Cyber Cycles

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Is the rest of the attract mode music in the game's ROM? In-game, only the first 50 seconds are used.

Cyber Cycles is Ridge Racer on two wheels, more or less. One of the tracks featured here actually appeared in Suzuka 8 Hours 2, Namco's previous motorcycle arcade game.

Exception Handler#

If the game ever crashes, it'll display this basic exception handler.

Build Info#

Present at 0xC000 in the MCU.

S22-BIOS ver1.30
namco all rights
reserved
95/04/20

Development Text#

Present at 0x3A9C in memory is text for a test menu.

GAME MODE
POLYGON TEST
SPRITE TEST
COM TEST
SOUND TEST
SCSI MODE
TEST TEST
DEMO PLAY
V151 CYBER CYCLES

Present at 0x3DDC in memory is text for another sound test. Note the references to Yamaha motorcycles (YZF, FZR, and VMAX); VMAX may specifically refer to Wild Hog in particular.

L/R                
GP (YZF R,FZR F)   
NK (VMAX F)        
CCAR (YZF F,YZF R) 
GP (TUNNEL ECHO)   
NK (TUNNEL ECHO)   
YZF (R) BLIP       
FZR (F)            
FZR (F) BLIP       
VMAX (F)           
VMAX (F) BLIP      
YZF (F)            
YZF (F) BLIP       
BGM:
SOUND VOLUME($00-$3f):
UP,DOWN    ... BGM SELECT
LEFT,RIGHT ... VOLUME
B BUTTON   ... BGM START
A BUTTON   ... BGM STOP
PAD2 A BUTTON. COND INC
PAD2 B BUTTON. COND DEC
ENGINE PITCH(R10h) :$
ENGINE COND (R11h) : 
TAKE IS BUSY

Present at 0x9A62 in memory is text for a model viewer.

OBJ NO   
POSI X   
POSI Y   
POSI Z   
ROLL X   
ROLL Y   
ROLL Z   
TYPE     
RATE     
POLYGON  

Regional Differences#

Secret Vehicles#

The Japanese version includes three secret motorcycles, Bari-Pen (BARI-ペン, a penguin in a scooter) and NVR 750R-SP (a version of NVR 750R that is capable of powersliding much like the Wild Hog), plus a faster version of Wild Hog. The commands to unlock are hinted by the following messages, displayed after staff roll (also exclusive to the Japanese version, as it was not translated):

Select NeoYokohama Course and WILD HOG!
Win Race with No Crash, No CourseOut.
So, You Can Get Command for New Bike.

ENTER THESE COMMAND AT BIKE SELECT.
   GRIP BRAKE Anthias:1, WILD HOG:1
                 NVR750:2.

 There are 6 Bikes in CybeR CycleS.
      Did You Play All Bikes ?

The cheats are as follows:

• To unlock Bari-Pen, hold the View Change button after the track selection screen, then highlight Wild Hog and brake three times (red/yellow bike)/once (blue/black), then the NVR 750R and brake once, then the anthias and brake three times (red/yellow)/five times (blue/black), then highlight back the NVR 750R and brake once.
• To unlock NVR 750R-SP, highlight anthias, Wild Hog, and NVR 750R in that order, braking once each time (twice in the NVR 750R highlight). Entering this code and playing as Wild Hog instead will also quietly increase its top speed.

Bari-Pen and NVR 750R-SP can be unlocked together, but because the View Change button is also used to select the player's desired vehicle, Bari-Pen must be unlocked first if the player desires to do so. Additionally, if you managed to win using Bari-Pen and get yourself into the high score rankings, it will appear as anthias there, as well during the attract mode replay highlights.

Others#

• As mentioned above, the ending credits appear only in the Japanese version of the game (and even then, only if winning in single player). Forcibly playing as the Bari-Pen in the English version of the game using emulator cheats will result in the staff roll appearing in Japanese, untranslated, should the player wins.
• On the English version of the game, you are required to press the view change button to start the game once you have sufficient credits inserted to start the game. This also means if you have a leftover credit in the machine after the game ends, the prompt will appear in the title screen.
• anthias has mention of it using an electric motor in the motorcycle selection in the Japanese version. While it was not in the English versions of the game, this fact is not mentioned on the specification sheet posted on the cabinet either.
• During the attract mode, the English version advertises the game's three available cameras in addition to number of linked cabinets, the two tracks and the three (regularly) available bikes.

Revisional Differences#

The Arcade Archives version of the game removes advertisements for YSP Yokohama-Minami (Yamaha Motorcycle Sports Plaza, a chain of motorcycle dealerships) by making them unreadable. The Special Thanks credit for them is still present in the ending credits, however.

References#