1986 Load 'n' Run (IT)
by Mark Miller, Rokneddin Shariat, Anthony Kelly and Kiernan McEnery
This is the same game as Surf Champ but translated to Italian and released by Load 'n' Run.
I found this little pearl around 1987 and I was rarely able to load it without crashing.
The rare few times I got it to work I was amazed by the colorful and semi-realistic wave movements.
The problem were the data menus in the beginning of the game with measures in inches not centimeters which confused me, and next the gear menu was a real challenge, I still cant say if the game as a bug there or if I was doing something wrong, I usually type the letter X to get out of that menu, because none of the numbers seem to work.
Then there was the key controls, my copy was pirated so there was no instructions of any type whatsoever, and it was a real headache discovering each key and the right combinations. This was just a game I often played (because it crashed) but really made me curious and wanting more.
It seemed very original and something about surf and beach was really a novelty. Funny how I always felt relaxed alone in that digital beach.
Today the game still maintains a charming appeal and when you get into the controlling, the game turns to be quite interesting.
By the way never got pass the first stage, don't even know if there are more than one or this is just a scoring game.
