42: Super Skidmarks

Number 42
(128.2 points)
Super Skidmarks
1995: 37 (51.2)
1996: 24 (77.0)

Now hold on, Super Skidmarks? Like Skidmarks, which we saw in this list a while ago? Oh boy, here we go again with two near identical games taking up two spaces in the list. Well, maybe they changed enough to make it worth having both, let's see.

There are some obvious changes to the first game, namely that it now comes on eight disks to include more tracks than before, but the game utilises the extra power of the Amiga 1200 more by having eight cars race at once - what's more, there is even an option to link two A1200s together on two TVs and play with eight human players on a single track. Other than that, it's very similar to the original version, though the floppy disk loading on A1200 is noticeably faster.

Same thing to say about the previous version of Skidmarks: put it on WHDLoad on an A1200 and have fun. It's still very good, though I'm not sure if WinUAE is up to the challenge of doing the two-machine eight-player mode. Oh, and there's a CD32 version, which is handy because loading times are obviously very short.

Recommended TOSEC disk(s):
Super SkidMarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid)(OCS-AGA)(Disk 1 of 8)(Program Disk)[cr PSG]
Super SkidMarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid)(OCS-AGA)(Disk 2 of 8)(Track Disk 1)
Super SkidMarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid)(OCS-AGA)(Disk 3 of 8)(Track Disk 2)
Super SkidMarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid)(OCS-AGA)(Disk 4 of 8)(Track Disk 3)
Super SkidMarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid)(OCS-AGA)(Disk 5 of 8)(Track Disk 4)
Super SkidMarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid)(OCS-AGA)(Disk 6 of 8)(Car Disk 1 AGA)
Super SkidMarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid)(OCS-AGA)(Disk 7 of 8)(Car Disk 2 AGA)
Super SkidMarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid)(OCS-AGA)(Disk 8 of 8)(Car Disk 3 ECS)
Super Skidmarks v2.2 (1995)(Acid Software)[!][GH 1 10 AUG 95] (CD32)