Bike - Bitmap Brothers unreleased game

skan · 09 May 2020, 11:51

Does anybody know anything about this game? There's a bit of info in the excellent Bitmap Universe book, but not much other info exist... And getting that demo/prototype released would be fantastic, of course!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/1205797

jotd · 09 May 2020, 12:16

typical Bitmap bros graphics!

dreadnought · 09 May 2020, 13:35

...which is a good thing

The biker looks really rad.

The folks are cheering, there are timers and a "bonus", so my money is on a futuristic sport where you race hoverbikes around some crazy levels.

Gzegzolka · 09 May 2020, 13:38

Looks great, it is so sad we will never see it in montion

LongLifeA1200 · 09 May 2020, 16:15

Very interesting.

I wonder if that working prototype will show up one day.

I noticed in the sprite that sometimes the bike lights up and... is the bike firing something?

skan · 09 May 2020, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreadnought

The folks are cheering, there are timers and a "bonus", so my money is on a futuristic sport where you race hoverbikes around some crazy levels.

That exactly, according to the book at least.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LongLifeA1200

I noticed in the sprite that sometimes the bike lights up and... is the bike firing something?

Seems like brake retrorockets?

kriz · 09 May 2020, 22:57

Looks really nice, too bad it did not get finished :/

Btw: From the book: "The book also reveals for the very first time the fate of unreleased projects, including the high octane Amiga racer ‘Bike’ and a 2D Speedball successor." What is this 2D Speedball successor ?

skan · 10 May 2020, 10:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by kriz

Btw: From the book: "The book also reveals for the very first time the fate of unreleased projects, including the high octane Amiga racer ‘Bike’ and a 2D Speedball successor." What is this 2D Speedball successor ?

It's a long story, but let's say that at a certain stage Bike=Speedball2.5

Speedball 3 became Speedball Arena (full 3D and unreleasee as well...)

Dan Malone kept on dreaming (and sketching) a proper 2D sequel to the point of using both concepts from Bike and Speedball 2.5 and mixing them in a new IP to avoid copyright issues. You can see some artwork in his DeviantArt page.

Dastardly · 10 May 2020, 16:27

I don't know if those are just rough, work in progress sprites or not, but they don't look anywhere near up to the usual Bitmap Brothers, Malone/Coleman standard to me. They look more like the first Xenon era graphics. Very early Amiga feel and not as good as their later work.

If those are drawn by Malone or Coleman then I'm very surprised and can only assume they're rough, pre production placeholders.

skan · 10 May 2020, 17:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dastardly

I don't know if those are just rough, work in progress sprites or not, but they don't look anywhere near up to the usual Bitmap Brothers, Malone/Coleman standard to me. They look more like the first Xenon era graphics. Very early Amiga feel and not as good as their later work.

If those are drawn by Malone or Coleman then I'm very surprised and can only assume they're rough, pre production placeholders.

Mockup from 1990 or so, according to the book.

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dreadnought Registered User Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Ur, Atlantis Posts: 1,899	...which is a good thing The biker looks really rad. The folks are cheering, there are timers and a "bonus", so my money is on a futuristic sport where you race hoverbikes around some crazy levels.

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Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	Looks great, it is so sad we will never see it in montion

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LongLifeA1200 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Amiga Kingdom Posts: 366	Very interesting. I wonder if that working prototype will show up one day. I noticed in the sprite that sometimes the bike lights up and... is the bike firing something?

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kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,185	Looks really nice, too bad it did not get finished :/ Btw: From the book: "The book also reveals for the very first time the fate of unreleased projects, including the high octane Amiga racer ‘Bike’ and a 2D Speedball successor." What is this 2D Speedball successor ?

10 May 2020, 16:27	#9
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	I don't know if those are just rough, work in progress sprites or not, but they don't look anywhere near up to the usual Bitmap Brothers, Malone/Coleman standard to me. They look more like the first Xenon era graphics. Very early Amiga feel and not as good as their later work. If those are drawn by Malone or Coleman then I'm very surprised and can only assume they're rough, pre production placeholders.

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