80's OVERDRIVE

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A very fun, nostalgic and chill racing game which is worth every penny. It brings back the old early games vibe and the music is fun to listen to boot as an addition. Definitely give it a try if you like racing games or just want to relive some old NES, PS games vibe. The achievements are relatively easy to acquire as well. Tip: Use the Police to your advantage to take out annoying opponents who are in front of you. Enjoy! 8.5/10

While it has a nice colorful palette and crisper visuals, everything else about this game seems a bit worse than the games it's trying to evoke. Music is forgettable, audio is poor, stages are mostly flat, the upgrade system is basic. More specific concerns: Manual transmission seems really bad, if you touch another car you downshift to 1st and basically grind to a halt. Automatic did not have this problem. Traffic will weave back and forth as you're trying to pass. I didn't find this challenging as much as annoying. Often it's just a roll of the die whether or not you will get screwed. Police are mostly just frustrating. Other car's emotes are so big they block your view. You have to manually pick the song each race, I found no option for random, or even better stages with associated music. I generally like retro games but I think in this case you're just better off with an emulator of something.

Crash, immediatly crash again because i am still inside the other car, then get pushed into a tree which results in a hard crash, wait to be reset. In the meantime i go from first to fifth place and lose the race. Now i don't have enough money to start another race. Who designs such trash?

For the 99 cents I paid for it, I can recommend it. However, wouldn't recommend 80's Overdrive for more than $5. There just isn't much here for more than a few bucks. I don't mind shallow retro racing games, but 80's Overdrive feels a lot more like Pole Position (Atari 2600 or 7800, take your pick) than even the early NES game Rad Racer. Except never have I played a racing video game that wants the player to make a hard left to avoid the bulk of the CPU racers as their tires fail to grip. Beyond that, it is just a matter of avoiding the sides of the track, traffic and other racers. As well as the occasional police that only target the player pulling a head, getting in the path and stopping three times before giving up. 80's Overdrive offers a few cars and upgrades. However, I never really noticed much of a difference in my cars performance against the top couple of racers beyond becoming mandatory to keep up. The upgrades more often felt like my car had less control as I could no longer hold down the gas around every turn. And I suspect that will become the case further and further into the game. Perhaps the most annoying element of 80's Overdrive is the upkeep and fees. Every r…

Some of the tunes are really cool, I like the colorful graphics and the driving is fun. It's also pretty shallow and feels more like a 90s arcade racer, albeit a super easy one. If you get into 1st place it's almost impossible to lose. The time trial mode and final boss gave me a little trouble, but generally the challenge is minimal. I did like the missions (collect tapes, damage a certain driver) and I wish this aspect was a little bit more elaborate. The level editor is terrible and is more of a parameter scaler that doesn't do anything. I also like that the cops attempt to stop you by shooting themselves at you like a slingshot. Beyond that, it's a short and fun but forgettable driving game with 65 very easy achievements to unlock