GP Rider
GP Rider[lower-alpha 1] is a motorcycle racing arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega released in 1990 in Japan, North America, and Europe. It was also ported to the Sega Master System and Game Gear in 1993.
| GP Rider | |
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 Japanese flyer showing a two-player sit-down version of the arcade cabinet | |
| Developer(s) | Sega AM2 |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Composer(s) | Hiroshi Kawaguchi Takenobu Mitsuyoshi |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Master System Game Gear Nintendo Switch |
| Release | Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single player Two player |
| Cabinet | Upright, sit-down |
| Arcade system | Sega X Board |
| CPU | Motorola 68000, Zilog Z80 |
| Sound | Yamaha YM2151 |
Sega Master System version
This version is played permanently in a split screen, regardless of if one or two players are playing. If only one player is racing then the second player is replaced by a computer opponent called "Wayne." "Wayne" plays like a human player in that his performance varies from race to race, in contrast to most racing games of the era, where the main opponent is programmed to always finish in the same position.
Reception
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The One reviewed the arcade version of GP Rider in 1991, calling it a "realistic motorcycle simulation" and praising its graphics, expressing that GP Rider has "amazingly smooth scrolling" and "great new gradient effects". The One also praises GP Rider's motorcycle controller hardware as "realistic" and adding to the game's atmosphere. The One notes GP Rider as "the first motorcycle game that lets you race against another player", and expresses that this competitive "head-to-head excitement with a superb implementation and ultra realistic bike handling [makes GP Rider] something well worth major coin investment."[5]
References
- Anthony Baize. "Allgame - GP Rider Review". Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- "Computer + Video Games Issue 109". Computer and Video Games (109): 156. September 1993. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- "Sega Master Force Issue 2". Sega Force (2): 24–25. September 1993. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- "Video Games Issue 4/93" (4/93). Markt & Technik. April 1993: 103. Retrieved November 22, 2015. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Cook, John (April 1991). "Arcades: GP Rider". The One. No. 31. emap Images. p. 87.