GP Rider
GP Rider, Master System conversion developed and published by SEGA in 1993.
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"The hottest in motorcycle racing games! Show your stuff on mind- boggling courses against the top riders and machines in the world!"
GP Rider is an Arcade Motorbike racer by AM2. The Master System conversion is nothing like it but still has you racing on a motorbike with the shocking twist of it being a split screen game with you riding on the bottom and player two or the games AI rider in this case on the top.
The game has multiple modes with the most basic being arcade mode with a single track just to get you used to the game I guess. Then there is Tournament where you can set up selection of tracks for a short championship. And the meat of the game which is Grand Prix mode which has you playing all fifteen tracks with the aim of achieving the highest overall score.
The longplay starts out with Arcade mode which is just a single track consisting of six laps and it's game over right after. really not the screen you want to see after a win. Then its the Full GP. In this mode it's you vs Wayne across fifteen tracks. It's not to bad at the start but half way through he will be playing to win. Before a race you can setup your bike to best match the track although the most important setting is tires and it tells you what the race weather is before you choose thankfully. It can change between qualifying and the race so don't button mash and rush through menus. Initially the competition is spread out on the winners board so you don't have to win every race but your main rival will as previously mentioned be looking for the top spot later. I didn't show tournament as it just ends the same way as arcade with the only difference being that you choose how many tracks you want.
Overall it's a well presented, well made game with a smooth running race engine and nice vivid gfx and the surprise addition of speech samples. You even get differing backgrounds in the different countries. However being split screen is a questionable choice but the worst part of it is the audio. Throughout every race you get monotonous engine noise and ear bleeding tyre squealing which can make it a real chore to play through. The collision detection between bikers can be very suspect at times and even the race order can be weird. Like If I beat my rival in qualifying he can still get pole position!
00:00:00 Title Music
00:00:37 Arcade Track
00:07:05 Game Over
00:08:13 Grand Prix - Japan
00:15:03 Grand Prix - Australia
00:21:19 Grand Prix - USA
00:26:25 Grand Prix - Spain
00:32:46 Grand Prix - Italy
00:38:10 Grand Prix - Germany
00:45:10 Grand Prix - Austria
00:50:57 Grand Prix - European
00:56:42 Grand Prix - Holland
01:03:29 Grand Prix - Belgium
01:10:20 Grand Prix - France
01:16:35 Grand Prix - Britain
01:22:23 Grand Prix - Sweden
01:27:52 Grand Prix - Czech
01:33:34 Grand Prix - Brazil
01:38:35 Game Over
GP Rider is an Arcade Motorbike racer by AM2. The Master System conversion is nothing like it but still has you racing on a motorbike with the shocking twist of it being a split screen game with you riding on the bottom and player two or the games AI rider in this case on the top.
The game has multiple modes with the most basic being arcade mode with a single track just to get you used to the game I guess. Then there is Tournament where you can set up selection of tracks for a short championship. And the meat of the game which is Grand Prix mode which has you playing all fifteen tracks with the aim of achieving the highest overall score.
The longplay starts out with Arcade mode which is just a single track consisting of six laps and it's game over right after. really not the screen you want to see after a win. Then its the Full GP. In this mode it's you vs Wayne across fifteen tracks. It's not to bad at the start but half way through he will be playing to win. Before a race you can setup your bike to best match the track although the most important setting is tires and it tells you what the race weather is before you choose thankfully. It can change between qualifying and the race so don't button mash and rush through menus. Initially the competition is spread out on the winners board so you don't have to win every race but your main rival will as previously mentioned be looking for the top spot later. I didn't show tournament as it just ends the same way as arcade with the only difference being that you choose how many tracks you want.
Overall it's a well presented, well made game with a smooth running race engine and nice vivid gfx and the surprise addition of speech samples. You even get differing backgrounds in the different countries. However being split screen is a questionable choice but the worst part of it is the audio. Throughout every race you get monotonous engine noise and ear bleeding tyre squealing which can make it a real chore to play through. The collision detection between bikers can be very suspect at times and even the race order can be weird. Like If I beat my rival in qualifying he can still get pole position!
00:00:00 Title Music
00:00:37 Arcade Track
00:07:05 Game Over
00:08:13 Grand Prix - Japan
00:15:03 Grand Prix - Australia
00:21:19 Grand Prix - USA
00:26:25 Grand Prix - Spain
00:32:46 Grand Prix - Italy
00:38:10 Grand Prix - Germany
00:45:10 Grand Prix - Austria
00:50:57 Grand Prix - European
00:56:42 Grand Prix - Holland
01:03:29 Grand Prix - Belgium
01:10:20 Grand Prix - France
01:16:35 Grand Prix - Britain
01:22:23 Grand Prix - Sweden
01:27:52 Grand Prix - Czech
01:33:34 Grand Prix - Brazil
01:38:35 Game Over
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