Epyx are deservedly well-known in the US for a series of superb action adventures and strategy games, mainly targeted on Apple and Atari to date. Pit Stop represents their plunge into Coleco-land.

If they hope to compete with Coleco's own Turbo Driver - let alone the peerless and as yet unsurpassed Pole Position - they've got another think coming. The actual race-car sequences are less detailed and less convincing, while the Pit Stop routine - on which Epyx have pinned their hopes in a desire to find a new lick - rapidly grows tedious. You can win or lose a race in the pits, sure; you can also blow it with an ill-judged ROM that adds nothing to what already exists on the market. Coleco and Atari can sleep tight.