Author Topic: best arcade motorcycle games ? (Read 4181 times)

rlemmon · « **on:** December 09, 2009, 07:09:19 am »

Hey guys, I was just playing super hang on and motorace. What are your favorite motorcycle games ?

TOK · « **Reply #1 on:** December 09, 2009, 08:54:02 am »

Manx TT by Sega. Not even sure if its in MAME or works, but there was a pretty faithful home port of it a few years back. I have it, but never tried on modern hardware. Maybe I'll dig it out and try.

EDIT: I dug this out, but its older than I remembered. It was made for Windows 95, but software or Glide (3DFX) only, no Direct 3D. Also can't even get the installer to start on 64 bit Windows 7, even in Win95 compatibility mode.

Malenko · « **Reply #2 on:** December 09, 2009, 02:46:15 pm »

excitebike

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #3 on:** December 09, 2009, 05:02:51 pm »

Quote from: Malenko on December 09, 2009, 02:46:15 pm

excitebike

+1

Vamp RN · « **Reply #4 on:** December 09, 2009, 05:27:40 pm »

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on December 09, 2009, 05:02:51 pm

Quote from: Malenko on December 09, 2009, 02:46:15 pm
excitebike

+1

+1

Lo_Wire · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2009, 05:01:30 pm »

Rally bikes not to bad, Its a Konami game form '88.

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #6 on:** December 14, 2009, 11:00:16 am »

In case you are not talking just arcade...

I really REALLY liked Motocross Madness II, made for PC. You could race online and it was just awesome and that was like 10 years ago. My kids to this day play and buy modern day console race games and I keep saying to them...oh it's almost as good as MM II now...and they just shake their heads in bewilderment. I must say the new MX vs. ATV reflex looks good.

Ken Layton · « **Reply #7 on:** December 14, 2009, 11:26:27 am »

Betson/Raw Thrills "Superbikes".

Franco B · « **Reply #8 on:** December 14, 2009, 11:28:29 am »

If we are not strictly talking about arcade games then you HAVE to check out Trials HD on XBLA for the 360.

Probably one of the most addicting games I have ever played. It should be called ' Just One More Go'

Loafmeister · « **Reply #9 on:** December 17, 2009, 01:45:08 pm »

Trials HD here too. There is a PC version, the registered version of Trials 2 is supposed to be close to the XBLA game.

Silas (son of Silas) · « **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2009, 06:13:56 am »

That's a really tough one. Iwould have said Hang-On or Super-Hang on, but then I had forgotten Excitebike.

If including non arcade bike games, then I also love playing the mind-bendingly challenging XMOTO

unclet · « **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2010, 08:42:03 pm »

It is a bike, just not a motorcycle ... but I liked "Paperboy" ...

fixedpigs · « **Reply #12 on:** February 04, 2010, 10:19:27 pm »

clash road...!

everyone should try that one out on their mame machines right now...

RayB · « **Reply #13 on:** February 08, 2010, 07:42:19 pm »

I LOVE Trials HD too, but it pisses me off that most of the tracks in Expert (correction, ALL of the tracks in Expert) are way too difficult (correction, way too IMPOSSIBLE).

Xiaou2 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 08, 2010, 11:53:33 pm »

Mame:

* Super Hangon
* Rally Bike
* Enduro Racer
* Excite Bike

PC:

* Redline Racer

Redline racer was made by Ubi Soft... and its Very fast and fun. It plays very similar
in feel to outrun Imop. Its old, but I think it can be played on new pcs with the
Glide Emulator. I just DL the emu, but have yet to reinstall & try the game.

Sega Genesis

* Super Hangon

The Genesis version is very faithful to the Arcade... However, it also features a
story mode... where you can upgrade your bike as you win money from racing.

Atari Lynx

* California Games: Bmx Challenge

Sega Master System

* Alex Kidd BMX Trials (Used a rare sega paddle controller)
(Pretty sure I found this fun. I cant fire it up at the moment however)

RayB · « **Reply #15 on:** February 09, 2010, 03:37:43 pm »

I forgot to say that I quite enjoy MotoRace USA.

Love5508 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2010, 01:29:08 am »

I'm probably the only one but I LOVED the Harley Davidson arcade game by SEGA where you sat on a replica Harley bike and cruised around the town!

Xiaou2 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 10, 2010, 02:25:22 am »

Quote

I'm probably the only one

I Agree.

If there was a Hell, it would have a single Super Hangon, that had no controller, ..Sitting
next to a door that lead to infinite supplies of working Harley Davidson's, that are
magically smash-proof.

Seriously, I have no idea how anyone could like those baby-esc skill-less 3d driving games.
Heck, theres not even a sense of speed in that game at all.

Love5508 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 10, 2010, 03:15:40 am »

I think it was more the machine and gimmick of the bike that I remember liking. The arcades I went to when I was younger (only 25 now) didnt have alot of the classics and were chock full of the massive types like the Harely game. I remember alot of the skiing, snowboarding and skate boarding games too. I think the most "classic" machine I ever have seen were the Mortal Kombats/Street Fighters. Lucky me I have my own machine filled with hundreds of the real classics now.

Xiaou2 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 11, 2010, 01:35:13 am »

Sorry. Its just ticked me off when the Arcade developers decided to dumb down
games to the point of being a movie rather than an actual challenging game.

Its my belief that is exactly why the Arcades failed. Not merely home consoles... but
simply that there was no reason to play a game that held no challenge at all. Maybe
you got fooled and played it once as a gimmick... but never again.

As far as I know, the Top selling 3D racing game is Daytona USA 1.
Sega has remade it several times (not sequals, but the actual Daytona 1 game duplicated
part for part, rom to rom) ,and it continues to sell out of stock. Ops rarely ever
part with them, because they are the rare game that actually gets constant coin drops.
Regardless if there is a perfect arcade port to a console system, people will still pop
quarters into an on-site machine. Its a Hard game to master... but thats exactly what
makes it so fun.

Top Skater was decent too. But after that, it pretty much went all down hill.
The Namco Ski games were pathetically boring. The racing games were pointlessly
stale, and no fun at all.

Its easy to be bitter, when all the creativity, challenge, and originality, got sucked out
of the industry by money grubbing idiots who have no real clue about gaming at all.

Love5508 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 11, 2010, 02:05:43 am »

No need to be sorry. The OP asked for our opinions and I merely gave mine so no big deal.


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