Action Biker
Action Biker | ||
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Game No. | 508 | |
Voting | 2.00 points, 1 votes | |
Company | Mastertronic | |
Publisher | Mastertronic, Armati (Turbo Games/Max Media) | |
Musician | Rob Hubbard | |
HVSC-File | MUSICIANS/ H/ Hubbard_Rob/ Action_Biker.sid | |
Release | 1985 | |
Platform | C64, Atari 600/800, ZX Spectrum | |
Genre | Racing | |
Gamemode | Singleplayer | |
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Information | Promotional computer game aka KP Skips Action Biker with Clumsy Colin und Action Moto |
Description[edit | edit source]
Action Biker (also known as KP Skips Action Biker with Clumsy Colin in the UK) is a promotional game from KP Skips that was published by Mastertronic in 1985. It contains music from Rob Hubbard.
The game goal is very easy. You must drive through a small town and collect some blinking items (round about 20 pieces) in the right order.
The Aim of the Game
From the official game manual:[1]
"Steer Clumsy Colin through the streets of this 4-way, 360 degrees scrolling city using itema scattered around to help you overcome obstacles such as the lake, fairground and building site. The faster you go the higher your score - so look out for itema that will speed up your bike - like the turbo charger - and keep an eye on the clock. You will need skill in controlling the acceleration and gear changes to achieve a good score especially in the drag race at the end of the game. Clumsy Colin must find his friend Marti and take him to the spaceport - this is not as easy as it sounds! Items to help him find Marti are hidden in the houses of which there are 150 BUT only 50 actually hold the items he needs. He cannot enter some of the houses because there is no-one in. The alarm is set to go off at 8 'o' clock and wake him up, he will also wake up if he bumps into any of the vehicles such as the police cars and other bikers. His fuel is limited but he can gain energy by eating skips or by refuelling at a garage. Some of Clumsy Colin's friends will try and tempt him to stay for tea and slow him down. Keep an eye on the text window which will tell you what is happening. Good luck and don't delay!"
Design[edit | edit source]
The game has a very nice pseudo-3D design in multicolour. The scrolling is nice. The music is very nice to listen, too.
Hints[edit | edit source]
You can play with the joystick in port#2 or with the keyboard.
Controls[edit | edit source]
- Joystick
- Keyboard
- N : Left
- M : Right
- A : Accelerate
- Z : Decelerate
- SPACE : Change gear (starting game in the main menu)
- F7 : Music off in the game
Start & Notes[edit | edit source]
- You have 5 bikes and fuel.
- The bonus time starts at 7.000 and runs backwards. After collecting an item, the bonus time starts with 7.000 points again.
- If your fuel is low, you can fill it up at the petrol station.
- If you loose your fuel or the bonus time is over, you lost a bike. Also if you hit some obstacles like water, trees or fences.
- Time starts at 0:00 and ends at 12:00.
- If you loose all bikes or the time is 12:00, then the game is over.
- In the C64 version you must find 40 items.
- Every 4th item improve your bike!
- The gear can changing after founding item 4: Gear Box!
- Large Fuel Tank: Allows more and faster fuel.
- Water Skis: Allows to race over water like lakes and ponds
- Entry Ticket for Drag Race (last item): Is for the race at the race track, before the game is ending.
- Each collect item counts points, which is from the bonus time.
Solution[edit | edit source]
You must find this items (in order):
- Crash Helmet - Main road intersection
- Riding Leathers - Behind gas station
- Highway Code Book - Behind roller coaster
- Gear Box - Back of construction site
- Gloves - Beside roller coaster
- Headlamp - Beside race track
- Petrol Gauge - Beside race track
- Large Fuel Tank - South end of lake
- Tool Box - North of construction
- Mudguards - Beside roller coaster
- Sunglasses - Beside race track in fences
- Fairing - Middle of roller coaster
- Can of Pop - Beside race track near start
- Visor - Middle of construction
- Exhaust Pipe - Left of roller coaster in canal
- Power Brakes - In ramp coral
- Speedometer - SW of roller coaster in coral
- Brake Lamp - Inside top of construction
- Oil Can - N of roller coaster
- Turbo Charger - Top of the ramp in in the construction site (difficult)
- Cooling Fins - Beside roller coaster
- Indicators - Behind patrol station
- Mirror - Top of the ramp of the roller coaster (difficult)
- Two tone Horn - Beside race track
- Reflectors - Top of the ramp in the construction site (very difficult)
- Road Map - Beside race track
- Electric Starter - N of the construction site
- Lunch Box - Top of ramp of the roller coaster (difficult)
- C.B. Radio - Beside race track
- Go Faster Stripes - inside the construction site
- Water Skis - near petrol station
- Fires Extinguisher - behind the lake
- Fog Lamps - in the lake
- Stop Watch - Top of the ramp in the construction site (very difficult)
- Moto-Cross Tyres - In the fences behind the roller coaster
- Personal HI-FI - Top of the ramp in the construction site (very difficult)
- Electronic Ignition - In the lake
- Rev. Counter - In the pond near petrol station
- Windshield - In the closed fences with jumping ramp
- Entry Ticket for Drag Race - on the isle of the lake
- After that you must go to start line of the race track and wait 1 minute for the starting.
- If the green light is on, you start your engine and race...
- After that the game is ending.
Cheats[edit | edit source]
In the CSDb exists cracks with trainers.
Votes[edit | edit source]
Voting of the C64-Wiki users (10=the best vote): | ||
2.00 points at 1 vote. You need to be logged in to cast a vote. | ||
C64Games | 7 | 28. Januar 2024 - 27.901 "very good" downs |
Lemon64 | 7,33 | 28. Januar 2024 - 163 votes |
Lemon64 | 6,5 | 28. Januar 2024 - 2 voti |
Gamebase64 | ? | 28. Januar 2024 - "Classic!" |
Critics[edit | edit source]
Jodigi: "Nice game, but in a few places very difficult to play"
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
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Highscore[edit | edit source]
- No One - 0 (dd.mm.yyyy)
- Nobody - 0 (dd.mm.yyyy)
- Empty - 0 (dd.mm.yyyy)
Every player can only be in the table with one score. The table should not have more than 10 entries.
Links[edit | edit source]
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Wikipedia: Action_Biker |
- C64Games.de - Game No. 442
- Lemon64 - Game No. 48
- Gamebase64.com - Game No. 111
- C64.com - Game No. 45
- ready64 - Game No. 1585
- CSDb
- The SixtyFour Originals DataBase - Game No. 1267
- MobyGames.com
Videos[edit | edit source]
- Video at YouTube Longplay
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Official game manual by Mastertronic; 1985