Geordie Racer | |
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Developer(s) | Longman Logotron |
Publisher(s) | BBC Enterprises |
Year released | |
System(s) | BBC Micro |
Followed by | Through the Dragon's Eye |
Series | Look and Read |
Designer(s) | Peter Smith, Christopher Russell, David Watkins |
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Genre(s) | Educational |
Players | 1 |
Modes | Single player |
Template:Series disambig Geordie Racer is an educational game developed by Longman Logotron for BBC Enterprises (now known as BBC Worldwide), and released to British primary schools for the BBC Micro in 1987; it is based on the twelfth serial of the BBC's drama series Look and Read (which premiered on BBC2 in 1967), and the player is guided through it by the show's mascot, Wordy (but the serial on which it is based was the last to feature him). The character of Sal the Sea Serpent, who appears in the tenth and final challenge, was also created specifically for the game and did not appear on the television.
Story
This is taken from the back of the disk's inlay card, the front of which is seen in the image to the right:
This is the first game in the Look and Read series and was later followed by six sequels: Through the Dragon's Eye (BBC Micro, 1989), Sky Hunter (BBC Micro and Acorn Archimedes, 1991), Earth Warp (Acorn Archimedes, 1994), Spywatch (RISC PC, 1996), Captain Crimson (RISC PC, 1997), and The Legend of the Lost Keys (RISC PC, Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh, 1998); however, the five 32-bit games are now only playable if you still have the original disks (or CD, in the case of the last one) and an actual Acorn Archimedes, RISC PC, Windows 98 PC, or Macintosh computer to run them on.
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The game's title screen.