What I remember most about this game are the bionic seagulls that could carry my ATV on their backs if I somehow managed to land on them, then banging my head on the table in frustration as the timer ran out. Fond memories indeed lol.
yknow i wasnt really expecting anything to come up when i type ATV and spectrum into youtube but hell am i a happy chappy that it did lol
Loved this game and love the fact you showed the cassette case art to, took me riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight back.
As a two player game this was the best around for the time, days when you shared a tiny keyboard with your mates and you had to resort to conversation with them while the game shrieked at you while it loaded. Ahhhh memories
so the strategy is to fall every time and then get up again fast?
oh man! that's really not the way to play this game.
after the pyramids was a level called tropicana, with gators. after finishing all the levels the game starts allover but with fewer time. i used to play it split screen with my brother. great times
@SPINNYFUCK Pyramids wasn't impossible but you really couldn't afford to go wrong. And if you got your ATV stuck on the top of the sphinx head, that was basically game over!
It was great but the only thing about codies games was that they were tough. After paying for them you had to try and get as much enjoyment out of them as you could.
No offence but you are shit at this game lol i was shouting advice at the monitor as you were playing ( not that you could hear it! ) and i have'nt played this game since 1990! Great days!
I could hear your advice, that's why you put me off! Trying playing this while you're teaching the missus pc skills and every Tom, Dick and Harry is phoning you at the same time and you're trying to do your own thing. I need a day off!
used to love this when i was little - i always thought it was funny to throw the rider off the bike at the finish line - he'd always end up in mid air! maybe codies could remake this classic for the x360?
Well at least lately Codemasters have been putting out some great racers lately...DiRT, GRiD, and now FUEL (and they seem to have a thing for 4-letter one-syllable names for their racers)!
Oh you got an honour for this video! #31 Top Rated video for Gadgets and Games today. Mind you the day is but young still. And with 5 ratings in total, it suggests people don't tend to vote that often for videos in this category but still well done. The Darling Brothers would be proud.
Not a bad game either. I think there's another couple of games like this on the Speccy, though I could be mistaken.
I played this on the C64 with my brother. Glad to see I'm not the only one who kept loading it despite being frustrated by it :D
wildphoenix1984 2 months ago
What I remember most about this game are the bionic seagulls that could carry my ATV on their backs if I somehow managed to land on them, then banging my head on the table in frustration as the timer ran out. Fond memories indeed lol.
Squallfie66 4 months ago
This was one of the games I played most on the speccy. this, Rigel's Revenge, Bombjack, Renegade and too many others to mind.
DangRockets 5 months ago
omg u suck!!!
FunkySpunkster 6 months ago 2
brought back some great childhood memories - thanks ;o) I totally remember that main theme
Acris099 1 year ago
Together with the Dizzy series and Advanced Pinball Simulator, the best game from CodeMasters.
Abrimaal 1 year ago
yknow i wasnt really expecting anything to come up when i type ATV and spectrum into youtube but hell am i a happy chappy that it did lol
Loved this game and love the fact you showed the cassette case art to, took me riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight back.
As a two player game this was the best around for the time, days when you shared a tiny keyboard with your mates and you had to resort to conversation with them while the game shrieked at you while it loaded. Ahhhh memories
FuzzyScotsman 1 year ago
it is really funny to see words like "simulator" in speccy games in these days :D
clashJoze 1 year ago
I was best in this game.
peeteer23 1 year ago
so the strategy is to fall every time and then get up again fast?
oh man! that's really not the way to play this game.
after the pyramids was a level called tropicana, with gators. after finishing all the levels the game starts allover but with fewer time. i used to play it split screen with my brother. great times
allekks 2 years ago
I remember totally loving this as a kid, i think it cost £1.99 when it was first released.
DaWreckster 2 years ago
could never get past the f-ing pyramid stage
mrclam2006 2 years ago
That drop in the qualifying made it impossible to complete the pyramids. That and the constant variety of moves required to master it.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
@SPINNYFUCK Those pyramids pwned you! :D
GrandDizzy 1 year ago
@SPINNYFUCK Pyramids wasn't impossible but you really couldn't afford to go wrong. And if you got your ATV stuck on the top of the sphinx head, that was basically game over!
ianexcelle 8 months ago
ohhh i had this game and i still play it now once in a while when i pick up my speccy emu because it's pretty great
ttto 2 years ago
Gotta hate that level 2 though.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
I loved this game bck in the day. Codemasters made some great games and cos they were cheap you would just by them all!
Rollingthunderuk 2 years ago
It was great but the only thing about codies games was that they were tough. After paying for them you had to try and get as much enjoyment out of them as you could.
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
I didnt like to play with my brother as hew is older...he used to choose the keyboard...I always had to play with the joystick, what a shit
vizeeee 3 years ago
Joysticks were shit back then. You should have made him play with the joystick. I have always been a keyboard man myself!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
Pure Steel !
Hiikeri 3 years ago
It sure is mate!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
No offence but you are shit at this game lol i was shouting advice at the monitor as you were playing ( not that you could hear it! ) and i have'nt played this game since 1990! Great days!
ArnoldSwarzeneggar75 3 years ago
Shit!!! A walkthrough beckons!
I could hear your advice, that's why you put me off! Trying playing this while you're teaching the missus pc skills and every Tom, Dick and Harry is phoning you at the same time and you're trying to do your own thing. I need a day off!
SPINNYFUCK 3 years ago
I really used to like 2 player mode. I want to get my mits on an old speccy with games my one just vanished i dunno where it went lol.
ArnoldSwarzeneggar75 3 years ago
Jesus i remember this game it took me ages to work out that you had to land with a wheelie or you would go flying off your quad lol
ArnoldSwarzeneggar75 3 years ago
This game is FRUSTRATING!!!
detroitballer86 4 years ago
Just like most of the Codemasters games. As a kid you'd be more likely to keep playing it even if it was tough.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
used to love this when i was little - i always thought it was funny to throw the rider off the bike at the finish line - he'd always end up in mid air! maybe codies could remake this classic for the x360?
worzelg77 4 years ago
Think I did better back in the 80's. A bit rusty now. Don't think codies will ever go back. Things have advanced too much.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Well at least lately Codemasters have been putting out some great racers lately...DiRT, GRiD, and now FUEL (and they seem to have a thing for 4-letter one-syllable names for their racers)!
kevin12567 2 years ago
That's all they seem to do nowadays. Production line stuff with no originality. One four-letter word for them...SHiT!
SPINNYFUCK 2 years ago
@SPINNYFUCK
Are you kidding? I've just had a look at Dirt 2 and the graphics blew me away. Surely you can't think something like ATV is a better game?
GrandDizzy 1 year ago
I wasted many hours on this in the 80s. Genius
mrwinky99 4 years ago
groovy muzak
badajoz12321 4 years ago
The sort of thing you'd like to hear in an elevator if it's got a few floors to get through.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Makes you wonder who's been rating this!!! Very strange indeed.
Reasonable game if you stick at it. Just a case of knowing what key to press at each obstacle.
SPINNYFUCK 4 years ago
Oh you got an honour for this video! #31 Top Rated video for Gadgets and Games today. Mind you the day is but young still. And with 5 ratings in total, it suggests people don't tend to vote that often for videos in this category but still well done. The Darling Brothers would be proud.
Not a bad game either. I think there's another couple of games like this on the Speccy, though I could be mistaken.
collieuk 4 years ago