<s>
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
is	O
a	O
racing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Toaplan	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
May	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
,	O
players	O
compete	O
against	O
computer-controlled	O
opponents	O
in	O
races	O
across	O
locations	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
and	O
X68000	B-Device
by	O
different	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
video	O
game	O
magazines	O
and	O
dedicated	O
outlets	O
that	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
when	O
it	O
launched	O
in	O
arcades	O
and	O
its	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
former	O
Toaplan	O
member	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
and	O
now-affiliate	O
of	O
Japanese	O
arcade	B-Application
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
alongside	O
many	O
other	O
Toaplan	O
IPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
is	O
a	O
top-down	O
motorcycle	O
road	O
racing	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
observe	O
from	O
above	O
and	O
races	O
across	O
six	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
stages	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
two	O
bonus	O
stages	O
,	O
taking	O
place	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
of	O
crossing	O
the	O
finish	O
line	O
by	O
passing	O
an	O
established	O
number	O
of	O
competitors	O
before	O
doing	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fuel	O
is	O
a	O
major	O
obstacle	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
as	O
players	O
must	O
refuel	O
their	O
bike	O
by	O
stopping	O
at	O
the	O
filling	O
station	O
,	O
however	O
this	O
will	O
also	O
cause	O
competitors	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
never	O
run	O
out	O
of	O
fuel	O
and	O
running	O
out	O
of	O
it	O
results	O
in	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
unless	O
more	O
credits	O
are	O
inserted	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
occasions	O
,	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
will	O
come	O
and	O
drop	O
an	O
item	O
to	O
the	O
road	O
during	O
races	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
turbo	B-Application
(	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
increased	O
a	O
second	O
time	O
by	O
picking	O
up	O
the	O
turbo	B-Application
item	O
again	O
)	O
to	O
helper	O
bikers	O
that	O
guards	O
the	O
players	O
from	O
crashing	O
against	O
rival	O
racers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
worldwide	O
in	O
May	O
1988	O
by	O
Taito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
June	O
1989	O
,	O
an	O
album	O
containing	O
music	O
from	O
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
and	O
other	O
Toaplan	O
games	O
was	O
published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Datam	O
Polystar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
June	O
1990	O
,	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
port	O
of	O
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Visco	O
Corporation	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
later	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Romstar	O
on	O
September	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
May	O
1991	O
,	O
The	O
title	O
later	O
received	O
a	O
faithful	O
conversion	O
to	O
the	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
by	O
SPS	O
and	O
only	O
published	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Sharp	O
Corporation	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
contains	O
several	O
minor	O
differences	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
modified	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
,	O
missing	O
animations	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
conversion	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
alongside	O
Slap	O
Fight	O
MD	O
by	O
M.N.M	O
Software	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
on	O
their	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
1988	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
most-popular	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
ports	O
of	O
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
were	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
X68000	B-Device
version	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
relatively	O
popular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
IPs	O
from	O
Toaplan	O
are	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
named	O
after	O
Truxton	O
's	O
Japanese	O
title	O
that	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
former	O
Toaplan	O
employee	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
now	O
affiliated	O
with	O
arcade	B-Application
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
.	O
</s>
