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750cc Grand Prix
''750cc Grand Prix'' is a video game originally developed by Ken Murfitt of Scope Soft and published by Codemasters in 1989 for the Amstrad CPC. It was later ported for ZX Spectrum in 1991 by WASP (video game developer), WASP (Lyndon Sharp, Chris Graham (programmer), Chris Graham and Damon Redmond). Gameplay ''750cc Grand Prix'' is an arcade-style racing video game, racing game with the theme of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. There are six British tracks, including Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Thruxton Circuit, Thruxton and Brands Hatch. The player must finish in the top three in each race to progress, competing against up to seven other computer-controlled riders. Development Programmer Lyndon Sharp got the idea for ''750cc Grand Prix'' after riding pillion on Codemasters' spokesman Mike Clarke's motorcycle. Reception ''CRASH (magazine), CRASH'' magazine reviewed ''750cc Grand Prix'' in March 1991, awarding 72%. The main criticism was with the starting-line acceleration o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WASP (video Game Developer)
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as bees and ants are deeply nested within the wasps, having evolved from wasp ancestors. Wasps that are members of the clade Aculeata can Stinger, sting their prey. The most commonly known wasps, such as yellowjackets and hornets, are in the family Vespidae and are Eusociality, eusocial, living together in a nest with an egg-laying queen and non-reproducing workers. Eusociality is favoured by the unusual haplodiploid system of sex-determination system, sex determination in Hymenoptera, as it makes sisters exceptionally closely related to each other. However, the majority of wasp species are solitary, with each adult female living and breeding independently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
