Championship Sprint - atari

Developer:  Atari

Year:  1986

Genre:  Racing

Game Play

 Championship Sprint is an updated version of the old Atari Sprint series  with the ability to upgrade your vehicle as the game progresses.  Upgrades are won by collecting wrenches that appear once per track.  After you have managed to collect four wrenches, you will be presented  with an upgrade screen which gives you a chance to choose better  traction, top speed, acceleration, or a faster helicopter. You can  upgrade every time you collect four wrenches. If you crash head-on into a  barricade, it's likely that your vehicle will be destroyed. If this  happens, a helicopter will automatically airlift a replacement to the  track. Naturally, this takes time and at the beginning of the game, it  seems like an eternity. You can improve this time by upgrading the  helicopter as mentioned previously. The replacement will have all of the  vehicle upgrades that your previous car had. The tracks are all  circular in nature and they vary from the simple oval to contorted  tracks with many twists, turns, and bridges. There are also ramps and  shortcuts that allow you to circumvent parts of the track. It's great  fun with two players.