Mountain Bike Rally

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Mountain Bike Rally
Developer(s)	Radical Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Life Fitness (exercise bike version) American Softworks (normal version)
Designer(s)	Phillip Tse, Chris Robertson, Mark Slemko, Paul Wilkinson, Martin Sikes, Rory Armes
Platform(s)	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Release date	^NA November 1994 (normal version) ^NA 1995 (exercise bike version) ^[1]
Genre(s)	Bicycle racing game
Mode(s)	Single Player
Rating(s)	ESRB: n/a (not rated)
Media	6-megabit Cartridge
Input methods	Super NES controller or specialized exercise bike

Mountain Bike Rally is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game that is a simulation of real mountain biking. The player can choose from many characters and many mountain bikes ranging from mediocre to excellent in many categories. The player starts in qualifying, and as he/she plays the game more frequently, he/she can qualify for the regionals, nationals, the championship, and the grueling final race where he/she must get first place in order to beat the game. Players will spend literally hours in the easier modes and this game is like exercise for his/her thumbs.

There are a selection of cyclists, including a demon, a California surfer, and a ninja. Each character has a different catch phrase for winning, being in first, being in second, being in third, and everything in between. The only violence in this game comes from the onlookers who throw objects at the bikers to cause damage. Even after being hit several times, the bike is never destroyed. Finding a repair bonus on the track can fix the damage and make the bicycle run faster again. There are also bonuses on the track for points and energy, which gives the player more strength to push his/her bicycle to the limits. When playing this game on emulator, it is sometimes necessary to reset the emulator, as the game can sometimes freeze up on the name entry screen.

Unlike most games, game time is not faster than real time and 10 minutes on a bike in the game is actually 10 minutes in real life. This special effect was originally intended for players to do on their specialized exercise equipment which had to be bought separately, although the game still worked with the normal Super NES controllers. This game received an alternate North American release under the name Cannondale Cup. Although the graphics are the same, the names of the racers, bikes, and locations were all altered.