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YACHT RACE

PUBLISHER
Five Ways Software

AUTHOR(S)

YEAR
October 1985

CATALOGUE NUMBER

CATEGORY
Simulation

DESCRIPTION

CONTROLS
Keyboard, Kempston, Sinclair.

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ORIGINAL INLAY CARD TEXT

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REVIEWS

Review of _Yacht Race_ from Sinclair User No.43, October 1985

THE HOLIDAYS are over, and the summer? - well that never began.
But why not spend your autumn evenings learning the skill of
yachting made easy with _Yacht Race_.  Even Simon Le Bon could
handle this one and he does not need to have insurance either.
Impress your friends with your knowledge, and make up stories
about sailing stormy seas and how you almost won the Americas Cup
last year.  Carefully planned levels allow you to build up your
skills step by step.  In the first three levels, you learn the
basic skills of steering, trimming the sails and balance. Having
mastered those you can pit your knowledge aginst the computer
boat. Finally you compete against Black Streak, where the pedalo
mob is weeded out from the true sailors.  The main screen can be
toggled to a map which plots out the water, showing your present
position and the dangers - buoys and sand banks - which surround
you. You never actually see your yacht - only the bows - but if
you change direction or lose balance you will enjoy a simulated
drowning!  _Yacht Race_ is great fun and gives a real insight
into the world of sailing. A booklet is also enclosed, giving
tips and clear, easy-to-read, instructions.

                                   Colette McDermon

Publisher: Five ways Software
Price: 6.95
Memory: 48K
Joystick: Kempston, Sinclair
Rating: ***** (out of 5, meaning: 24 carat. Buy it)


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