BMX Kidz

Copyright : Firebird | Reviewed by : Malc Jennings

For thrills, spills and skidz, ride with the BMX Kidz! that is how Firebird advertised the game on the back of the budget priced inlay, whether it helped sell the game or if it was more to do with the BMX hype at the time remains to be seen but BMX Kidz is one of the few enjoyable games of the genre on the 8-bit range as you?ll see in our review.

Graphics

As you?ll see from most of our BMX game reviews the graphics usually take on a strict side-ways on kind of perspective. BMX Kidz on the other hand uses a very different type of angle so that you can easily see your opponents and the obstacles ahead of you, colours are nothing special but they are bright and when compared with some Codemasters games of this genre they are much better. The game does suffer from some serious slow-down when the screen becomes overly active and when all of the bikers are on screen at once, this can hinder your performance and certainly does little to make the game any easier. There are some nice touches in the game though, take a look at the signs in the background and the various power-up and power-down traps that line the course.

Sound

Sound is pretty much dead on arrival, there are a few pings and beeps here and there but nothing to get yourself excited about. Firebird could have done so much better but it appears that a leaf of Codemasters book was used as a reference for this game.

Gameplay

As we said earlier BMX Kidz is a lot more enjoyable than some other BMX titles by bigger and better developers. The aim is pretty much the same, get from one end of the course to the other and try to do it before the rest of the kids, this is much easier said than done however as performance issues in the game will do nothing to improve your playing experience.
If the graphical slow-down was fixed then this would no doubt be one of the best BMX titles on your CPC, it?s certainly better than BMX FreeStyle by Codemasters and a lot more enjoyable to boot but it could easily become irritating and will take 6-7 attempts to get past the first race course.