Cyberbykes: Shadow Racer VR

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Cyberbykes: Shadow Racer VR
Developer(s) Artificial Software
Publisher(s) GameTek
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release1995
Genre(s) Racing game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Cyberbykes: Shadow Racer VR is a 1995 motorcycle racing game developed by Artificial Software and published by GameTek. [1]

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Plot

Cyberbykes is a futuristic motorcycle racing game with car combat elements. It takes place in a dystopian future wherein a group called the World Treaty Organization (WTO) has gained power throughout the world, stockpiling weapons in the process. The player combats the WTO with an armed "cyberbyke" vehicle. [2]

Reception

In PC Gamer US , Steve Poole offered Cyberbykes a negative review, writing, "The single-player game is a bust, and there are plenty of games with network support that are more fun than this." [1] Computer Game Review was similarly negative: the game has "not one shred of originality in game play, design or plot," the reviewers said. [2] Writing for Computer Gaming World , Peter Olafson compared the game unfavorably to other racing titles on the market, and called it "rather woeful and dated". [4] PC Zone 's Charlton Brooker was harsher still, giving the game a "Pants" award and calling it "horrid". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Poole, Steve (January 1996). "CyberBykes: Shadow Racer VR". PC Gamer US . Archived from the original on December 6, 1999.
  2. 1 2 3 Snyder, Frank; Chapman, Ted; Kaiafas, Tasos (October 1995). "Wear Your Helmet". Computer Game Review . Archived from the original on December 21, 1996.
  3. 1 2 Brooker, Charlton (October 1995). "CD Review; Cyberbykes". PC Zone (31): 94.
  4. Olafson, Peter (February 1996). "Car Wars". Computer Gaming World . No. 139. pp. 68, 70, 72, 254.