Championship Sprint (1988)

Game author(s): Software Studios, Catalyst Coders (Tony Mack, Eddie, Ray Jones, Chris Edwards)

Publisher: Electric Dreams Software

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Championship Sprint was released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Electric Dreams Software published the title, developed by Software Studios. The in-game graphics and loading screen were created by Tony Mack, Chris Edwards, and Mark A. Jones, with programming duties handled by Ray Jones.

This title is an arcade Race 'n' Chase game based on the original Atari Games Ltd coin-op. It supports up to two players and offers compatibility with Kempston joysticks, Interface 2, and Cursor controls.

The game retailed for £9.99 on cassette. Versions were also released for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms.

Reviewers gave the game mixed feedback, resulting in an average magazine score of 62.66% across eight reviews. It received a score of 713/1000 in ACE, while Crash magazine rated the game at 44%.

In Russia, the game became well-known due to several TR-DOS versions released by Kamikaze, Gladiators Group, and Pavel Nikitin. Cracked cassette versions by Bill Gilbert and Aleksandr Poryadin were also common.

Found 3 cracked versions (releases) of the game