You are at the wheel of a high speed racer and you
must overtake five other cars plus a ghost car which
appears from time to time. After selecting a skill
level (1-6), the five cars appear on the track and
zoom off. You select first gear and accelerate
after them. You can change lanes, accelerate and
brake.
Even at level one, the game turned out to be pretty
difficult. Although instructions accompany the tape
I found difficulty at first in understanding what was
going on, in particular which car I was supposed
to be driving. However, after several plays I got
the idea and started enjoying the game. Speed, time,
temperature and fuel are at the bottom of the screen.
Graphics, giving a driver's eye view of the track,
are excellent.
There are some pretty sophisticated car racing games
on the market and, to be fair, 3-D Race does not come
up to their standard, but then it has been written
in Basic (It has to be for the standard TI) and the
programmers have used the language extremely well.
24th January 1984
