/vr/ - Is this game known outside of europe? I know there - Retro Games

Anonymous

09/27/25(Sat)02:17:29 No.12058667

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Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)02:17:29 No.12058667 Archived

Is this game known outside of europe?
I know there is still a very active scene and even after 25 years, records are being broken.

We played it a lot in school and couldn't believe our eyes when we first saw the world record replays.

It is a simple and elegant game, yet highly difficult to master.

This video gives a nice introduction, but I skipped the first 4 minutes of really terrible driving: https://youtu.be/t-W2zQA03M4?t=261

Anonymous
09/27/25(Sat)03:01:55 No.12058739

Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)03:01:55 No.12058739

>>12058667
Neat, reminds me of Kikstart I and II on my C64

Anonymous
09/27/25(Sat)03:05:33 No.12058749

Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)03:05:33 No.12058749

>>12058667
it was a popular game in my high school computer lab back in the late 90s here in canada at least

Anonymous
09/27/25(Sat)05:32:56 No.12058893

Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)05:32:56 No.12058893

>>12058667
I remember playing Action SuperCross in the late 90s at a friend's. Really hard, but even failing was hilarious.

Anonymous
09/27/25(Sat)05:36:30 No.12058896

Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)05:36:30 No.12058896

The computers in my crappy IT lab had this on them along with porn malware.

Anonymous
09/27/25(Sat)06:46:08 No.12058958

Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)06:46:08 No.12058958

The physics and smooth turning blew me away. There was nothing like it at the time.

Dave
09/27/25(Sat)09:17:41 No.12059160

Dave 09/27/25(Sat)09:17:41 No.12059160

>>12058667
I used to play games like this on muh java phone

Anonymous
09/27/25(Sat)09:48:22 No.12059215

Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)09:48:22 No.12059215

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I had no idea Action SuperCross was a prequel. I always assumed it was Elasto Mania with a different name like you have same game released under a different name depending on the region.

Anonymous
09/27/25(Sat)16:39:37 No.12059978

Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)16:39:37 No.12059978

OP did you hear of a game called Liero? That was a 90's classic. So was Deluxe Ski Jump.

Anonymous
09/27/25(Sat)22:18:13 No.12060560

Anonymous 09/27/25(Sat)22:18:13 No.12060560

>>12058749
Same here in the US
There were tons of clones on addictinggames and other flash portals and stuff like that

Anonymous
09/28/25(Sun)02:30:19 No.12060906

Anonymous 09/28/25(Sun)02:30:19 No.12060906

>>12058667
I played this all the time in web design class in 12th grade (2000-01) so yeah, it's been well known outside Europe for decades.

Anonymous
09/28/25(Sun)02:40:06 No.12060919

Anonymous 09/28/25(Sun)02:40:06 No.12060919

>>12059978
Of course! These and blobby volley. And VW Lupo cup

Anonymous
09/28/25(Sun)02:49:39 No.12060926

Anonymous 09/28/25(Sun)02:49:39 No.12060926

>>12058958
i really loved how the only solid parts of the bike were the wheels and head, so you could do silly stuff like drive upside down if there was a strip of ground narrow enough for your head to not hit it while your tires drove along the top

Anonymous
09/28/25(Sun)04:56:05 No.12061054

Anonymous 09/28/25(Sun)04:56:05 No.12061054

>>12060926
Another special feature are the bugs that never got fixed and made it possible to bounce, which is basically jumping. It works by breaking, so that the suspension would collapse, and then by a sudden release the springtension got unloaded in one moment, accelerating the Bike forward.