''Grand Prix Construction Set'' is a

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for the

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released in 1987 by

Superior Software Superior Software Ltd (also known as Superior Interactive) is a video game publisher. It was one of the main publishers for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in the 1980s and early 1990s. It currently releases games for Microsoft Windo ...

. It is a

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coupled with a track editor."Acorn User", issue 59, June 1987 It can be played in full screen single-player or

two-player A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system ( couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or ...

split screen modes. Unlike the majority of Superior's BBC Micro games at the time, it was not possible to convert the game to the

Acorn Electron The Acorn Electron (nicknamed the Elk inside Acorn and beyond) was a lower-cost alternative to the BBC Micro educational/ home computer, also developed by Acorn Computers Ltd, to provide many of the features of that more expensive machine at a ...

but a game that started out as an Electron equivalent became the BBC/Electron motorbike racing game '' Crazee Rider''.

Legacy

It was also available on the 1988 Superior Software compilation ''Play It Again Sam 4'', along with '' Frak!'', '' Cosmic Camouflage'', and '' Spellbinder''.

References

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Legacy

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