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^2                        B A T T L E  C A R S.

^6                               LPD 71.

^2                         by Philip G. Harle.

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^5 Here  we  have  another  top  quality  arcade  game  on  the Déjà Vu
^5Professional  Software range.  This is a superb car racing game where
^5the  aim  is  to  win  anywhich  way  you can by trying to wreck your
^5opponent's car as you race around the track.

^2 This  really  is  the  BEST scrolling ever seen in an AMOS game, and
^2Philip Harle deserves all the praise he can get for the way this game
^2moves and plays.

^5 We  are  not talking of a screen that moves forward in one direction
^5only,  but  a  split  screen  where  each of the two cars has its own
^5display.   The screen moves with the car without a jerk to be seen on
^5either view.

^2 There  are  two  cars  in the race, one Red, the other Blue, you can
^2either  race  the Red car against the Amiga, or race against a friend
^2who can use either a second joystick, or keyboard.

^5 There are five different tracks to choose from and 1, 2, 4 or 8 race
^5games  to  play.   Your  ability  level  can be chosen from the 10 on
^5offer,  the  higher you are on the scale, the harder it is to control
^5the  car  as  it  speeds  around  the track.  Ability 1, described as
^5`vegetable' was about my level, whereas Ben, aged 11, is more used to
^5this sort of game and went higher.

^2 Having  made  these  choices, you are given money to spend on things
^2like power steering, weopon pods, armour plating and super tyres.

^5 The  control  is via joystick, moving left and right rotates the car
^5and  fire  button  accelerates.   Up  and  down movements control the
^5weopons you own.

^2 The track record is been held at 1000 seconds by Sir Clive in a C-5,
^2which is easily beaten once you learn to control the car.  It is nice
^2to  see  a  `beatable'  figure at the bottom of a high score list, it
^2gives  encouragement  to go on.  Ben's record is 67 seconds for track
^25, can anyone better that?

^5 Everything  about  this  game  is  professional, the title screen is
^5excellent  as  is  the  short  animation  sequence of a flash red car
^5racing  across  the screen.  The instructions are very well presented
^5leaving  nothing to guess work, these are also well illustrated.  The
^5options  screens  are  superb and could teach some commercial games a
^5thing or two about presentation.

^2 If  you've  got a bit of spare money to spend on Déjà Vu this month,
^2this  is  the  one to buy.  Even if you're not into car racing games,
^2this has to be seen to be believed!

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