THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE 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 FACTS NOTES