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After a pre-stage, one of 3 sets of courses are taken. After 4 stages, the player and all rivals converge on an extra stage.
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====Niagara Falls====
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===Characters===
 
===Characters===
 
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Revision as of 04:02, 15 June 2024

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Cool Riders
System(s): Sega H1 Board
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (H1 Board)
US		 $? ?
Arcade (H1 Board)
UK		 £? ?
Arcade (H1 Board)
JP		 ¥? ?

























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Cool Riders (クールライダーズ) is an arcade racing motorbike game released by Sega in 1995. It is one of the last Sega arcade games to utilise Super Scaler technology, running on specialised hardware presumably extended from the Sega System 32 architecture.

Released at a time where Sega were pushing their Sega Model 2 arcade board, Cool Riders is considered to be an odd release, being difficult to find and taking many years to emulate due to its unorthodox graphics compression schemes. It also borrows vast chunks of its assets (including gameplay style) from Outrunners, though offers a number of differences such as an increased screen resolution and digitised pre-rendered graphics similar to Mortal Kombat (or later Road Rash games).

Cool Riders has to date never been ported to any home systems, and was not released in Europe.

Gameplay

Course Layout

After a pre-stage, one of 3 sets of courses are taken. After 4 stages, the player and all rivals converge on an extra stage.

Niagara Falls

Stage Number
1 2 3 4
Arctic
Rumania Russia
Greenland England China
Niagara Falls West Indies Spain Japan
Brazil Eqypt Hong Kong
Kenya India
Antarctic

New York

Stage Number
1 2 3 4
Florida
Atlanta Houston
Washington Mississippi Texas
New York Niagara Falls Desert Hawaii
Chicago Grand Canyon Las Vegas
Rocky Mountains San Francisco
Alaska

Grand Canyon

Stage Number
1 2 3 4
Antarctic
Australia Kenya
Polynesia Indonesia France
Grand Canyon Hawaii Japan Switzerland
Canada Mongolia England
Russia Sweden
Arctic

Characters

CoolRiders, Character Licenses.png
 Max
Acceleration:
★★★★★★★
Top Speed:
★★★★★★★
Handling:
★★★★★
Body:
★★★★★★★
Off-Roading:
★★★★★
He drives Revolution. His background music is "Sightseeing at Mach 1".
CoolRiders, Character Licenses.png
 John Doe
Acceleration:
★★★★★★
Top Speed:
★★★★★★★
Handling:
★★★★★★★
Body:
★★★★★
Off-Roading:
★★★★★
He drives Lightning. His background music is "A Little Good".
CoolRiders, Character Licenses.png
 Chris
Acceleration:
★★★★★★★★★★
Top Speed:
★★★★★★★★★★
Handling:
★
Body:
★★
Off-Roading:
★★
She drives I.C.B.M.. Her background music is "Condition Red".
CoolRiders, Character Licenses.png
 Gloria
Acceleration:
★★★★★★★
Top Speed:
★
Handling:
★★★★★★★★★★
Body:
★
Off-Roading:
★★
She drives Wildcat. Her background music is "Here Comes Queen of Hurricanes".
CoolRiders, Character Licenses.png
 David & Sharlie
Acceleration:
★★★★★★★
Top Speed:
★★★★★★★★
Handling:
★★★
Body:
★★★★★★★★
Off-Roading:
★★★★★
They drive the LoveMachine. Their background music is "Blue Island".


David is played David Leytze[2]

CoolRiders, Character Licenses.png
 Dr. Vincent
Acceleration:
★★★★★★★
Top Speed:
★★
Handling:
★★★★★★★★★★
Body:
★★
Off-Roading:
★★
He drives Discovery. His background music is "Grandpa is Still Alive".
CoolRiders, Character Licenses.png
 Garcia
Acceleration:
★★★★★
Top Speed:
★★★★★
Handling:
★★★★★
Body:
★★★★★
Off-Roading:
★★★★★★★★★★
He drives Grasshopper. His background music is "Into the Mountains".
CoolRiders, Character Licenses.png
 Big Boss
Acceleration:
★★★★★★★
Top Speed:
★★★★★★★
Handling:
★
Body:
★★★★★★★★★★
Off-Roading:
★★
He drives Dai Oh. His background music is "The Fat is in the Fire".

Versions

Cabinet design

Cool Riders was only sold as a twin-style cabinet (with the ability to link up to four cabinets together), though the styles differ between Japan and North America. Though both have you control vehicles via makeshift handlebars, the Japanese cabinet unusually has seats more suited to cars, while the North American variant opts for seats moulded like motorbikes. Perhaps unusually, this is a simpler (or "less realistic") system than the cabinets used with the earlier Hang-On or Manx TT Super Bike released later in 1995 - in Cool Riders, the seats are rigid and offer no type of force feedback.

Production credits

Main article: Cool Riders/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Cool Riders/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

CoolRiders Arcade US Flyer.pdf

PDF
Arcade US flyer
CoolRiders Arcade US Flyer.pdf
CoolRiders Arcade JP Flyer.jpg
Arcade JP flyer
CoolRiders Arcade JP Flyer.jpg

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
70
[3]
Next Generation (US)
25
[4]
Sega Pro (UK)
46
[5]
Arcade
 47
Based on
3 reviews

Cool Riders

Arcade, US
CoolRiders Arcade US Manual.pdf
Manual
CoolRiders Arcade US WiringDiagram.pdf
Wiring diagram
Arcade, JP

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 135
  2. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/mandalazu/taming-the-beast
  3. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-14), page 74
  4. ↑ Next Generation, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 130
  5. ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-07), page 65


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