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The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing

The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing wraps you around the chassis of the fastest bikes ever built as you compete in the International Grand Prix of motorcycle racing. Laguna Seca. Le Mans. Salzburg…

31 December 1989

The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing is a racing developed by Distinctive Software, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing is

The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing is a racing game developed by Distinctive Software and released in 1989. It was published by Accolade. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing wraps you around the chassis of the fastest bikes ever built as you compete in the International Grand Prix of motorcycle racing. Laguna Seca. Le Mans. Salzburg. Crisscross the globe to do battle with the world's greatest racers in the sport's premier events. Who's got the guts? Who wants the glory? Who'll hoist the trophy of world champion? The only motorcycle game with a first-person perspective. True racing realism. Look over the handlebars and see the pavement disappear under your wheels. Sense the undeniable rush of full-throttle speed. Race on 15 authentic Grand Prix courses. Tracks like Suzuka in Japan put a premium on handling and…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

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When did The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing come out?
The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac and ZX Spectrum.

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