Sunday, 2 February 2025

BMX Kidz (Firebird, 1987)

Designed by Colin Fuidge, Aunty Milton & Captain Creative

Commodore 64 version:
Programming by Jo Bonar and Dave Korn
Graphics by Paul Docherty
Loading screen by Bob Stevenson
Music by Rob Hubbard and Jori Olkkonen
Released by Firebird in 1987

Sinclair ZX Spectrum version:
Programming by Christian Pennycate
Loading screen by Jodie
Released by Firebird in 1988

Amstrad CPC version:
Programming by Christian Pennycate
Graphics by Alex Smith
Released by Silverbird in 1989

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GAME STATUS


To start this year's comparisons on a lighter note, I have chosen one of the earliest Firebird games from my C64 collection, just to feed my nostalgia for a change, but this doesn't mean this is going to be yet another Firebird February here. You can consider as this something like a transition. BMX Kidz is not exactly a game I hear talked about or featured in the Top Insert-A-Number Best C64 Games Lists on the internet, but what it really is, is the closest equivalent to Nintendo's Excitebike that we had for the C64 at the time. And, I suppose, still do, which is an equally good reason to give this game more advertising space.