{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2017}} {{Short description|1989 video game}} {{Infobox video game |title = 750cc Grand Prix |image = 750cc Grand Prix.jpg |caption = |developer = WASP |publisher = Codemasters |designer = |released = 1989 |genre = Racing |modes = Single-player |platforms = ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC |alt = }} '''''750cc Grand Prix''''' is a video game originally developed by Ken Murfitt of Scope Soft and published by Codemasters in 1989 for the Amstrad CPC. It was later ported for ZX Spectrum in 1991 by WASP (Lyndon Sharp, Chris Graham and Damon Redmond).<ref>{{WoS game|name=750cc Grand Prix|id=0009300}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/750cc-grand-prix/release-info|title = 750cc Grand Prix (1989) release dates}}</ref>
==Gameplay== thumb|Screenshot of gameplay ''750cc Grand Prix'' is an arcade-style racing game with the theme of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. There are six British tracks, including Silverstone, Thruxton and Brands Hatch. The player must finish in the top three in each race to progress, competing against up to seven other computer-controlled riders.
==Development== Programmer Lyndon Sharp got the idea for ''750cc Grand Prix'' after riding pillion on Codemasters' spokesman Mike Clarke's motorcycle.<ref name="CrashRef">{{cite journal |title=750cc Grand Prix preview |journal=CRASH |issue=85 |date=February 1991 |page=16}}</ref>
==Reception== ''CRASH'' magazine reviewed ''750cc Grand Prix'' in March 1991, awarding 72%. The main criticism was with the starting-line acceleration of the computer-controlled opponents – unfairly quick compared the player's motorcycle. The review also highlighted the screen-tilting feature, in which the graphical display tilts when the player's motorcycle banks around bends.<ref name="CrashRef2">{{cite journal |title=750cc Grand Prix Review |journal=CRASH |issue=86 |date=March 1991 |page=45}}</ref>
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