Trials, Paperboy, Excite Bike, Super Hang On, No Second Prize, Manx TT Super bike, Radikal Bikers, Bikes Of TRON…
The recent situation is like jets where the more arcady takes mostly only exist in open world and mass multiplayer games.
How has no one mentioned Happy Wheels yet?
Also, Riders Republic is a thing that people slept on.
I don’t know, Tour de France (1983) on Vectrex looks nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MnEOLIaBl0Lots of dead birds/banana peels/whatever on the ground. The Tour de France is an internationally televised event! Do some track prep, folks!
Am I a joke to you!?
Generation Zero has bicycles as the main “silent” vehicle to get around, so you don’t alert the machines.
Parcel Corps (I played the demo a while back, I don’t know if it’s fully released) is about bicycle couriers, in a cool vibrant city. It kinda reminds me of JSRF in a couple ways, as you ride around on your bike and do all sorts of cool tricks, and there’s a funky soundtrack (from what I remember).
All games are equal, but some games are more equal than others.
I want recs for a fun unicycle game
Uniracers was pretty fun. It was made by the team that went on to create GTA.
We have Road Rash. What more could you want?
Ctrl+F for “Descenders” came up empty. I think that’s the author’s issue.
Just tried this out recently. It’s good fun. I do wish it explained itself a little better at the start - I had no idea that it was essentially a roguelite for about the first hour I played - but it gets that feeling of momentum at the edge of wiping out just right
Road Redemption (motorcycle combat game)
7 Days to Die (zombie scavenging survival craft with mostly 2-wheeled vehicles)
Don’t forget Days Gone. Purely a motorcycle during a zombie apocalypse. Sooooo damn good!
Uhhhh Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX is/was a thing you know?
that soundtrack slaaaaaaappped
Don’t forget BMX XXX!
Downhill Domination
came here to say just this
Now that is a name I have not heard in a long time.
I saw something within the past year or so that looked like a new version of Paperboy and I got excited but then it turned out it wasn’t and I was disappointed.
I was cleaning out my garage a few weeks ago and came across my old Commodore 64 Paperboy floppy.
Excitebike, too! The built-in level editor was really amazing.
I was so excited when this came out on Wii! I need to set my Wii up again play it more.
I never had an NES as a kid, but my best friend did, and we spent hours playing excite bike. It was such a great game.
look i’m not a ICE apologist or antyhing (these apply to EVs as well) but it’s not hard to figure out why car games are more popular. Also I’m not saying these are universal rules, i’m sure some disagree. But I think it’s safe to say these apply to most in the gamer market.
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more power and speed = more fun.
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Games are as close as most people will come to driving an expensive car like a BMW, let alone a Ferrari, or even actual racing cars. Even if you argue people are just not culturally conditioned to enjoy bicycles, could you even really appreciate aesthetically them in the same way in a video game? you’d barely see them.
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Cars are much more complex machines and that leads to each having a more unique character than bicycles, and that allows a greater variety of gameplay. For example, mid/front engine, ICE/EV, NA/turbo/super, FWD/RWD/AWD, etc. And usually in games there’s a progression from lower performance cars to higher performance cars.
I don’t know, bikes are incredibly diverse vehicles too. A tricycle is nothing like a cargo bike, a full suspension mountain bike, a road bike, a time trial bike, a BMX, a fixed gear etc. and they all feel very different to ride.
And while there might not be as many moving parts as on a car, a lot of engineering goes into the design of high end bicycles. If you’re into bikes, it’s very easy to appreciate the beauty and functional design of a well designed bicycle.
The fact that they are at their core simple machines which basic function hasn’t changed since the invention of the safety bicycle in the 1880s, yet have been innovated on ever since to arrive at the bikes we have today is what makes them fascinating imo.
Some people enjoy cars and some people enjoy bikes, but there isn’t really anything that makes one more inherently interesting.
Instead of leveling up your vehicle, you level up the infrastructure as you progress the game. By the end, you’re just taking the public transit system to the finish line.
There’s the kernel of a pretty good 3 minute YouTube skit in here.
Doesn’t this touch on the premise of Death Stranding?
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Trials Evolution would like a word
Zwift is very popular. But you have to do the cycling yourself
Just looked at their website. Is this “game” solely populated by rich people?
All competitive cycling is
I’ll give you that.
I mean you could say the same about any current AAA game. A Zwift setup including the bike, trainer and device to run it on can easily be cheaper than a modern gaming rig.
Sure, but a modern gaming rig can play more than one thing. I get that it’s an enthusiast thing, and it’s pretty cool, but you REALLY need to know that’s what you wanna do/play at those prices.
Technically you can “play” other things too (there are competitors that offer the similar experiences), including GTA. But nobody is Zwifting for the gameplay anyway. It’s not really a game and just something to make indoor cycling in the off season a little bit less dull. Personally I don’t think it’s worth the subscription and would rather just watch a movie.
