| Super Rider | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Taito Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Taito Corporation, Venture Line |
| Year released | 1983 |
| System(s) | Arcade |
| Japanese title | スーパーライダー |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Players | 1-2 |
| Modes | Single player, Multiplayer |
- This guide is for the 1983 Taito Corporation platform arcade game. For the 1984 Firebird Software horseracing Commodore 64 game and 1996 Subsino casino arcade game, see Super Rider (1984) and Super Rider (1996).
Super Rider is a platform arcade game that was released by Taito Corporation in 1983, and licensed to Venture Line for US manufacture and distribution; it utilises two Zilog Z80 microprocessors running at 2.5 MHz, with two General Instrument AY-3-8910s running at 1.25 MHz for audio. The player must use a 2-way joystick to take control of a stunt motorcyclist (who is the eponymous "Super Rider") with a single button to make him jump over various obstacles (which include giant boulders, pickup trucks, and police cars) - and he also has to ride through several loops, as well as make it to the end of each section of the course safely before the timer runs out (however, each time he dies by crashing into an obstacle and gets revived, it incurs a five-second penalty, which means that crashing into an obstacle with less than five seconds remaining will cost you the game). After he has made it to the end of each section of the course and back again, Super Rider must try to collect bags of money for bonus points.
When this game was licensed to Venture Line in the United States, they sold it as a conversion kit for existing cabinets of their earlier games (including their own Sky Bumper, Xargon, and Jubilee, Orca's Moguchan and Sky Lancer, and Sigma Enterprises' Ponpoko); the fact was reflected on their flyer for the game, which listed everything that was included in the kit for prospective conversions on its back.
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The game's title screen.
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Alternative arcade flyer.
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Screenshot of the game.
