- Tranz Am
Infobox VG| title = Tranz Am
developer =Tim and Chris Stamper
publisher =Ultimate Play The Game
designer =
engine =
released = 1983
genre = Action
modes =Single player
ratings = N/A
platforms =ZX Spectrum
media = Cassette, ROM cartridge
requirements = 16KRAM
input = Keyboard,joystick "Tranz Am" is a
ZX Spectrum video game made byUltimate Play The Game in 1983.The game involves driving around America, much reduced in size, collecting eight trophies, avoiding natural hazards and
kamikaze cars which attempt to crash into the player. Other hazards include a limited supply of fuel, which can be topped up by driving over petrol pumps. The game was written byChris Stamper and Tim Stamper.Introduction
Typically for an Ultimate release, players are given a tantalising introduction :cquote|The year is 3472 and all that remains on Earth are the remnants of a once great continent, a barren land, a desolate place of sand, rocks and boulders.
But... life adapts quickly and brings with it a New Age, a time ruled by cars and trophies, a land where petrol replaces gold and esteem is possession of the 8 Great Cups of Ultimate.
Possessed for too long by the 'Deadly Black Turbos', the 8 cups remain hidden throughout the land, their strange inscriptions long since forgotten and their locations reverently protected.
Your chance...A Super Blown Red Racer equipped with technology far advanced. A last chance with a weapon, whose power far surpasses any Black Turbo.
One press and the massive engine thunders into life, the shrill rumble from the exhausts and the hypnotic whirr beckon the Deadly Black Turbos. The noise reaches crescendo and in one sudden lurch the Red Racer spits forward across the land at incredible speed, in the last great battle of your life.
Use your skill to outwit and crash the Deadly Black Turbos and the instruments to locate and collect the 8 Great Cups of Ultimate before you run out of fuel.
=Trivia
* This game was one of the very few Spectrum games also available in ROM format for use with the Interface 2.
External links
* [http://www.ultimate-wurlde.com/games/transamintro.shtml "Tranz Am"] at Ultimate Wurlde
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* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5679476612735723733 A walkthrough (drive through?) video of "Tranz Am" on the ZX Spectrum]
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