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''Baja Buggies'' is a race through the desert against 80 opponents.<ref name=efun/> Most of the racers are anonymous; the top three have names that play on those of real drivers, such as "A. J. Cactus" (similar to [[A. J. Foyt]]). The game displays the player's current rank, and a radar shows relative position to the race leaders. The goal is to finish in the top six.<ref name=manual/> The joystick steers left and right and the button applies the brakes. The race ends when the last car of the leading group finishes–or if the player crashes too many times.<ref name=manual/> |
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There are three courses: beginner, pro, and a random course that's also classified as pro-level.<ref name=manual/> |
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<ref name="page6">{{cite journal |title=Baja Buggies |journal=Page 6 |date=December 1982 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=15 |url=https://archive.org/details/Page_6_Magazine_01/page/14/mode/2up}}</ref> |
<ref name="page6">{{cite journal |title=Baja Buggies |journal=Page 6 |date=December 1982 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=15 |url=https://archive.org/details/Page_6_Magazine_01/page/14/mode/2up}}</ref> |
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<ref name=benioff>{{cite journal |last1=Benioff |first1=Marc R. |title=Product Reviews: Baja Buggies |journal=Antic |date=February 1983 |volume=1 |issue=6 |page=91 |url=https://archive.org/details/1983-02-anticmagazine/page/n89/mode/2up}}</ref> |
<ref name=benioff>{{cite journal |last1=Benioff |first1=Marc R. |title=Product Reviews: Baja Buggies |journal=Antic |date=February 1983 |volume=1 |issue=6 |page=91 |url=https://archive.org/details/1983-02-anticmagazine/page/n89/mode/2up}}</ref> |
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<ref name="manual">{{cite web |title=Baja Buggies Manual |url=http://www.pixelatedarcade.com/pdf/Game/2024/Baja-Buggies-Atari-Instruction-Manual.pdf |website=Pixelated Arcade |publisher=Gamestar |date=1982}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:24, 14 July 2020
| Baja Buggies | |
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| Developer(s) | Arcade Plus Gamestar |
| Publisher(s) | Gamestar |
| Designer(s) | Dan Ugrin[1] |
| Platform(s) | Atari 8-bit |
| Release | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
Baja Buggies is a desert-themed racing video game written by Dan Ugrin for the Atari 8-bit family.[1] It uses a third-person, 2.5D perspective. The game was originally developed and sold as Night Rally by Arcade Plus before the company folded, then it was revamped and published as the first release from Gamestar.[2] Gamestar went on to publish a series of sports games for the Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64, such as Star League Baseball, before becoming a label of Activision.
Gameplay
Baja Buggies is a race through the desert against 80 opponents.[3] Most of the racers are anonymous; the top three have names that play on those of real drivers, such as "A. J. Cactus" (similar to A. J. Foyt). The game displays the player's current rank, and a radar shows relative position to the race leaders. The goal is to finish in the top six.[4] The joystick steers left and right and the button applies the brakes. The race ends when the last car of the leading group finishes–or if the player crashes too many times.[4]
There are three courses: beginner, pro, and a random course that's also classified as pro-level.[4]
Reception
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games favorably compared Baja Buggies to Sega's Turbo, but found the audio to be simplistic and disliked the lack of support for paddle controllers.[3] Marc Benioff, reviewing the game for Antic, wrote "It has some similarities to Turbo by Sega, but is not a copy."[5]
Page 6 liked the 3D visuals: "What makes Baja Buggies special is the unique 3-D perspective as you drive toward the distant mountains. When you turn a corner, you really do turn–the mountains and sky scroll across and you feel as if you are really in the car."[6]
Antic concluded, "Baja Buggies is an excellent product. Compared to driving games of the past, this is a programming masterpiece."[5] In a review for Electronic Games, Bill Kunkel wrote, "Put flat-out, this is the best racing contest, in terms of graphics and game play, ever designed for a computer system."[2] Several years after releaseAtari Explorer called it, "the first computer program to seriously court the favor of race car fans".[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Baja Buggies". Atari Mania.
- ^ a b Kunkel, Bill (April 1983). "Computer Gaming: Baja Buggies". Electronic Games. 1 (14): 62, 65.
- ^ a b Slon, Steven (May 1983). "Baja Buggies". Electronic Fun with Computers & Games. 1 (7): 66.
- ^ a b c "Baja Buggies Manual" (PDF). Pixelated Arcade. Gamestar. 1982.
- ^ a b Benioff, Marc R. (February 1983). "Product Reviews: Baja Buggies". Antic. 1 (6): 91.
- ^ "Baja Buggies". Page 6. 1 (1): 15. December 1982.
- ^ "Start Your Electronic Engines". Atari Explorer: 8. June 1985.