Beach Buggy Simulator

{{Short description|1988 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = Beach Buggy Simulator

|image = Beach Buggy Simulator Cover.jpg

|developer = Sysoft

|publisher = Silverbird

|designer =

|engine =

|released = 1988

|genre = Driving, Shooting

|modes = One or two players

|platforms = ZX Spectrum
Commodore 64
Amstrad CPC

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Beach Buggy Simulator is a video game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1988.

Gameplay

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In Beach Buggy Simulator, the players have to drive a beach buggy through several dune trials by jumping over the rocks and similar hazards, scattered along the way. The buggy is equipped with a gun for shooting down the helicopters that are passing by, trying to destroy the vehicle.{{Cite magazine|title=Games Update|url=https://archive.org/details/YourCommodoreIssue49Oct88/page/n17/mode/2up|magazine=Your Commodore|date=October 1988|access-date=2020-08-16|page=19|issue=49}} The goal is to reach the finish line before the time limit runs out.{{Cite web|title=Beach Buggy Simulator|first=Darran|last=Jones|url=https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/beach-buggy-simulator/|website=Retro Gamer|date=2008-07-16|access-date=2020-08-16}}

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Reception

{{Video game reviews

| YSinclair= 8/10{{Cite magazine|title=Basement Bargain: Beach Buggy Simulator|url=https://archive.org/details/Your_Sinclair_034/page/94/mode/2up|magazine=Your Sinclair|date=October 1988|access-date=2020-08-16|pages=94–95|issue=34}}

| Z64= 21%{{Cite magazine|title=Budget Test: Beach Buggy Simulator|url=https://archive.org/details/Zzap64_Magazine_Issue_41/page/112/mode/2up|magazine=Zzap!64|date=September 1988|access-date=2020-08-16|page=113|issue=41}}

| rev1 = Commodore Computing International

| rev1Score = 4/10{{Cite magazine|title=Bargain Bucket: Beach Buggy Simulator|url=https://archive.org/details/Commodore_Computing_International_198810/page/62/mode/2up|magazine=Commodore Computing International|date=October 1988|access-date=2020-08-16|page=63|volume=8|issue=2}}

| rev2 = Commodore User

| rev2Score = 5/10{{Cite magazine|title=Cheapo Round-up: Beach Buggy Simulator|url=https://archive.org/details/Commodore_User_Magazine_Issue_058/page/28/mode/2up|magazine=Commodore User|date=July 1988|access-date=2020-08-16|page=63|issue=58}}

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