Arcade Cabinet

MotoCross Go

Year: 1997, Publisher: Namco, Genre: Racing

Motocross Go! is an arcade video game developed and published by Namco in 1997 in Japan and 1998 worldwide. Motocross Go! replicates a dirt bike. The game’s view is a third-person view, showing the bike and rider from behind, with the road in a central position on the screen. The player uses the handlebar grips to accelerate or brake, and to steer their on-screen avatar by rotating it left and right. The footboard has a mechanism that allows the player to pull the handlebars towards themselves to make the bike and on-screen avatar move backwards, and thus clear the jumps. The bike must be stiffened for the entire length of the jump, otherwise, upon landing, the rider will stealthily lose control of their vehicle and the bike will lose speed.