Super Hang-On

The arcade mode in Super Hang-On is similar to the original Hang-On, but there is a choice of four tracks to race on which are based on continents, each containing a different number of stages. 2 mph), a turbo mode is enabled. 4 mph). Each stage is roughly half the length of a stage in the original Hang-On.

Africa is the easiest and shortest out of the four courses (six stages). Asia is the second easiest and is similar in length to the course from the original Hang-On at ten stages long. The Americas is the second toughest course, containing 14 stages, and Europe is the hardest course, being 18 stages long. When the player starts a race, they can choose from four songs to play during gameplay, a feature borrowed from Out Run.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Super Hang-On as the most successful upright arcade unit of May 1987. The ride-on cabinet went on to become Japan's second highest-grossing upright/cockpit arcade game of 1987, below Sega's own Out Run. It was later Japan's seventh highest-grossing arcade game of 1988.

Peter Shaw of Your Sinclair reviewed the arcade game, calling it "brilliant, fast and the most accurate simulation of riding a motorbike" he had played. Mega Action reviewed the Mega Drive version and called it one of the best driving games for the system, giving it a score of 89%.