MegaRace

MegaRace description

Imagine that you are watching over the shoulder of a man playing with enthusiasm and I see fleeing into the distance at breakneck speed the track and the car, it is not clear what force kept on her. Flashing from the sides, steep turns, in which the player presses on the keys furiously, constantly slipped under the wheels of the car mark... Here in front of our car there is another, the player presses the space bar, hitting it with overclocking on the Board, and you involuntarily gasp when the competitor breaks into the flaming wreckage... "What is this?!" - you ask. "It? MegaRace is one of the hits of the last century" - meets you the player.

Indeed, at the time, MegaRace was one of the most famous games. But do not forget that the legend of the past can criticize the present - simply because time has exposed its shortcomings. Does not suffer such a fate this race? Let's face it.

So, what is the game in the mid 90-ies? First, the plot. Plot MegaRaceсовсем simple that, in General, is typical of arcade racing. In short, in the future, people still continue to demand spectacular shows. They are, moreover, offer the opportunity to engage each viewer: it's enough just to wear connected to a TV virtual reality helmet and be driving the car, rushing with wild speed on the track. The role of the audience we are after starting the game. Primitive? I agree. Bad? In any case, since this story is much better than tangled, but unexamined.

Secondly, the gameplay. Arcade race with shooting is almost constantly jammed the "next" button, the timely maneuvering and sometimes fierce massaging the keys of the fire; MegaRace is no exception. To slow down during the game almost not necessary. Opponents at the beginning of the fly from a couple of good bursts, sometimes it takes a lot to hit someone else's car on the Board; next, problems with them will be more - indeed, a player can change. And, Yes, to kill everyone in here is necessary, otherwise you will not see the victory, and that means - and jump to the next track. Interested? In my opinion, Yes. But nothing unusual for fans of arcade racing with shooting here, in General, no.

Thirdly, the graphics and sound. Technical execution MegaRace is difficult to write leaders, but we have to admit that videos that are playable in the images of the tracks, quite beautiful, and the sound reflects quite well the spirit of the race. But again, apparently nothing revolutionary.

According to all that is written above may seem to be the game – no more than "middling". But there is one trait which led her in time to the hits: videos. Yeah, no wonder MegaRace takes up so much space! Its "face" and almost a trump card became the show's host, lance Boyle, the entire game is pleasing us with their remarks, gestures and facial expressions. "Have a nice death, baby!" - he admonishes us before the start of the first track. "Oh, what a pity, Enforcer!" - lamenting leading the defeat of the player. For lance Boyle MegaRace is possible to forgive many of the shortcomings.

From the foregoing it is easy to make a "portrait" of the game. However, it will be incomplete if not to mention the diversity of the fleet as the game progresses the available eight machines, each of which differs from other behavior on the highway (some slow, but all spread apart, while others, flying with the speed of bullets, but are vulnerable so that to leave someone in the tail for the pilot death), about a gang of enemies, which tells briefly before the lens, - by the way, most of the cars have to discourage them, initially available only three, - and also about the different from each other, the track is the second of them, for example, plunges us under the water... Summary is simple: if you like arcade race – run and walk one track. Or then you play it without stopping, either – well, on taste and color...

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Source: Archive.org, Mobygames.com