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Race Against Time, The |
Copyright/Publisher: Codemasters, Music By: David Whittaker,
Release Year: 1988, Genre: Mixed Sports, Number Of Players: 1
You'd think something as energetic as leading the global charity fun run, Sport Aid '88, would
leave you feeling a bit ... well ... knackered to say the least. But no, Omar Khalifa,
the legendary Sudanese athlete is preparing to run again.
Well, he's not really, he's just the name that's given to a block of white pixels in
a computer game, but you know what I mean, don't you?
Anyway, Omar's personal race starts out in the El Mowheli relief camp in Sudan. He's
only got a certain amount of time to raise a flag and light a flame in each of six
(six?) continents. Now Omar's pretty fit but he can't walk on water - so to get from
place to place, he uses a plane (well OK, an icon on a global map).
As usual the population of the world has left a lot of rubbish lying about. Bit of
luck - picking up an object in one place should prove helpful for progress later on.
The Race Against Time was produced expressly for Sport Aid and all profits from its
sales will go to support the charity's campaign to help children in need all over the
world. OK?
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Gordon Houghton |
Phew! It was beginning to look as if Code Master weren't going to get the 64 version
of their Sport Aid '88 game out before the end of the year. Wouldn't have been very
topical that - Sport Aid '88 in '89.
Which brings me to a strange and wondrous mystery. Why have they spent so long developing
this when the Spectrum version, which was released early in the summer, looks exactly
the same?
Well, not quite exactly the same - the control method is a lot messier and the
screens flip so slowly that you've time to get out of the way of a herd of rampaging rhinos
in between. Forget about this really dud game - contribute to the cause instead.
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K.H. |
I really enjoyed playing this when it came out for the Spectrum - loads of puzzles, attractive
graphics and, to top it all, a really good cause. Er ... couldn't really say the same
about the 64 version, though.
In fact, I don't think I actually saw what you could call a 64 version 'cos you'd find
about as many differences between the two formats as you would between two absolutely identical
turkeys with two identical chef's hats on each leg.
Not only that - Peter Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers soundtrack is even less musical
than Maff's rendition of White Christmas after a half of ale down the pub - and it doesn't
even play throughout the game. If you're keen to buy this because of Sport Aid, give five
quid away instead. You won't be missing out.
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