Kawasaki Superbike Challenge

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Kawasaki Superbike Challenge

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Domark, Time Warner Interactive (MD/US)

Developer:

Lankhor,

Teque London

Sound driver:

GEMS

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-12^[1]		T-48356
EU	1995-03-17		T-48356-50
AU	199x		FKAW00SMC
US	1995-03^[3]	$34.9534.95^[3]	T-88098
EU	1995		T-88118-50
UK	1995-01^[4]	£29.9929.99^[4]

ESRB

ELSPA

OFLC

Kawasaki Superbike Challenge, known as Kawasaki Superbikes in Europe, is a motorbike racing game for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The Mega Drive version features 3D graphics.

History

Versions

While all versions of Kawasaki Superbike Challenge have the same underlying structure to gameplay, all take a different approach to graphics and presentation with varying results.

The Game Gear version, running on simpler hardware, opts for a third-person approach similar to Hang-On. Tracks are "flat" for the most part, with jerky dips in the road occuring at rare points in the game which do not fundementally affect the bike's performance. Additions over Hang-On include rain which can affect handling.

The Mega Drive and Super NES versions opt for a first-person perspective and attempt to render parts course in 3D. In both cases, frame rate is affected, but while the Super NES version runs faster than its Mega Drive sibling (roughly 5-10 more frames per second, though both run below 30FPS and exhibit minor slowdown in busy scenes), the Mega Drive renders all its scenery in 3D (save for rival bikes which are sprites). On the Super NES, scenery such as trees and spectators are also sprites, with only the occasional piece of 3D geometry being rendered in 3D.

The Super NES also has less scenery than the Mega Drive version, which renders walls, buildings, street lamps, bridges and rounded tunnels. Sprites are also scaled and rotated in real time on the Mega Drive, despite the console lacking the native hardware support to do so. Conversely, no sprite scaling is in place on the Super NES, with the engine swapping out different sized sprites and creating a "jerky" look in the process.

Performance of the Mega Drive version can be improved signficantly by using a "turbo mode" option, which pans the camera further back and reduces the size of in-game sprites.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

™ & © 1994 Domark Group Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Kawasaki used under license from Kawasaki Motors Ltd. Kawasaki is a registered trademark of Kawasaki Ltd. Licensed to Time Warner Interactive.
Developed By Lankhor
Programmed By Jean Luc Langlois and Christian Droin
Graphics By Stephane Polard, Lloyd Baker and Jason Cunningham
Additional Graphics By Jolyon Myers
Music By Mike Ash
Original Design By Chris Johnson
Produced By Darren Anderson
Testing By Ken Jordan, Tim Mawson and Clifford Ramsey

Source:

In-game credits

Game Gear version

Programmer: James Bailey
Co Star: Pete Hennig
Graphics: F A D
Tester: Tim Mawson
Producers: Darren Anderson, Tony Love

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Kawasaki Superbike Challenge/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #69: "April 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #70: "May 1995" (1995-0x-xx)^[5]

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #31: "May 1995" (1995-03-28)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[7]

Consoles + (FR)

78

^[8]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

80

^[2]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[10]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[11]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

72

^[12]

Mega (UK)

PAL

75

^[13]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

70

^[14]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

70

^[15]

Megazin (SI)

52

^[16]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

83

^[6]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[17]

Player One (FR)

81

^[18]

Play Time (DE)

70

^[19]

Power Up! (UK)

80

^[20]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

81

^[21]

Sega News (CZ)

72

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

25

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[24]

Todo Sega (ES)

61

^[25]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

80

^[26]

Última Generación (ES)

84

^[27]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

71

^[28]

	69
Based on 24 reviews

Kawasaki Superbike Challenge

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Cart (silver)

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Kawasaki Superbike Challenge

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	631cc8e9
MD5	159dd6bef1cf7df913fd4ac98138d9e7
SHA-1	fa7e07bbab70a7b5c32a0f2713494b2c10ce8e1e

1MB

1994-10

Cartridge (US/EU)

?

CRC32	55934d1b
MD5	29da0d26615fc89885ef201b03bf1355
SHA-1	a66446d5c3d07ce211d7198faf4ea3ff6dbfa0b9

1MB

1992-05

Page

References

↑ File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 12
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 161.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 161.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:GamePro US 068.pdf, page 125
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:CVG UK 157.pdf, page 35
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 45
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 109
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 104
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 112
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 73
↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44
↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 86
↑ Mega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-30), page 10
↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 89
↑ Mega Fun, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-24), page 76
↑ Megazin, "Letnik 3, Številka 5, Maj 1995" (SI; 1995-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 80
↑ Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 122
↑ Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 106
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 25, 1995" (UK; 1995-03-25), page 1
↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 96
↑ Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 27
↑ Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 60
↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1995" (UK; 1995-03-23), page 44
↑ Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 51
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 100
↑ Última Generación, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 89
↑ File:MegaFun DE 1995-04.pdf, page 91

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0712.pdf_p12-1] File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 12

[:File:CVG_UK_161.pdf_p101-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 161.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 161.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamePro_US_068.pdf_p125-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:GamePro US 068.pdf, page 125

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p35-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:CVG UK 157.pdf, page 35

[:File:EGM_US_070.pdf_p45-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 45

[:File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p80-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 109

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_042.pdf_p104-8] Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 104

[9] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 112

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_34.pdf_p73-10] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 73

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p44-11] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-12.pdf_p86-12] MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 86

[:File:Mega_UK_34.pdf_p10-13] Mega, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-30), page 10

[:File:MegaForce_FR_39.pdf_p89-14] Mega Force, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 89

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-06.pdf_p76-15] Mega Fun, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-24), page 76

[:File:Megazin_SI_0305.pdf_p36-16] Megazin, "Letnik 3, Številka 5, Maj 1995" (SI; 1995-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:NextGeneration_US_07.pdf_p80-17] Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 80

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_052.pdf_p122-18] Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 122

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-07.pdf_p106-19] Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 106

[20] Power Up!, "Saturday, March 25, 1995" (UK; 1995-03-25), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_15.pdf_p96-21] Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 96

[:File:Sega_News_3_CZ.pdf_p27-22] Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 27

[:File:SegaPower_UK_66.pdf_p60-23] Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 60

[:File:SegaPro_UK_44.pdf_p44-24] Sega Pro, "Easter 1995" (UK; 1995-03-23), page 44

[:File:TodoSega_ES_26.pdf_p51-25] Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 51

[26] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 100

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_03.pdf_p100-27] Última Generación, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p89-28] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 89

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-04.pdf_p91-29] File:MegaFun DE 1995-04.pdf, page 91

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Kawasaki Superbike Challenge

From Sega Retro

Contents

History

Versions

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References