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| publisher = | released = January 2000Platform game>PlatformSingle-player video game>Single player, multiplayerMicrosoft Windows>Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, BeOS}}Elasto Mania is a platform game released in 2000.WEB,weblink Information - Games - Elasto Mania, Moposite.com, 2016-02-26, It explores the notion of elastic motorcycles. The goal of each level is to touch the flower. Some require the player to collect apples spread throughout it before doing so. There is online competition in trying to finish the levels as fast as possible and setting new world records.WEB,weblink Records - World Records, Moposite, 2015-12-20, 2016-02-26, WEB,weblink Records, Moposite, 2016-02-26, WEB,weblink Records, Moposite, 2016-02-26, Time improvements have often shown to rely on finding new ways to solve the levels.WEB,weblink File:Improvements - Wikimedia Commons, Commons.wikimedia.org, 8 December 2012, 2016-02-26, Advancement also relies on polishing known styles.WEB,weblink Simple RecPlayer by ville_j, Elma.oktobia.org, 2016-02-26,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160303215108weblink">weblink 2016-03-03, dead, WEB,weblink Simple RecPlayer by ville_j, Elma.oktobia.org, 2016-02-26,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150518090238weblink">weblink 2015-05-18, dead,

Gameplay

The player controls a motorbike rider, and has to restart the level if their head or bike's wheels touch a rotating spiky wheel, or their head touches a solid structure (such as a wall).WEB,weblink Elasto Mania Hands On, Bramwell, Tom, Eurogamer, 2008-12-01, Elasto Mania [...] is about doing absurd things easily; and then later it's maximising traction, stopping without tipping, conserving momentum, and flying through the air exactly as you intended. The back-to-the-start punishment for failure might rub us up the wrong way in the long run, but it's just as likely we'll call a truce and celebrate the rest of the ride., All the apples in a level must be collected before the player can touch the flower and proceed to the next level. Only the head and wheels of the driver interact with the level, their body being able to overlap walls without injury.The physical model, such as the elasticity of the bike frame, permits a wide range of tricks to be performed. These range from subtle manoeuvres to increase speed to more dramatic effects, such as an exploit of a reproducible bug in the physical model, allowing for the bike to be propelled some distance up in the air.WEB,weblink MEGA Bounce by Mawane, YouTube, 2016-02-26,

Versions

Elasto Mania was created by Balázs Rózsa as a sequel to the 1997 game titled Action SuperCross. The main differences between both games are the slight change in physics and the addition of twelve internal levels. The demo version contains 18 official levels, while the full one contains 54.WEB,weblink Elasto Mania Home, Elastomania.com, 2016-02-26, In addition to these official "internal" levels, many "external," fan-created levels can be found online, in some cases gathered in level packs.The latest official patch for Elasto Mania is v1.11a. Development of unofficial patches have given rise to v1.3, which features online multiplayer.In August 2014, Elasto Mania 2 was released as an official iOS app.In 2017, Elasto Mania 2 was released on Microsoft Windows.In May 2020, a remastered version of the original Elasto Mania was released on the Steam gaming platform. Later that year, Elasto Mania 2 and Action Supercross were also released on Steam, and a discounted Trilogy Pack of all three games is also available.WEB, Elasto Mania Trilogy Pack on Steam,weblink 2023-02-28, store.steampowered.com, en, In 2022, Elasto Mania Remastered was released on Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation 4 and 5, and XBox One and Series X and S as well as through GOG.com.WEB, Elasto Mania,weblink 2023-02-28, elastomania.com,

Online content

In the early 2000s, players could join the IRC channel "#battle" and compete for the fastest completion time in player-designed levels. Replays of fast completion times were shared on the IRC channel with other players.A community-driven game patch was released since 2006, allowing players to see each other and compete in real-time. A website was launched conjointly with the development of online versions of the game,WEB,weblink Is EOL the holy grail?, Høyer Sørensen, Sune, Blogger (service), Blogger, 2010-02-25, The most important thing [about Elma Online] maybe is the site, that hopefully will bring people together about more than just the current battle and the last five chat lines., 2011-02-27, 2011-07-23,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110723175227weblink">weblink dead, which features statistics and the ability to browse previously battled levels, examining their layout, commenting them, checking their all-time standings,WEB,weblink Elma Online ^ Statistics ^ Level ^ EOLJ0411, Elmaonline.net, 2016-02-26, and downloading their associated replays.WEB,weblink Elma Online ^ Battles ^ 10230 ^, Elmaonline.net, 2011-03-20, 2016-02-26,

Reception

T. Byrl Baker of Computer Gaming World called the physics model "brutally unforgiving".MAGAZINE, Baker, T. Byrl, Shareware Standouts - Elasto Mania, Computer Gaming World, September 2002, 218, 42, Ziff Davis,

See also

• Trials – a similar series of games originally released as a browser game
• X-Moto – a similar game for Linux, Windows, and OS X
• Bike or Die! - a similar game for Palm OS and iOS

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External links

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