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This new motorcycle racing game from Epyx is set to become racing fanatics latest craze game.

You race across a range of various tracks, some harder than others, others with obstacles. The object of the game is, of course, to complete all the courses and get as many points as possible.

On disk the game loaded at mega-speed - perhaps the Vorpal loading system had something to do with it! Anyway, after listening to the fairly average music I hit the fire button, and started the game.

First I selected the colour of my bike and the colour and style of my leathers. This is a nice touch. Then I picked the beginners level and there I was on the track. The flag went down and zoom I was off!

I found that I was going incredibly slowly, then I changed into second gear and sped off into the sunset! I still was not up with the leaders - but changing into third sent me speeding past.

Now for the next track. Sure enough it popped up. I completed this track with same ease, and was quickly whisked off to the bonus track where you have to hit flags that are in the road for lots of lovely bonus points. The tracks from then on varied in size and shape, with different, attractive backdrops.

Eventually it had to happen, I came off my bike. I hit a cone in the road and laughed as my biker fell off backwards and his bike made a strange sort of Bang! sound. Shortly the bike miraculously repaired itself and I was back on the track and biking again.

I managed to complete all of the courses, and got a hefty sum of points which the C64 saved to disk for me. How kind of it!

The graphics on this game are of Pitstop II quality, but the sound is that of an average C64 game.

I played the disk version, which made constant use of disk, so I think tape users will have to put up with all that multi-load stuff. Still, never mind, it's worth the fuss.

There will be conversions for the Spectrum and Amstrad soon.