Radikal Bikers
Radikal Bikers is a racing arcade game developed by Spanish company Gaelco in 1998, with a conversion for PlayStation developed by Bit Managers released in Europe in 1999. The spiritual successor to this game was Smashing Drive.
Radikal Bikers
- Date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Radikal Bikers was published by Gaelco.
- Genre
- racing video game
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Radikal Bikers is a racing arcade game developed by Spanish company Gaelco in 1998, with a conversion for PlayStation developed by Bit Managers released in Europe in 1999. The spiritual successor to this game was Smashing Drive.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Radikal Bikers • Developer — Gaelco • Publisher — Arcade Infogrames (PlayStation) • Director — Josep Quingles • Programmer — Alexander Ekjanov Diego Campos Enric Vives • Artist — Toni López Yeste Xavier Arrebola G. Xavier Fradera • Composer — Joan Sanmarti • Platforms — Arcade, PlayStation, Evercade • Released — Arcade PlayStationJune 23, 1999 Evercade • Genre — Action, racing • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Gaelco 3D Hardware
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Arcade version screenshot Radikal Bikers is set in a Mediterranean environment, and is based on delivering pizza on a rare Italian scooter called Italjet Dragster in heavy traffic before the AI opponent does, while getting points. The arcade version has three difficulty levels, which correspond to each of the different places: Margherita (easy, set in Milan), Capricciosa (medium, set in Rome), and Diabola (hard, set in Naples). If the player beats all four races in a level, they can play the next level free. The PlayStation version includes four more locations on top of the original three as part of the extended Radikal mode: Marinara (set in Venice), Fantasia (set in Paris), Reggiana (set in London) and Americana (set in New York)
Points
Points
• Win one race - +50000 (Arcade) / Up to +10000 (Radikal); • Get Power-up - +1000 (Arcade) / +100 (Radikal) each; • Power Kick destructions - +1000 (Arcade) / +100 (Radikal) each; • Grabbing an Extra Point Power-up - +3000 (Arcade) / +400 (Radikal) each; • Grabbing a bad Power-up - -100 each.
Power-ups
Power-ups
• Turbo - Indicated by the letter "T", which gives the High Speed, which is incompatible with Power Kick; • Power Kick - Indicated by the "bomb", which allows you to blow up cars by kicking them in the side for points, and is also incompatible with Turbo; • Extra Points - Indicated by "+$", which gives a bonus of 3000 points in Arcade Mode, or 400 points in Radikal Mode; • Extra Time - Indicated by the "hourglass", which gives +1 second of time; • The Joker - Indicated by the "?", which gives a Random power-up or extra points, which is actually based on its position and the biker you choose.
Characters
Characters
On the Arcade version are: • Carlo - From "Paolo's Maniak Pizza"; • Gino - From "Frenzy Mario Pizza", but is present in the PlayStation version with the new name Paolo; • Nina - From "Paolo's Maniak Pizza", but is present in the PlayStation version (under different clothes and complexion) with the name Mbelle; • Sofia - From "Frenzy Mario Pizza", she is also present in the PlayStation version of the game. Finally, on the PlayStation version there are three new characters: Albert, Gus and Noodles.
Release
Release
The previously cancelled Game Boy Color version of the game was released on the Evercade console as part of the Piko Interactive Collection 3 on May 31, 2023.
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- Spain
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Radikal Bikers is associated with Spain.
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Reception
Next Generation reviewed the arcade version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "There's nothing else quite like this gem in the arcades, and it's sure to bring a smile to your face."
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- “Radikal Bikers”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7280528: Radikal Bikers
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Retrolaser. Entrevista Toni López, diseñador y artista en Gaelco. Recreativas.org. June 4, 2020.
- 2.Bizarro, Dave. Entrevista Xavier A.G. (GAELCO). Retrovicio. Drupal. August 8, 2009.
- 3.Entrevista Xavier Fradera diseñador en Gaelco. Retrolaser. June 5, 2016.
- 4.Akagi, Masumi. SNK プレイモア (新日本企画、 プレイモア)SNK; Atari (Atari Games/TWI); Gaelco, Spain; R. Amusement News Agency. 20, 112, 118, 162. 13 October 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 5.Atari Gets Radical. GameSpot. May 18, 1998.
- 6.Piko Interactive Collection 3. Evercade. May 23, 2023.
- 7.Gaelco 3D Hardware (SNK). system16.com.
- 8.Castro, Emmanuel. Radikal Bikers - Recordamos el simpático juego de los españoles de Gaelco y que arrasó allí donde pisó. Vandal. El Español. April 20, 2012.
- 9.Piko Interactive Collection 3 Amazon Page. Amazon. December 2, 2023.
- 10.Imagine Media. Finals - Arcade - Radikal Bikers. Next Generation. 45. 144. September 1998.
- 11.Steppberger, Ulrich. Test - PS - Radikal Bikers. MAN!AC. Cybermedia. 83. 65. September 2000.
- 12.Udo. Test Spiele: Radikal Bikers - PlayStation. Mega Fun. Computec. 96. 52. September 2000.
- 13.PRISA. Análisis de Radikal Bikers (PS). MeriStation. July 5, 2000.
- 14.VNU Media. Review - Radikal Bikers - PlayStation. Power Unlimited. 77. June 2000.
- 15.Olma, Alexander. Test - PS: Radikal Bikers - Ein K(r)ampf auf zwei Rädern!. Video Games. Future-Verlag. 107. 117. October 2000.
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