Mach Rider (NES) Guide

Mach Rider (NES) Index

In the year 2112, a motorbike-riding vigilante stands alone against an army of evil enemy invaders. Travel from sector to sector, blasting the invaders, dodging road obstacles and surviving the deadly slip zones. Safely reach each city in your search for survivors. You are Mach Rider!

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How to Play

• Controls
• Enemies & Obstacles
• Scoring
• Power-Ups
• Continue Code

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Game Modes

• Fighting Course
• Endurance Course
• Solo Course
• Design

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Other information

• Revision A
• Find out more about the 1972 Mach Rider toy at the Before Mario Blog

VS. Mach Rider (Arcade) Index

Two arcade versions of Mach Rider were released for the Nintendo VS. Multisystem cabinet. One was based on the Fighting Course mode and the other on the Endurance Course mode. While similar to the NES version, there are several significant differences worth looking at.

• Fighting Course Version
• Endurance Course Version

Further help

While this guide was being written, even more questions presented themselves to which we were unable to find answers. If you are in a position to help answer any of them, please contact NinDB.

NES Version

• Is there a technique for staying at top speed on the ice without power-ups? If so, is Solo Course beatable?
• What are the differences between the original release and Revision A that means gameplay can't sync up?

Arcade Versions

• Is there a method for getting any of the power-ups?
• Is there any significance to the roadside barrels occasionally doubling up or being replaced by rocks?
• What are the conditions for "Bonus Time" to be added in Endurance Course Version?