GP Rider (Game Gear)

For the X Board arcade game, see GP Rider. For the Sega Master System game, see GP Rider (Master System).

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GP Rider
System(s): Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega AM2 Lee Sanghun (Game Line?)
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT)
Peripherals supported: Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Racing, Sports
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-04-22 ¥3,8003,800 G-3347 US 1994-03 $39.9939.99 2528 EU 1994 2528 PT 1994 GGJ2528 UK 1994-05-12 £29.9929.99 2528

GP Rider (ＧＰライダー) is a racing game developed by Sega for the Sega Game Gear and released in 1994. It incorporates elements from the arcade games GP Rider and Super Hang-On.

Gameplay

World Tour map

The game is a motorcycle racing game that can be played by one or two players (over a Gear-to-Gear Cable). The bike steers with and , accelerates with , and brakes with .

Races can occur in wet or dry conditions. Each course is divided into timed laps or segments. Hitting a roadside object or another racer can result in a crash, which costs the player time. The player receives a time extension at the start of each lap or at checkpoints. The player forfeits the race if time runs out.

Modes

The game has four play modes. Three of the modes are raced on circuits, similar to GP Rider: Arcade, Tournament, and Grand Prix. Each race is preceded by a qualifying lap that determines the player's starting position, followed by a race of four laps against 15 opponents. The Arcade mode is a single race on the Arcade track (which is only available in this mode and always has dry weather). The Tournament mode allows the player to choose from 14 tracks from around the world. The player can select as few as one track or as many as all of them. The Grand Prix mode is the same as the Tournament mode except that the player races on all 14 tracks instead of choosing which tracks to play.

In the World Tour mode, players race on road courses, similar to Super Hang-On (and using the same world map). Players choose a location (Africa, Asia, Americas, or Europe). Courses are long and broken into stages rather than laps. This is the only mode that supports two players. In two-player games, the players start side by side and race to the end. In one-player games, other opponents appear but act only as obstacles; it is a race against the clock to reach the end.

Bikes

In all modes, players have a choice of three motorcycles, each with different characteristics.

RGP-500

NZR-250

YCR-125

Courses

Arcade

	Arcade

Tournament and Grand Prix

	Australia
	Malaysia
	Japan
	Spain
	Austria
	Germany
	Holland
	European
	San Marino
	Britain
	Czech
	Italy
	U.S.A.
	F.I.M.

World Tour

Africa

This is the Beginner course and consists of 6 stages.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Asia

This is the Junior course and consists of 10 stages.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Stage 9

Stage 10

Americas

This is the Senior course and consists of 14 stages.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Stage 9

Stage 10

Stage 11

Stage 12

Stage 13

Stage 14

Europe

This is the Expert course and consists of 18 stages.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8

Stage 9

Stage 10

Stage 11

Stage 12

Stage 13

Stage 14

Stage 15

Stage 16

Stage 17

Stage 18

Music and sound

When selecting a bike, the music that plays is the same as is used in the shop in Fantasy Zone.

Magazine articles

Main article: GP Rider (Game Gear)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Todo Sega (ES) #14: "Mayo 1994" (1994-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 55 Consoles + (FR) 91 Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL 71 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 78 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 75 Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL 59 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 50 Joypad (FR) PAL 88 Player One (FR) 80 Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 82 Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 80 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 76 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 54 Super Juegos (ES) 91 Todo Sega (ES) PAL 84 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 80

	75
Based on 16 reviews

GP Rider (Game Gear)

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Game Gear, US
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Game Gear, EU
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Game Gear, PT
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
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?	CRC32 876e9b72 MD5 6fa101fb69da89a922b1b99f36e515bc SHA-1 7777f091c8b540d3248fd7c0fb21e742af6f0ede	512kB		Cartridge (US/EU)
?	CRC32 12e4f6db MD5 841a7115046459decd3bee75dfd2981c SHA-1 5e13822bf04facc19d44a718635647ad4db6cd2a	512kB	1994-01-04	CD-R disc				Page