C&VG


Raster Runner

Publisher: Mastertronic Plus
Machine: Amstrad CPC464

 
Published in Computer & Video Games #103

Raster Runner

Rev up your light cycle and prepare to run rings around your opponent in this twin-screen Tron game. Use your coloured force-trail to block in a three skill level computer opponent or, if you have a friend who's up to it, a human rider. The innovation of twin screens and the radar scanner let you keep track of your opponent, but while you're looking away you usually end up driving into a wall.

As these games go, Raster Runner is pretty smart but it's only at its best with two screaming players at the controls.

C64

Funky music, shiny graphics and enjoyable gameplay. Worth three quid of anyone's money.

Amstrad

The over-zealous collision detection makes this version difficult, but not unplayable. Good.