the course of the circuit.
But of course, converting it to 8 bits was really complicated, and more when all the resources were not used to try it.
Coding: John Mullins
Graphics: Clive Paul
Music & FX: Dave Lowe
MSX
Coding: Isidro Gilabert (Zydro)
Music: Alberto José González Pedraza (Mc Alby)