Kikstart II is a racing, released 31 December 1986 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Kikstart II is
Kikstart II was released in 1986. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kikstart 2 is a motorcycle trials racing videogame released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It enjoyed more success than its predecessor, Kikstart. The game allowed 2-player simultaneous (via a split-screen facility) or 1-player, vs-computer play. The game mechanics were copied into other games too, like the Game Boy game "Motocross Maniacs". The basic premise of the game is to control a bike using acceleration, braking, "hopping" and "wheelies" to navigate across a course of various obstacles, from ramps and gates to telephone boxes and tyres. The game was based on the BBC Television series Kick Start. An enhanced version was released for the Commodore 128,[1] one…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Kikstart II holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1986 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Kikstart II launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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