Powerdrome
The Powerdrome racing series is now into its 24th year of high-speed high-octane action. Why race on flat 2D circuits when you can charge through a multi-textured half-pipe in small aircraft? Typhoon Racing…
Powerdrome is a racing, released 31 December 1988 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
What Powerdrome is
Powerdrome was released in 1988. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Powerdrome racing series is now into its 24th year of high-speed high-octane action. Why race on flat 2D circuits when you can charge through a multi-textured half-pipe in small aircraft? Typhoon Racing have taken up the challenge, and entered you in their machine. There are 6 different circuits, with hazards including chicanes, tunnels and crusher gates. Shading to the sections marks out whether a corner or dive is coming up. There are 5 computer opponents to race against in one player mode, while a data link cable allows 2-player games. Each planet has its own atmosphere, and your machine's filters will need to be set to take account of this. Rain on some circuits necessitates a…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Powerdrome holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1988 averaged 71, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Powerdrome launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
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