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Grand Prix Master

DOS - 1989
Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Commodore 64 - MSX - ZX Spectrum

Aspar GP Master is a fun but little-known motorcycle racing game inspired by Jorge "Aspar" Martinez, Spanish world champion who dominated the 125cc class in the 1980s. It is only fitting, then, that his exploits would inspire a game made by Dinamic, one of Spain's best-known game companies.

The goal in the game, naturally, is to win the 125cc world championship. You will race against Criville and other famous racers of the period in tracks that span Spain and the globe. In a break from other motorcycle games, Aspar is played not from a first-person perspective, but from a bird's-eye view that predates Micro Machines by several years. As one can expect from a Dinamic game, the action is fast, fun, although a little too short. Some nice touches include the ability to "save" your championship in progress and come back later, the "track view" mode that allows you to see every track in detail from the same bird's-eye view used in action.

Fans of realistic racing games may scoff at Aspar's emphasis on reflexes, but action gamers will likely find it a fun game that's good at what it does.

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Peregrino 09 Aug. 2019

Perhaps the most stunning feature of this game is the AI. The AI-controlled bikes are very hard to beat, and if you leave them to run by themselves it feels like watching a real race.
Another feature is that the IA-controlled bikes would run faster than you on the straight sections, easy overtaking you if you don't block them. I have always wondered if that was a reference to spanish motor fans' favorite complain when a spanish driver loses to a foreigner: "He was given a better machine than our guy!"

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
156 KB
Game file
Spain Spanish
152 KB
Commodore 64 version
Game file
United Kingdom English
37 KB
Amiga version
Game file
United Kingdom English
233 KB
MSX version
DSK format
Spain Spanish
33 KB
CAS format
Spain Spanish
31 KB
DSK format
Spain Spanish
87 KB
CAS format
Spain Spanish
25 KB
Alt Version

CAS format

Spain Spanish
30 KB
Alt Version

CAS format

Spain Spanish
25 KB
Alt Version

CAS format

Spain Spanish
30 KB
ZX Spectrum version
Game file
United Kingdom English
104 KB
Amstrad CPC version
Game file
United Kingdom English
34 KB

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