is a 1990 motorcycle

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developed and manufactured by Sega, released in Japan, North America and

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. It was released as two-player arcade cabinets, in the form of a ride-on

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cabinet and a standard upright cabinet. It was ported to the

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and

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in 1993.

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The Master System version is played in split-screen mode (similar to the

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port of ''

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'') regardless of if one or two players are playing. If only one player is racing then the second player is replaced by a computer opponent called "Wayne" (possibly a reference to

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), who plays like a human player in that his performance varies from race to race, in contrast to most racing games of the era, where the main opponent is programmed to always finish in the same position. The Game Gear version is essentially a rebranded port of ''

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'', featuring assets and gameplay from that game.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''GP Rider'' on their November 15, 1990 issue as being the fourth most-successful upright arcade unit of the month. It went on to be Japan's sixth highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 1991. The arcade game received positive reviews upon release. ''

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'' in 1991 called it a "realistic motorcycle simulation" and praised its graphics, expressing that ''GP Rider'' has "amazingly smooth scrolling" and "great new

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effects". ''The One'' also praised ''GP Rider's'' motorcycle controller hardware as "realistic" and adding to the game's atmosphere. ''The One'' noted ''GP Rider'' was "the first motorcycle game that lets you race against another player", and expressed that this competitive "head-to-head excitement with a superb implementation and ultra realistic bike handling akes GP Ridersomething well worth major coin investment."

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* * 1990 video games Arcade video games Motorcycle video games Master System games Game Gear games Sega-AM2 games Sega arcade games Video games designed by Yu Suzuki Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Hiroshi Kawaguchi Video games scored by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi {{arcade-stub

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