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Space Race's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall Polish | #8 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| How well does it recreate the mechanics of the game it's based on | #11 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Fun | #11 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Overall | #11 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
What is this game based on? Include a link if possible.
Atari Space Race from 1973. Originally this game was made completely with hardware.
https://oldgamesdownload.com/space-race/
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I love these types of games. They're straight-forward and just challenging enough to keep me engaged, but not too much to get me frustrated. Thank you for the background and description on the game page, and for explaining the controls. Simple and fun. Well done :D
Thank you for the kind comment! I'm glad you liked the game. :)
Functional, if it felt a bit basic (which makes sense for an atari classic)
Felt a bit luck based weather I had a clear path or not
nice work :)
I never played the classic, but the game felt crisp :)
The game was polished and I ran into no bugs, in the vertical mode I got 9 points and in the horizontal mode I got 12.
I don't know how hard it would be but having the ship turn in the direction your moving would be pretty cool. (in horizontal mod)
Thank you for the nice comment. There is no build-in sprite rotation in Pico-8, but making the ship turn (or rotate) is absolutely possible.
However, I think part of the difficulty comes from the fact that the ship is rather large and clumsy target. EDIT: But maybe in "Space Race 2". :)
the sequel to the sequel