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YACHT RACE



PUBLISHER

Five Ways Software



AUTHOR(S)



YEAR

October 1985



CATALOGUE NUMBER



CATEGORY

Simulation



DESCRIPTION



CONTROLS

Keyboard, Kempston, Sinclair.



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ORIGINAL INLAY CARD TEXT



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REVIEWS



Review of _Yacht Race_ from Sinclair User No.43, October 1985



THE HOLIDAYS are over, and the summer? - well that never began.

But why not spend your autumn evenings learning the skill of

yachting made easy with _Yacht Race_.  Even Simon Le Bon could

handle this one and he does not need to have insurance either.

Impress your friends with your knowledge, and make up stories

about sailing stormy seas and how you almost won the Americas Cup

last year.  Carefully planned levels allow you to build up your

skills step by step.  In the first three levels, you learn the

basic skills of steering, trimming the sails and balance. Having

mastered those you can pit your knowledge aginst the computer

boat. Finally you compete against Black Streak, where the pedalo

mob is weeded out from the true sailors.  The main screen can be

toggled to a map which plots out the water, showing your present

position and the dangers - buoys and sand banks - which surround

you. You never actually see your yacht - only the bows - but if

you change direction or lose balance you will enjoy a simulated

drowning!  _Yacht Race_ is great fun and gives a real insight

into the world of sailing. A booklet is also enclosed, giving

tips and clear, easy-to-read, instructions.



                                   Colette McDermon



Publisher: Five ways Software

Price: 6.95

Memory: 48K

Joystick: Kempston, Sinclair

Rating: ***** (out of 5, meaning: 24 carat. Buy it)





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