Sports Superbike

Sports Superbike
Based on: Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Developer: Bubble Boy Limited Publisher: Midas Interactive Entertainment Platform: PlayStation Released in EU: September 2000 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text.

A budget version of Castrol Honda Superbike Racing, without any licensed content and only four circuits.

Unused Graphics

CHAMPGLD.TIM, CHAMPSIL.TIM and CHAMPBRZ.TIM, located in the folder D\BFS, are result screen graphics for a Championship Mode, which does not exist in this game.

Unused Text

Unused Text Strings

The game's text strings, which are located in the directory D\BIKE\TEXT, contain several strings that are never seen in-game. These are leftovers from Castrol Honda Superbike Racing, as well as the game it is based on, Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions.

Realism

Riders: &^^^^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s

Steering Damage: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Faring Damage:   &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $

Radiator Damage: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $

Engine Overheat: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Tyre Wear:       &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $

Bike Damage:     &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Bike Setup
Setup Player:&^^^^^^Player1 $^^^^Player2 $
Bike No.:   ^^^^&%d
Final Drive: &^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Gear 1: ^^^^^&%s ^^^P1 $^^P2 $
Gear 2: ^^^^^&%s ^^^P1 $^^P2 $^^P3 $
Gear 3: ^^^^^&%s ^^^P1 $^^P2 $
Gear 4: ^^^^^&%s ^^^P1 $^^P2 $
Gear 5: ^^^^^&%s ^^^P1 $^^P2 $^^P3 $
Gear 6: ^^^^^&%s ^^^P1 $^^P2 $^^P3 $
P1: %s
Bike: %s
P2: %s
Bike: %s

Display
Screen Resolution: &^^^^^\BK\BL^^%s
Detail Level: %s

Championship Restarted

Next Round

320x200
640x480
800x600
High Colour
256 Colour
Perspective
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Level 0
Flat shaded
Low
Medium
High
Off
Some
On
Off
On
Soft
Medium
Hard
Off
On

Championship
Next Race: %s

Players: ^^^^1
Players: ^^^^2 (Split Screen)

Championship

Host
Join
Network
Internet
Serial
Modem
Name:       ^^^^&%s
Front Tyre: &^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Rear Tyre:  &^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Gearbox:    &^^^^^\BK\BL ^^Automatic
Gearbox:    &^^^^^\BK\BL ^^Manual
Setup For:  &^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Full Race (100km)
Abandon Championship

Left
Right
Up
Down
Button 1
Button 2
Button 3
Button 4
Mouse
Key
Joystick
Joypad
Default Controller: &\BK\BL %s
Controller Conflict:
Championship Finished
Choose Controller

Workshop
Network Game
Gravel Traps: &^^^^^^on $^^off $

View Championship Standings

Championship Round

Soft Compound A
Medium Compound A
Hard Compound A
Hard Compound B
Very Hard
Soft Compound A
Soft Compound B
Soft Compound C
Medium Compound A
Medium Compound B
Medium Compound C
Hard Compound A
Hard Compound B
Hard Compound C
Hard Compound D
Unrecognised Compound

Players : &^^^^One $^^^Two (Split Screen) $

Penalties: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Single Player Game
Two Player Game
Sprocket Set %d (Ratio %d/%d)
Congratulations!
You Have Won
The Championship
Championship Over

Joystick 1
Joystick 2
Mouse
Keyboard
Racing Wheel
Joypad

No Available Games Detected
No Network Games Detected
Start Hosting A Network Game
You Are Hosting A Network Game
Start The Race
Quit Network Game
Waiting For Host To Start Game
Network Game Waiting For Riders
Join Network Game
Prepare To Race
Bad Network State
Trying To Join Game
Colours: &^^^^^\BK\BL^^%s
256
HiColour
TrueColour
Hardware Acceleration:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $
Bikes To Render: &^^^^^\BM\BN ^^%s
Level Of Detail:&^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Low
Medium
High

Number Of Players: %d

Fog:&^^^^^^on $^^off $^^random $

Chase Mode:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $
Bonus Cone Mode:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $

Abandon Championship
Network game at %s over %d laps
No network game info
Checking Network Game Status

Realism Settings

Setup Player 1 Bike
Setup Player 2 Bike
XXXXXX UNUSED

Save Championship

Championship Loaded Successfully

EA Credits
Lead Tester^^^^^^^Joe O'Leary
Testers^^^^^^^Mark Amelang
 ^^^^^^^Mike Deir
 ^^^^^^^Scott Parker
Manual creation^^^^^^^Yuri Hospodar
Marketing^^^^^^^David Zemke
Technical Director^^^^^^^Ken Zarifes
Art Director^^^^^^^Tony Lupidi
Executive Producer^^^^^^^Rick Giolito
Producer^^^^^^^Randy Eckhardt
Executive in charge
of Production^^^^^^^Michael Pole, Vice President
Championship Race

Lead Developer^^^^^^^^James Bailey
3D \& Track Modeling^^^^^^^^Daren Morgan
Track Modeling \& Music^^^^^^^^Steve Morgan
Graphic Design^^^^^^^^Tuan Pingster Nguyen
In-Game Graphics^^^^^^^^Imran Hussain
Front End Developer^^^^^^^^Dan Azzopardi
Console Conversion^^^^^^^^Alex Jakes (Bubble Boy Ltd)
Console Conversion^^^^^^^^John Rees (Bubble Boy Ltd)
Simulation Developer^^^^^^^^Vladislav Kaipetsky
Playtester^^^^^^^^Minh Moosey Nguyen
BOS^^^^^^^^Barry Costas
Business Director^^^^^^^^Jeremy Cooke
Producer^^^^^^^^Tony Love

Unused Parameters

The main race configuration parameter file, PLAY\BIKEGAME.CFG, contains two unused text parameters.
The first one, RiderNamesA, refers to the first CPU opponent, whose slot is always taken by the player. Its name would have been J. Alpha.
The second one, HumanPlayerName2, refers to a default name for the second player, which is never seen due to the absence of a 2-player mode in this game. Its name would have been B. Smith, the same as the second CPU opponent.