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BMX SIMULATOR



PUBLISHER

Codemasters



AUTHORS

Richard Darling

Spectrum version:Tim Miller



YEAR

1987



DESCRIPTION

Top-down Supersprint-esque game involving bikes, where you

have to simply race around several tracks attempting to beat

the other rider. Very much like Supersprint and it's clones, 

except that collisions are possible.



CONTROLS

Joystick/Keyboard





ORIGINAL INLAY CARD TEXT



REAL 2 PLAYER OPTION



AMAZING REALISM - the burms, bumps and ramps really work - 

seven different courses, each one harder. Two player option 

and fantastic ACTION REPLAY option with SLO-MO - all make 

this the best BMX game yet!



"great fun, especially as a 2 player game, I'd say it'll 

go platinum" Popular Computing Weekly Oct.1986



THE ULTIMATE TWO PLAYER GAME



BMX simulator is a brilliant version of the epic Commodore 

64 game. Eye in the sky viewing - amazing realistic 

simulation, the starting ramp, burms, bumps, water splashes 

etc. all have realistic effect on the rider.



Two player option is included. Seven different, 

progressively harder, courses will test even the best player.



ORIGINAL BY RICHARD DARLING



Richard has achieved yet another breakthrough with the first 

ACTION REPLAY option, whenever there is a close finish you 

can see it again on the REPLAY - and if that's not enough, 

press the S key and watch it in SLOW MOTION!



JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD



CONTROLS:

JOYSTICK CONTROL FOR ONE OR TWO PLAYERS



Fire button "on"  - Accelerate

Fire button "off" - Brake

Joystick Left     - Rotate bike left

Joystick Right    - Rotate bike right



ACTION REPLAY

Press A at the end of each course for the ACTION REPLAY. Then

hold down S for the special Slow-Motion feature (SLO-MO).



HINTS

Demonstration mode runs automatically.



Press N to change the number of courses in the Championships.

You must complete each course within the time limit in order 

to qualify for the next one.



Press S to start the race.



You are then told, RIDERS READY - PEDALS READY - GO!



Press Accelerate the instant you are told to go - timing is 

vital, don't lose precious tenths of a second.



Race as though you are in a real BMX Championship. The burns

help you turn, the rough ground slows you down. All the hills

and different grade surfaces effect the rider as in real

life.



Number of laps raced and time elapsed are shown at the 

bottom of the screen for both riders.



The 'time limit' is shown in the centre of the screen on

the bottom line.





HINTS/CHEATS



49264,58  - Always qualify



>From YS May87:



"Don't press the pedal until the bar at the bar at the bottom

says Go. This way you'll pull away from your opponent.

Pressing it when it says Riders Ready and keeping your finger

on isn't the easiest way.



On Course 4, there is a shortcut. Instead of turning right at

the second turn, simply keep going along the top of the map.



On Course 5, it's best to let the computer go first, then

follow him because he slows down on the long straight. That

way, you can ride straight through without being knocked off

if you're going fast enough."







RELATED GAMES

BMX Simulator 2 released 1989, more of the same with improved

graphics and other stuff if you're into that kind of thing.



SCORES

Your Sinclair, Mar 87, 7/10

Crash, Issue 37, 63%

ACE Issue 13, one of the 'Top 100 Games of the last 12

months' (although this was strictly for the ST and Amiga

version, there's no reason to assume that they would have

rated the 8-bit versions any lower had the mag existed when

they came out).



URLS

ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/snaps/games/arcade/

bmx-simulator.zip



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