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Scalextric: The Computer Edition

Scalextric is a one or two player racing game based on the popular Hornby slot care racing system. The game is a simple two car, split screen racing game. Cars cannot come off the track but they do lose speed…

31 December 1985

Scalextric: The Computer Edition is an arcade, released 31 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Scalextric: The Computer Edition is

Scalextric: The Computer Edition was released in 1985. It was published by Leisure Genius. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Scalextric is a one or two player racing game based on the popular Hornby slot care racing system. The game is a simple two car, split screen racing game. Cars cannot come off the track but they do lose speed when driving along the track edge or when skidding in the chicanes. Cars can crash, a crash is when one car hits another from behind at a speed that's in excess of 20 mph. In a crash such as this the car that's behind automatically loses the race. However if the cars are level the race does allow one driver to move sideways to push the other player out of the way, either to make passing easier or to distract the other player. Each race can be for one or two players and when racing…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Scalextric: The Computer Edition launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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When did Scalextric: The Computer Edition come out?
Scalextric: The Computer Edition was released on 31 December 1985 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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