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Players race a motorcycle down a dark, black-lit track screen trying to avoid obstacles. When the player crashes, the cycle is flipped over. ''Night Rider'' has two modes: novice and expert. The game features light-up road signs and a solid-state sound system with three sounds. | Players race a motorcycle down a dark, black-lit track screen trying to avoid obstacles. When the player crashes, the cycle is flipped over. ''Night Rider'' has two modes: novice and expert. The game features light-up road signs and a solid-state sound system with three sounds. | ||
| − | It was displayed on a screen from a first-person perspective, | + | It was displayed on a screen from a first-person perspective. [[Taito]] released a similar motorbike racing game, ''Cycle Rider'' (1970), the first game with [[wikipedia:4D film|4D effects]] in the form of wind blowing at the player.{{ref|https://earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2023/03/1970-cycle-rider-by-taito.html}} They were electro-mechanical precursors to the 1976 motorbike racing video games ''[[Moto-Cross]]'', ''[[Fonz]]'' and ''[[Man T.T.]]'' |
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| System(s): Electro-mechanical arcade | |||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | |||||||||||||
| Developer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | |||||||||||||
| Genre: Racing[1] | |||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||
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Night Rider (ナイトライダー) is a 1970 electro-mechanical arcade motorcycle racing game created by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Players race a motorcycle down a dark, black-lit track screen trying to avoid obstacles. When the player crashes, the cycle is flipped over. Night Rider has two modes: novice and expert. The game features light-up road signs and a solid-state sound system with three sounds.
It was displayed on a screen from a first-person perspective. Taito released a similar motorbike racing game, Cycle Rider (1970), the first game with 4D effects in the form of wind blowing at the player.[6] They were electro-mechanical precursors to the 1976 motorbike racing video games Moto-Cross, Fonz and Man T.T.
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References
- ↑ https://www.sega.jp/history/arcade/product/11504
- ↑ File:SEGA Price List 1972-09-01 JP.pdf, page 6
- ↑ 1977 Sega Price List, page 7
- ↑ Cash Box, "August 18, 1973" (US; 1973-08-18), page 50
- ↑ File:CashBox US 1973-08-18.pdf, page 54
- ↑ https://earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2023/03/1970-cycle-rider-by-taito.html