1987 Mastertronic (UK)
by Derek Brewster
Full Throttle is my favourite motorcycle racing game so a friend indicated Speed King 2 to me saying it was just like FT, so I was quite excited with it. What a dissapointment. It looks like the author decided to make a sequel to the great Full Throttle, but renamed it with a completely different name and added a 2 at the end. The same race routine, the same sounds and a very similar look. Unfortunately this is a bad version of that game, just look at the graphics and you'll be disencourage to play it. Also if this was the real sequel even with better graphics, it would only add the 2 player option, which is nice but a little dissapointing because there arent any other bikers besides us.
But not all is lost, because the game can be quite challenging, and if you havent played FT before or are looking for a 2 player mode, this is could be interesting, if you can pass the bad looking graphics.
Review by Cagney on 24 Apr 2017 (Rating: 5)
I actually really liked it. The 'Silverstone' track was the easiest to negotiate. And with a 2-player option, it's brilliant.
I remember using one half of the keyboard while my brother used the other half. It was hilarious because I used to press a certain key to reduce his speed thereby making me the winner all the time.
He could never understand why he lost all the time :D
