Pro Powerboat Simulator

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If this 'simulator' is to be believed, powerboat racing is a chaotic race across a number of largely one-directional tracks with fjords and inlets forcing you down one of two lanes, and sections where a bridge needs to be cleared by hitting a ramp at the right speed beforehand (as you jump over these, you can land so as to skim off other boats). Your boat is fitted with bombs, which can be placed so as to force the other boats to run over them, gaining you points. Extra bombs and fuel litter the course, often close to the banks, which you must avoid contact with, for fear of crashing your boat. When this happens you are forced into the next one, which is, as if by magic, available at a convenient point just beforehand. A helicopter flies overhead, dropping bombs which you must avoid, and often obscuring your view. The other boats often crowd together attempting to force you into the wall.

As with all the Codemasters budget titles, realism goes out of the window, with an emphasis on simple instantaneous action.

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Alternate Titles

• "Powerboat Simulator" -- Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC screen title

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• Codemasters Simulator series

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Critic Reviews

Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Sep, 1989	82 out of 100	82
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amiga	Oct, 1990	73 out of 100	73
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Oct, 1990	71 out of 100	71
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Oct, 1989	70 out of 100	70
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Apr, 1991	68 out of 100	68

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