In this game you play the role of an endurance bike racer. The objective is simple: Get to the end of each track before the time limit is up, jumping ramps and avoiding other obstacles along the way. At the end of each race, you get points for how many cars or bikes you have overtaken, with which you can upgrade your bike.
There are various different types of terrain for you to race on, including desert, beach, and dirt tracks, plus a number of things to slow you down or even knock you off of your bike all together. The main idea is to find the best route through each level, to shave off valuable seconds in order to over take more cars and bikes.
1. Mr. Cheez
19 Sep 2008, 16:38 GMT
Yes! Another first comment!
Another game I read/heard about in Retro gamer. Though it looks more like Paperboy than the actual arcade game, it still doesn't look too bad. If only we could get the Spectrum version...
Edit: looking at the video, this seems like Sega's answer to Excitebike.
2. Dazza
19 Sep 2008, 16:42 GMT
Yeah it is nothing like the arcade game. This version is OK, but nothing amazing.
I really used to love Enduro Racer on the Speccy too! I would always play that after school until I got Buggy Boy which became my next favourite
3. Mario maniac
20 Sep 2008, 08:59 GMT
Oh... I think this is one of the Master System games I had as a child. The pictures look familiar, anyway.
4. slangman
20 Sep 2008, 14:11 GMT
Excitebike keeps coming to my head everytime i watch the movie. Looks quite cool though. But has it stood the test of time well?
5. David77
20 Sep 2008, 22:02 GMT
"everytime i watch the movie" How many time have you watched this?
6. slangman
22 Sep 2008, 10:07 GMT
Dunno twice? It does look quite a lot like ExciteBike though? (except for the fact its isometric.)
7. ZEIDO
24 Sep 2008, 19:34 GMT
We must start a petition to make Nintendo adopt the ZX Spectrum like it did the C64.
8. Bass X0
25 Sep 2008, 17:40 GMT
I'd sign if I thought it would do any good. Some great games on the Speccy. I'd love to play them without the ten minute load times of the originals. But I don't think its really up to Nintendo. Commodore Gaming or someone like them would have to do it.
9. Adamant
03 Nov 2008, 18:52 GMT
Wow, this one was... unexpected. With a game named "Enduro Racer, I kind of expected... well, Enduro Racer. This thing can't be called a port in the any mening of the word. It's not like the Master System was unabel to handle 3D racers, so... why?
10. wAmbAm
03 Nov 2008, 20:49 GMT
Dunno man I remember having fond memories of playing this game i hadn't played the Arcade version so this was what i considered Enduro Racer to be
11. Mipsymoodle
03 Nov 2008, 21:19 GMT
i don't know...especially compared to Excitebike...i don't think i'll be getting this one
12. Mr 64
05 Nov 2008, 12:45 GMT
Wasn't the coin-op a Hang-On/Outrun type affair? Still it looks better than the C64 version I had as a kid! If it's half as good as Excitebike, then that'd be great.
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