Speed Buggy

Description

Buggy Boy is a race game, but not just an ordinary race game. There are five different routes, offroad, north, east, west, south. The offroad course loops around back to the start, the others are long runs with a distinct beginning and ending. You must complete each leg before the time runs out.

Along the way you can pick up all kinds of bonuses. The colored flags are 30 points each, collect all colors in the order as indicated at the top of the screen to get 1000 bonus points. There are several gates the give you 100, 250 or 500 points, and a time gate. Drive through a time gate to collect it, you receive two seconds extra time upon completing a leg. Occasionally there will be a soccer ball on the road, hit it and it will fly away and you get 2000 points.

There are bridges and tunnels, be careful not to fall off the bridge into the water or crash into the tunnel wall. There also are obstacles like boulders, logs and fences. If you hit them it will cost you valuable seconds off your leg time. But if you hit a log or small stone just right, the buggy will ride on two wheels until you hit something again.

Alternate Titles

• "Buggy Boy" -- UK title

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User Reviews

A rush against time and... boulders

Commodore 64

Mik_1_ (18)

The Press Says

Zzap!	Commodore 64	Dec, 1987	97 out of 100	97
Zzap!	Amiga	Oct, 1988	92 out of 100	92
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Jun, 1988	9 out of 10	90
Power Play	Commodore 64	Dec, 1987	8.5 out of 10	85
Happy Computer	Commodore 64	Jan, 1988	84 out of 100	84
Power Play	Atari ST	May, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Dec, 1987	8 out of 10	80
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Aug, 1988	77 out of 100	77
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Jun, 1988	76 out of 100	76
Retrogaming History	ZX Spectrum	Jun 25, 2008	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

In the ZX Spectrum version, hitting an obstacle, like for example a boulder, will cause your buggy to explode. In all other versions, including the arcade original, hitting an obstacle will just make the buggy roll over.