Action Biker
Developer(s)	Mastertronic
Publisher(s)	Mastertronic
Release date(s)	1985
Genre(s)	Action game, maze game
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Atari 8-bit, C64, ZX Spectrum
Media	Cassette
Input	Joystick, Keyboard

Action Biker (also known as "KP Skips Action Biker with Clumsy Colin" in the UK) is a 1985 game for 8-bit home computers released by Mastertronic. The game was a tie-in with potato snack food KP Skips, whose mascot was "Clumsy Colin" who featured in television adverts for Skips at around the time the game was published.

Gameplay

The player controls the protagonist Clumsy Colin who rides a motorbike and has to navigate a landscape to extra equipment to improve the bike. Once all pieces are collected the player performs a final race against a computer controlled character. There is a time limit, and the player also has a limited number of lives reduced by crashing into background objects.

The Atari and Commodore 64 versions feature an isometric view of the town, which wraps around at the edges. The Spectrum has a different viewpoint.

There are several key areas to the map - the petrol station (where the player can refuel), the lakes (including an island that is initially inaccessible), the rollercoaster (which can be ridden on the C64 and Atari versions) and the building site (which changes shape as the game progresses).

Among the extras collected are a new gearbox (allowing the player to switch to low gear for higher acceleration), water-skis (to allow the player to cross water) and a larger fuel tank.

External links

• Action Biker at MobyGames
• Action Biker map (Atari 8-bit version)
• Action Biker at World of Spectrum

Spectrum screenshot from Action Biker

Commodore 64 screenshot from Action Biker

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