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2009 · Arcade · Racing

LightBike

LightBike is a 3D game application for iPhone. You drive the LightBike, which builds walls of light on your track, and beat enemies in cyberspace. Being easy and simple, LightBike excites you all!

Released
29 January 2009
Platforms
AndroidiOS
Genres
ArcadeRacingSports
Developers
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Publishers
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Perspective
Third person
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
Japan

About

LightBike is a snake game inspired by the movie Tron. It was developed by Japanese studio Pankaku and released on January 29, 2009 for iOS. It was followed by LightBike 2. As of 2023, the game has been delisted from App Store.

Keywords

  • online multiplayer
  • snake clone

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LightBike screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

LightBike plays similarly to the light cycle sequences in the Tron movies. The player controls a motorcycle that shoots out a wall of light from behind. To defeat enemies, the wall can be guided in front of opposing bikes, causing them to crash on impact. The game can be played with other people over the Internet; this feature is limited in the free version. The full version of LightBike unlocks local and online multiplayer.

Reception

MacWorld gave LightBike a rating of 4/5 stars, writing "Pankaku has done a great job with LightBike and for £1.79 on the App Store, there's no better way to kill 10 minutes. (Note that a free lite version is available, though only with a single-player mode.) With room to grow, it'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few updates and what the company chooses to add. " SlideToPlay gave the game a rating of 2 out of 4, concluding "LightBike doesn't do enough to keep you interested over the long term."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
iOS19 January 2009Worldwide

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