Reviews

I'd heard the legend of The Great Space Race, something for the Spectrum akin to ET for the Atari. I only recently got round to seeing why for myself.
This is a strange space strategy 'racer' game from 1984, with splashes of big graphics and clunky animation. Interaction is, very slowly, via menus only. It is almost impossible to feel any enthusiasm for the proceedings at all.
Had this been a free cover-tape game, then I would have considered giving it a 2. But as a £15 release, this lashed together excuse for a game is inexcusably sub-standard. The 'battle scenes' look like something straight from the pages of a BASIC listing.
Some reviews from the time cite the graphics as a redeeming feature, I guess they have aged badly.