C&VG


Powerboat USA

Publisher: Accolade
Machine: Commodore 64/128

 
Published in Computer & Video Games #103

Powerboat USA

It's the boating season in America, but as we're all stuck here in chilly Blighty why not take to the seas in one of the craft offered by Accolade? There's a choice of boats, including the Don Johnson Special (?), and a selection of courses to race on. Just sign in at the registration post, go out for a qualifying lap and you're in the race! Watch out though, because if you over-rev or crash too often you'll damage your boat and that means time wasted in the repair shop.

Sounds dead exciting, but believe me it isn't. The different courses all look and feel exactly the same as each other, and there simply isn't any challenge, short-term or otherwise.

C64

A poorly programmed arcade simulation, sporting badly-designed graphics and little in the way of playability.