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Canadianzombie
07-03-2006, 04:05 PM
I know of Cycle Race (Road Man) for the Famicom and Tour De France for the PS2 and C64. Anybody know of any other titles.
Cheers
Mark

DKTheArcadeRat
07-03-2006, 04:18 PM
Not sure if its the type of game you are looking for but, Downhill Domination.

Carey85
07-03-2006, 04:39 PM
Not really a racing game per say, but there is Courier Crisis for Playstation...

krbrunn
07-03-2006, 04:55 PM
I believe that Quattro Sports for the NES has a BMX racing game in it. If I recall correctly.

Emuaust
07-03-2006, 04:56 PM
And there all the ones I can think of, Oh and No Fear downhill
for the PS1, they are MTB and not road bikes though,
us roadies never ger a game and lets face it the tour de France
Ps2 game is sub Par at best.

Slightly OT:
Oh and for everyone watching at home as an Aussie I was
very Happy to see Robbie Mcewen in Green after his stage
win overnight.

tom
07-03-2006, 05:01 PM
here's some for computers:

as mentioned: Tour de France C-64 from Activision
Milk Race Atari 800 from Mastertronic
Summer Games II on C-64 from Epyx

50TBRD
07-03-2006, 05:03 PM
How about the Exertainment Life Fitness Cycle for SNES which utillized 3 games, Mountain Bike Rally, Cannondale Cup, and MBR/ Speed Racer? It was interactive with the games. The faster you pedal, the faster your character goes.

cyberfluxor
07-03-2006, 08:18 PM
It's not a straight up racing game nor is it directly related to the topic, but a slight offering I'd suggest is California Games on the Atari. They have a down hill race part that's timed and has obsticals that is really fun. If you haven't checked it out (which isn't hard since it's so common) you should. I think they also came out with an updated version on the NES.

Emuaust
07-03-2006, 08:43 PM
I find the SMS version of California games to be the best
version out there, much better then the nes! 8-)

Damaramu
07-03-2006, 09:22 PM
I believe the old ESPN Extreme Games on the PSone had a 10 speed you could race on.

Man my friends and I were addicted to that game when it was first released. 8-)

Sweater Fish Deluxe
07-03-2006, 09:47 PM
There's a homebrew bicycle riding game on the N64. It's not a race, per se, but you could certainly challenge yourself to see how fast you can go. Though the real challenge of the game is to see how long you can play it before you flick off the system in disappointment.

Then, it's not bicycles, but there's the fantabulous Uniracers on the SNES.


...word is bondage...

fishsandwich
07-03-2006, 10:08 PM
There's Super Keirin for Sega Saturn

http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn11/superkeirin-f.jpg

cyberfluxor
07-03-2006, 11:38 PM
...Super Keirin... wierd name for a JP release.

I see at the bottom left "Not for Sale" and it doesn't show up in the Rarity guide. On eBay however they have 2 in stores that are $70+. Is that a rare Saturn JP title or was it free with the system at some point or what? I'm a bit currious about it.

Damaramu
07-03-2006, 11:59 PM
A quick google yielded this:


Keirin is the Japanese name for that sport were bicycles race around an oval track, hence the name Super Keirin. You may have noticed from the scans that this game was never for sale. In fact it was given away free in limited numbers at the 50th anniversary event of the sport in Japan. So as you can guess this is quite a rare item. By no means one of the most rare Saturn games out there but far more rare than the likes of Radiant Silvergun or Shinrei Jusaishi Taroumaru. So what's the target of this game? Well, err there isn't one really. You can race your bike around the VERY bad looking track which has got to be the most glitchy looking 3D course to ever grace the Saturn. No wonder this was free. As well as the race you can view info about all the Keirin centers within Japan.

Courtesy of Segagagadomain.com (http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn11/superkeirin.htm)

diskoboy
07-04-2006, 03:35 PM
I dunno if this qualifies since it's a fantasy game and I don't think it was ported to any system...

Prop Cycle.

DKTheArcadeRat
07-04-2006, 08:53 PM
I just thought of this one, its not really normal biking or just biking but the Xtreme series on PS1. And there's a bunch of BMX titles but I don't think that those are what you want.

Canadianzombie
07-04-2006, 09:30 PM
I was kinda looking for Bicycle racing games that involve racing like the Tour de France, etc. One of the better ones I've found is from the Famicom called Cycle Race, it's a stage race type set up where you pick a racer from different teams U.S. , Japan, France and Italy. Along the way your teammates help you upgrade your skills and you can purchase better bikes with points you get from palcing well, in the end you win on best time. It's actually great fun, even if it's from a top down perspective, for those who like bike racing and Stage Racing in particular this game is worth a try. I was just wondering what else may be out there. I figured for sure that with Lance Armstrong's Tour success that they would have made some port of the PAL PS2 title here in North America, I mean even if it was a piece of shit I still would have picked it up.
Cheers
MArk