Buggy Boy

a.k.a. Speed Buggy

created and published by Elite in 1988, running on Amiga OCS
type: racing/driving
genre: Racing
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player
languages: eng
4.3/5
Lemon Amiga

Description

Buggy Boy is a race game, but not just an ordinary race game. There are five different routes, offroad, north, east, west, south. The offroad course loops around back to the start, the others are long runs with a distinct beginning and ending. You must complete each leg before the time runs out.

Along the way you can pick up all kinds of bonuses. The colored flags are 30 points each, collect all colors in the order as indicated at the top of the screen to get 1000 bonus points. There are several gates the give you 100, 250 or 500 points, and a time gate. Drive through a time gate to collect it, you receive two seconds extra time upon completing a leg. Occasionally there will be a soccer ball on the road, hit it and it will fly away and you get 2000 points.

There are bridges and tunnels, be careful not to fall off the bridge into the water or crash into the tunnel wall. There also are obstacles like boulders, logs and fences. If you hit them it will cost you valuable seconds off your leg time. But if you hit a log or small stone just right, the buggy will ride on two wheels until you hit something again.

Ritchardo # 2024-02-05 00:27:40

Technical specs

display: raster

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External reviews (14) - average: 83.7% - median: 82%

review sourceissuedatescore
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)uk111988-08833/100083%
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Amiga Actionuk161991-0178/10078%
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Amiga Computinguk31988-0881/10081%
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Amiga User International (AUI) (03-25)uk81988-088/1080%
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Commodore User 33-61uk581988-078/1080%
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Génération 4 (1-82)fr51988-0990/10090%
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Génération 4 (1-82)fr231990-0694/10094%
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Power Playde61988-0780/10080%
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The Games Machineuk91988-0877/10077%
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The Games Machineuk331990-0889/10089%
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Tilt 39-113fr571988-0917/2085%
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Tilt 39-113fr801990-0716/2080%
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Zerouk101990-0883/10083%
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Zzap!uk421988-1092/10092%
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