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Cool Riders

System(s): Sega H1 Board

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega AM1^[1]

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-09	$?	?
UK	1995-10	£?	?
JP	1995-04^[1]	¥?	?

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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	Egypt	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

	Max
	Acceleration: ★★★★★★★ Top Speed: ★★★★★★★ Handling: ★★★★★ Body: ★★★★★★★ Off-Roading: ★★★★★
	He drives Revolution. His background music is "Sightseeing at Mach 1".
	John Doe
	Acceleration: ★★★★★★ Top Speed: ★★★★★★★ Handling: ★★★★★★★ Body: ★★★★★ Off-Roading: ★★★★★
	He drives Lightning. His background music is "A Little Good".
	Chris
	Acceleration: ★★★★★★★★★★ Top Speed: ★★★★★★★★★★ Handling: ★ Body: ★★ Off-Roading: ★★
	She drives I.C.B.M.. Her background music is "Condition Red".
	Gloria
	Acceleration: ★★★★★★★ Top Speed: ★ Handling: ★★★★★★★★★★ Body: ★ Off-Roading: ★★
	She drives Wildcat. Her background music is "Here Comes Queen of Hurricanes".
	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]
	Dr. Vincent
	Acceleration: ★★★★★★★ Top Speed: ★★ Handling: ★★★★★★★★★★ Body: ★★ Off-Roading: ★★
	He drives Discovery. His background music is "Grandpa is Still Alive".
	Garcia
	Acceleration: ★★★★★ Top Speed: ★★★★★ Handling: ★★★★★ Body: ★★★★★ Off-Roading: ★★★★★★★★★★
	He drives Grasshopper. His background music is "Into the Mountains".
	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

PDF

Arcade US flyer

Arcade JP flyer

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

70

^[3]

Next Generation (US)

25

^[4]

Sega Pro (UK)

46

^[5]

	47
Based on 3 reviews

Cool Riders

Arcade, US

Manual Wiring diagram

Arcade, JP

External links

Attract screen video

References

Cool Riders
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Credits \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

[:File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf_p135-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 135

[https:.2F.2Fsoundcloud.com.2Fmandalazu.2Ftaming-the-beast-2] ttps://soundcloud.com/mandalazu/taming-the-beast

[:File:CVG_UK_167.pdf_p74-3] Computer & Video Games, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-14), page 74

[:File:NextGeneration_US_10.pdf_p130-4] Next Generation, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 130

[:File:SegaPro_UK_50.pdf_p65-5] Sega Pro, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-07), page 65

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