Buggy boy
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| Studio | Tatsumi |
| Publisher | Tatsumi, Data East |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1985 |
| genre | Fun racer |
| Game mode | 2 players take turns |
| control | Steering wheel; 2-speed gearshift |
| casing | Standard and Sit-In |
| Arcade system | Main CPU : 2 × 8086 (@ 5 MHz) Sound CPU: Z80 (@ 3.75 MHz) Sound Chips: 2 × AY-3-8910 (@ 1.875 MHz) |
| monitor | Raster resolution 801 × 256 (12: 3 horizontal, 3 monitors) Color palette: 256 |
| information | 1 or 3 monitors |
Buggy Boy is an arcade game that was developed by Tatsumi in 1985 . The US version is called Speed Buggy and was licensed to Data East in 1986 . The game was a popular racing game ( Fun Racer ), and there are versions with one or three monitors.
Game principle and technology
The player controls an off-road vehicle and has to cope with different routes. You have to collect flags and drive through gates. The main obstacles are large boulders, barriers and tunnels, as well as enemy vehicles. The buggy can also jump when it drives over jumps or drive sideways on two wheels.
In addition to the standard version, there is also a luxury version with three monitors that are slightly angled next to each other so that a better all-round view is possible.
stretch
- Circuit off-road
- North Monte Carlo
- East Safari
- West Paris Dakar
- South Southern Cross
Production notes
The slot machine was ported for the following home computers from 1987 : Amstrad CPC , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , Commodore Amiga and ZX Spectrum . The MAME emulator supports both the arcade version with one monitor and the one with three monitors. The Amiga version is very close to the real version. The C64 version is graphically much simpler.
reception
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The ASM praised the ports for Amiga and Atari ST in 1988 by Elite Systems were created for graphics, sound and technology, especially liquid scrolling and precise zooming . The magazine only criticized the short playing time.
Web links
- Buggy Boy in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- Buggy Boy at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ASM special edition 3/1988, p. 63: On water, on land and in the sand. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .