Gee Bee Air Rally

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Gee Bee Air Rally
Publisher(s)	Activision
Designer(s)	Rob Swigart
Platform(s)	C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum
Release date	1987
Genre(s)	Racing
Media	5.25" floppy
Input methods	Joystick

Gee Bee Air Rally was released in 1987 by Activision as an computer game (not to be at all confused or associated with seminal disco band the Bee Gees). The game was made for Amiga, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum It is a flight simulator set in the twenties and early thirties in which the player is the pilot of a small airplane. The player's goal is to increase the score by flying the airplane through several races and special events.

This game is single-player only and has three difficulty levels, which the player must choose between before beginning play. The player's airplane is always yellow, and the races follow a pattern of three main events and one special event, which alternates between popping 30 balloons and flying to the right of red pylons and to the left of blue ones.

One main obstacle is avoiding collision with other aircraft. After two collisions, the plane will falter and the player's pilot is parachuted out. The player hears the sound of a parachute opening and sees an animation sequence of the pilot drifting to the ground. This is followed by one of several amusing pictures depicting the pilot in various landing places, such as a pigpen, a parched desert, a tree, or a barnyard of chickens, for example.

Following successful completion of the special event, a picture of the pilot at an awards ceremony is shown, accompanied by period music. A photographer may be seen photographing the pilot.