Trailblazer (video game)

Trailblazer is a racing video game developed by Mr. Chip Software and published by Gremlin Graphics for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit computers, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16 and Plus/4 in 1986 (there was also an enhanced version on Amstrad CPC 3" disc).

The game received a direct sequel titled Cosmic Causeway: Trailblazer II in 1987.

Trailblazer is a racing game which players play as a soccer ball along a series of suspended passages.

Special fields on the track let the ball jump (blue), slow down (red), speed up (green) or warp speed the ball (white), invert the controls (cyan/light blue), bounce it backwards (purple) or are holes (black).

The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars, stating: "Our favorite on this disk; racing on Cosmic Causeway roads against the clock or against a robot.

The ball gets thrown out of a hole between some green speedup squares; blue jump squares lie ahead.