Baja Buggies
| Baja Buggies | |
|---|---|
| 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 renamed, re-published, and more heavily advertised 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
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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."[4]
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."[5]
Antic concluded, "Baja Buggies is an excellent product. Compared to driving games of the past, this is a programming masterpiece."[4] 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".[6]
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.
- ^ Slon, Steven (May 1983). "Baja Buggies". Electronic Fun with Computers & Games. 1 (7): 66.
- ^ 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.