Grand Prix is an arcade developed by Activision, released 31 December 1982 on Atari 2600.
What Grand Prix is
Grand Prix is an arcade game developed by Activision and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player drives a Formula One car in a time trial on one of four race tracks, each of which has a different difficulty level. Difficulty is gauged by the length of the course, the number of cars and oil slicks on the track, and the number of bridges to cross. The player views the race from a top-down perspective, and the screen scrolls from right to left. The player's car maneuvers only on a vertical axis, and loses a little speed when it does so. The joystick's button is the throttle: Depressing it accelerates, and releasing it decelerates. Pressing the joystick leftward applies the brake. The transmission audibly shifts as the player's car accelerates and decelerates. Grand Prix is a…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Grand Prix holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1982 averaged 66, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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