Scalextric (video game)
{{Short description|1987 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Scalextric
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|publisher = Leisure Genius
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|platforms = Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
|released = 1987
|genre = Racing
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
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Scalextric is a 1987 racing video game developed by Leisure Genius, based on the Scalextric slot car racing toys.
Gameplay
Scalextric has horizontal split-screen and features seventeen circuits to race on.{{cite magazine|magazine=Your Sinclair|title=Future Shocks|page=9|date=February 1987|issue=14|url=https://archive.org/stream/YourSinclair37Jan89/YourSinclair/YourSinclair14-Feb87#page/n9/mode/2up/}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Crash|title=Preview|page=130|date=February 1987|issue=37|url=https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-37/Crash_37_Feb_1987#page/n129/mode/2up}}
Development
Scalextric was published by Leisure Genius.
Reception
{{VG reviews
|CRASH = 57%{{cite magazine|magazine=Crash|title=Reviews|page=32|date=March 1987|issue=38|url=https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-38/Crash_38_Mar_1987#page/n31/mode/2up}}
|CVG = 27/40{{cite magazine|magazine=Computer and Video Games|title=C+VG Reviews|last=Metcalfe|first=Tim|page=17|date=March 1987|issue=65|url=https://archive.org/stream/computer-video-games-magazine-065/CVG065_Mar_1987#page/n15/mode/2up}}
|SUser = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Sinclair User|title=Arcade Review|last=Gilbert|first=John|page=31|date=February 1987|issue=59|url=https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-059/SinclairUser_059_Feb_1987#page/n29/mode/2up}}
|YSinclair=8/10{{cite magazine|magazine=Your Sinclair|title=Screen Shots|author=Phil|page=75|date=March 1987|issue=15|url=https://archive.org/stream/YourSinclair37Jan89/YourSinclair/YourSinclair15-Mar87#page/n75/mode/2up}}
|Z64 = 78%{{cite magazine|magazine=Zzap!64|title=Zzap! Test|page=50|date=Christmas 1985|issue=9|url=https://archive.org/details/zzapp_64_issue_009_600dpi/page/n49/mode/2up}}
| rev1 = Computer Gamer
| rev1Score = 54%{{cite magazine|magazine=Computer Gamer|title=Scoreline|page=27|date=June 1987|issue=27|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue27/page/n25/mode/2up}}
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Scalextric received mixed to positive reviews from video game critics.
References
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External links
- {{Internet Archive game|id=/d64_Scalextric_1985_Leisure_Genius}}
- {{WoS game|id=0004357|name=Scalextric}}
- {{lemon64 game|name=Scalextric|id=2227}}
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games