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SPEED
KING
Digital
Integration, £9.95 cass, £12.95
disk, joystick
or keys
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Speed King is a motorbike racing game, and is
in fact a conversion of the Spectrum game Full Throttle.
The game is played in the classic Pole Position view-from-the-back
style, with similar type of graphics.
There
are ten famous international tracks from which to choose,
and every one has its own record table. When you choose
a track you can, if you wish, have a high-speed preview
to see what sort of hazards it suffers and give you
a chance to get to know the track. If you're still unsure
about the track then you can try the practice option
-- this lets you zoom around a bikerless track to get
used to the 'feel' of the bike and track. Once you're
happy that you want to tackle that track and start the
race properly, just select the difficulty level and
you're ready to go.
You
start the race behind 19 other riders and you have to
battle your way to the front and stay there. If you
touch one of the riders then you spin off the track
and lose precious time. You also crash off the track
if you try to take corners at high speeds, so driving
at realistic speeds is a far better policy than belting
around like a loony.
The
bike is a powerful one, with six gears, good acceleration
and handling. Using the gears is pretty easy -- just
pull the joystick down to shift up a gear of vice-versa.
The
game is very challenging and the other riders are no
fools and all ride very well. On-screen information
includes speed, gear, current position in race, lap
time and current record time. Speed King offers
a great challenge, with brilliant bike feel, fast graphics
and great sound, and is surely amongst the best race
games for the 64.
Graphics
89%
Sound 88%
Feel 94%
Lastability 92%
Overall 91%
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