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Motor racing games are not new, in fact one of the original coin-op games from the Seventies was that "whizz around the track" one that could have four cars racing together. Motorbike games aren't so well supported, but here we have an excellent bike game in the classic Pole Position mould.

The game comes with a pre-programmed selection of tracks so that you can select from Silverstone, Brands, Monaco or loads of other major Grand Prix circuits from around the world.

The display has the required moving mountains and red/white striped edge to the road. Corners are crisply drawn and the action is extremely fast, going off the track results in a crash, and having to restart the bike.

The bike itself has six gears - fairly usual for a racing bike, but if you are used to the usual run-of-the-mill racing game with two gears or four if you're lucky. Around corners the bike realistically leans over and looks quite impressive, though if you take the corner wrong nothing can save you!

An excellent game from Mastertronic (as usual). A good taste of track racing with a bike for a touch of the unusual.