Elasto Mania

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Elasto Mania
Developer(s) Balázs Rózsa
Designer(s) Balázs Rózsa, Csaba Rózsa, Geza Szabo, Mate Magyar, Eszter and Bori Paris, Dylan Cooper, Peter Illyes, Imre Barczi, Gabor Gerenyi, Tamas, Andris Kristyan and Sergey Shukaev [1]
Platform(s) Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, BeOS
ReleaseJanuary 2000
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer

Elasto Mania is a platform game released in 2000. [2] It explores the notion of elastic motorcycles. The goal of each level is to touch the flower. Some require the player to collect apples spread throughout it before doing so. [1] There is online competition in trying to finish the levels as fast as possible and setting new world records. [3] [4] [5] Time improvements have often shown to rely on finding new ways to solve the levels. [6] Advancement also relies on polishing known styles. [7] [8]

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Gameplay

The player controls a motorbike rider, and has to restart the level if their head or bike's wheels touch a rotating spiky wheel, or their head touches a solid structure (such as a wall). [9] All the apples in a level must be collected before the player can touch the flower and proceed to the next level. Only the head and wheels of the driver interact with the level, their body being able to overlap walls without injury.

The physical model, such as the elasticity of the bike frame, permits a wide range of tricks to be performed. These range from subtle manoeuvres to increase speed to more dramatic effects, such as an exploit of a reproducible bug in the physical model, allowing for the bike to be propelled some distance up in the air. [10]

Versions

Elasto Mania was created by Balázs Rózsa as a sequel to the 1997 game titled Action SuperCross . The main differences between both games are the slight change in physics and the addition of twelve internal levels. The demo version contains 18 official levels, while the full one contains 54. [11] In addition to these official "internal" levels, many "external," fan-created levels can be found online, in some cases gathered in level packs.

The latest official patch for Elasto Mania is v1.11a. Development of unofficial patches have given rise to v1.3, which features online multiplayer.

In August 2014, Elasto Mania 2 was released as an official iOS app.

In 2017, Elasto Mania 2 was released on Microsoft Windows.

In May 2020, a remastered version of the original Elasto Mania was released on the Steam gaming platform. Later that year, Elasto Mania 2 and Action Supercross were also released on Steam, and a discounted Trilogy Pack of all three games is also available. [12]

In 2022, Elasto Mania Remastered was released on Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation 4 and 5, and XBox One and Series X and S as well as through GOG.com. [13]

Online content

In the early 2000s, players could join the IRC channel "#battle" and compete for the fastest completion time in player-designed levels. Replays of fast completion times were shared on the IRC channel with other players.

A community-driven game patch was released since 2006, allowing players to see each other and compete in real-time. A website was launched conjointly with the development of online versions of the game, [14] which features statistics and the ability to browse previously battled levels, examining their layout, commenting them, checking their all-time standings, [15] and downloading their associated replays. [16]

Reception

T. Byrl Baker of Computer Gaming World called the physics model "brutally unforgiving". [17]

See also

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