Moto GP

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Product Details

Platform : Game Boy Advance
Binding : Video Game
EAN : 4005209030663
Manufacturer : THQ
Manufacturer's age : 3years and up
Product Group : Video Games
Release Date : 2002-02-15

ASIN : B000062TNW

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

Moto GP is an uncomplicated arcade motorcycle racer that bears more than a passing resemblance to Sega's Hang On series of yesteryear. The controls are too simple for their own good, but if you like straightforward racing without power-ups, weapons, jumps, and all that other jazz, there's enough here to keep you interested.

The game's graphics are very good compared to most other GBA racing titles, and quite reminiscent of 16-bit racers: the rider is fixed in front of us, nice-looking background scenery scroll lazily from side to side during turns, the roadway and peripheral scenery blur by. An onscreen speedometer measures our rate, but the motion blur of the periphery, which gives the sensation of speed, seems only to have three settings--slow, medium, and fast. We stuck primarily to the Gran Prix, where you have to qualify by landing in the top four positions to make it to the next track. Unfortunately, there's no battery save for this game, and passwords come only at the end of a leg--four or five tracks, or about 20 minutes of racing.

The game would have benefited from more advanced controls. Players aren't allowed to shift gears or adjust their lean with the shoulder buttons. Accidents are too easy to avoid since your chirping tires give ample warning before they let go of the roadway. Another complaint is that the weather effects in this game (sunny, partly cloudy, rainy) are just for looks. The game gives just as much traction to a dry track as a wet one. We tried shortcutting a couple of turns and all but once we were kept miraculously upright and inside until the turn began--a flaw, true, but one you may want to exploit to your advantage.

Moto GP isn't a great game, but it errs on the side of simplicity and accessibility, and we can forgive that. This game is right for kids and moto fans waiting for something better to come along on the GBA. Multiplayer competitions can be played by networking GBAs together with a link cable, but you will require extra copies of the game. --Porter B. Hall

Product Description

Moto GP differs from other two-wheel motorsports in that, instead of four-stroke engines, competitors use high-tech prototype two-stroke engines. Moto GP brings the spirit of this unique racing challenge to the Game Boy Advance. The game features 16 international tracks; a variety of 500cc bikes; a roster of 2001 pro riders, including No. 1 star Kenny Roberts; and link play for up to four GBA units via the separately sold link cable.

Manufacturer's Description

The ultimate evolution of motorcycle racing comes to Game Boy Advance! Forget the future - this is the here and now. Forget 4 wheels - 2 are faster. Get your knee down in the corner and hold tight on the straights as you hit over 300 KPH on 16 of the World's most famous and challenging circuits, including Le Mans, Donington Park, Motegi and more. The best riders from 21 countries compete over 9 exciting and gruelling months to take the championship in the purest combination of man, machine, adrenaline and speed.

MotoGP on Gameboy Advance provides the fastest and most exciting thrill you can hold in your hands! It goes all-out to take hand-held racing to the next level as an authentic simulation of one of the World's most popular and exciting sports.

Customer Reviews

The coolest racing game on a Game boy advance (so far) (2002-11-16)

In the real world, You wouldn't even get close to Valentino Rossi, even if you had his RCV Honda, and he had a fireblade 600. However, Moto gp on Game boy's new advance changes all that.The colour screen and surprisingly good graphics really do help you feel as if you are Biaggi, Roberts, Mcwilliams or even the god himself, Mr. Rossi.If you are a graphic junkie though, craving the most realistic pictures you can get, this game will not be for you. If, however, you just want a really good game on a console that is perfect to carry around for long journeys, then look this way, my friends, and be surprised at how good the game is. 16 tracks with a bonus one as well? Why, THQ, you spoil us. And with around 23 riders to choose from, this game has all you need to entertain the Rossi-loving sprogs whilst they're on their way to Donnington.

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