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- S U P E R B I K E
- Program by Scott Elder
- Text by Jeff Jones
-
-
- [NOTE:] This game does not return to
- LOADSTAR.
-
-
- From the creator of KING'S RANSOM
- comes SUPERBIKE, an arcade-style,
- smash-'em-up, fast-paced game with
- four tough courses for you to race on
- your dirt-bike.
-
- Of course each four-course event
- is unique -- and the key to winning
- each race is becoming familiar with
- each course, knowing where sharp turns
- and traps are. But you've got to have
- enough NERVE to burn the rubber.
- Remember, this IS a race.
-
- There are four different events,
- each with four courses. The events
- are: MOTO-CROSS, ENDURO, SUPER-CROSS
- and TRIALS. MOTO-CROSS is the first
- and easiest event. TRIALS is the most
- difficult.
-
- In this game you're constantly
- moving foward. Use a joystick in port
- 2 to veer left or right to avoid
- obstacles. The fire button will pour
- on the speed. Pulling back the
- joystick will cause you to ride a
- "wheelie", which increases your speed
- and jumping ability.
-
-
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- C O M M A N D S U M M A R Y
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-
- JOY LEFT - move left
- JOY RIGHT - move right
- JOY BACK - wheelie
- JOY FORWARD - end wheelie
- FIRE BUTTON - accelerate
-
- JUMPING is ONLY accomplished by
- driving over the blue ramps located
- here and there on the course.
-
- SPACE pauses the game.
- FIRE restarts the game.
- RESTORE resets the game.
-
-
- O B S T A C L E S
-
- Basically, every other object on
- the course, including other bikes, can
- cause you to crash, so you must avoid
- them. In some places thick bushes grow
- in the road. You must move around
- these bushes or jump over them using a
- ramp. Remember that you jump farther
- when you pull back on the joystick and
- wheelie up the ramp. Also remember
- that you must already be riding a
- wheelie if you want to clear a great
- distance on a ramp. Sometimes you'll
- want to jump far, sometimes not.
-
-
- R A M P S
-
- Ramps are blue. If you drive over
- them, you will become airborne. You
- won't fall -- unless you land on an
- obstacle. If you're riding a wheelie,
- you'll jump much farther, sometimes
- clearing an obstacle that was too wide
- to ride around anyway.
-
-
- B U M P S
-
- Watch out for BUMPS. You have to
- either avoid them or ride SLOWLY over
- them. These bumps look like brown ribs
- in the road.
-
-
- ROCKS, TREES AND TIRES IN THE ROAD
-
- These must be avoided. Either you
- must ride around them or jump over
- them -- IF there's a ramp in front of
- them.
-
-
- LOGS AND WATER HOLES IN THE ROAD
-
- LOGS and WATER HOLES must be
- ridden over slowly AND on a WHEELIE.
- That's the only way through them --
- unless you can jump them from a blue
- ramp.
-
-
- H I N T S
-
- You have to play the game enough
- to learn the pitfalls. You'll only be
- allowed so many crashes so you'll have
- to be careful to avoid them. You must
- place at least fifth in order to
- advance to the next course. If you
- keep crashing, you won't finish the
- course and you won't place at all.
-
- This game is more fun than it
- appears at first. Give it fifteen
- minutes and you'll be mouthing curses
- and pressing the RESTORE key for "one
- more game".
-
-
- For reasons too numerous to
- mention, SUPERBIKE doesn't return to
- LOADSTAR. You must reset your
- computer and reboot "star".
-
- JLJ
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