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Heavy Metal Rider

Heavy Metal Rider is an early arcade motorcycle game. Set the speed, steering, and acceleration of your bike. It's a championship style racing game where you must avoid oil slicks and collect coins to unlock other motorbikes. Race to be the fastest and reach first place.

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Heavy Metal Rider

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A strange little side quest

The mechanics around Heavy Metal Rider have roots that stretch far beyond modern browsers. Silverstone hosted the first Formula 1 World Championship round on May 13, 1950. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. That long chain of experiments is part of why racing still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.

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Heavy Metal Rider is an early arcade motorcycle game. Set the speed, steering, and acceleration of your bike. It's a championship style racing game where you must avoid oil slicks and collect coins to unlock other motorbikes. Race to be the fastest and reach first place.