Mechanics- This one is a mix. If you like X-Wing with quasi-dexterity game elements, you will have a blast. If you hate estimating distances, don’t like randomness controlling most of your actions, and just tossing stuff on the table, then you will hate this one. My wife and I fell into these alternating camps. It’s a fun filler game, but don’t expect too much depth from this one. If fun filler racer is up your alley, then this one’s mechanics are what you’re looking for. 4/5
Theme-The 80’s are back, baby! This one's box to pieces are all well done and completely fit the theme well. As a solid child of the 80’s, the box feels like those padded VCR cassette boxes, the hologram/gem coating is amazing, and there is a space soldier with a mullet! FANTASTIC! 5/5
Instructions-The instructions here feel paradoxically too much and too little. There are a lot of words here for as simple a racing game as this is, but not many pictures to show how the game plays. I’d like more show and less tell to this book. It will get the rules across quickly, but for what this is, it doesn’t need as much as it has. 4/5
Execution- I love what’s here, with one small exception. The boxes are amazing. They look worn like my childhood video boxes. The plastic inserts are the right amount of crappy. They hold the pieces well but feel like the cheapo plastic that the used to put VHS cassettes in to. The art is on point, and the lazer pieces look great and are the perfect shades of neon. The only thing this thing is missing is leg warmers! But, my one complaint is the trays. The trays don’t fit well, and pieces can fall out. That’s annoying. I like the big box slipcover to hold everything, but I’d like a bit more leeway in the box as I’ve had to pick up pieces from my wood paneled and spray painted van the first day I took the game to the arcade. If you want to see all the pieces check out our unboxing video here!
https://youtu.be/eCUn3hVJzg0 4.5/5
Summary-This is a blast from the past. If you like racing games and trackless racers at that, this is your game. If you're a child of the 80s looking for video store nostalgia, this is your game. If neither of those is you, then maybe don’t sit down to play this one. It’s good, but it is most definitely not your game! I wish the box would be a bit better constructed, but overall, it’s not built badly. As for me, I’m gonna blare the hulkamania theme on repeat, put my old Bravestarr videos in the VCR, get my giant tinted glasses on, and play this in my wood paneled basement. 93%
