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Road Rash was pretty nuts man
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I bought a key off of a user here in the B/S/T thread for a couple of bucks and played it for about an hour and never touched it again. It just didn't feel like Road Rash at all and felt more like some generic arcade game. Did nothing for me.
It's a port of the 3DO version but higher resolution. It still works on modern PCs, but the installer doesn't IIRC. I guess the music rights would prevent it getting a rerelease on Origin or GoG.
Every time I think about Road Rash 3DO, it reminds me of this awesome Hammerbox track that sort of defines that game for me. Every time I hear it I want to load the game up on my Saturn. Such awesome memories of that game.
Yes and it's really good. It looks bad but the gameplay is pure Road Rash awesomeness. It's a lot of fun.
I never played road rash...what I did play was Skitchin' which is basically a twist on road rash on rollerblades and hitching on to the bumpers of moving cars. Youre still beating the living shit out of your rivals with weapons though.
This was one of the games where the game logic was really close to the surface; you never crested a hill in the oncoming lane as a car would ALWAYS appear. That sorta thing.
That use of an idling cycle noise for bass was sublime.
The whole soundtrack was aces.
That use of an idling cycle noise for bass was sublime.
The whole soundtrack was aces.
RR2 on Genesis is my fave too!
I have Road Redemption on Steam. Was part of the kickstarter, too! Its not quite the same as classic RR, but its definitely a spiritial successor and has come quite a long way since the initial esrly access builds.
Jailbreak is fantastic. Bro and I played it a ton back in the day. Bought it recently to play bc on my PS2 and still very fun.
GBA Jailbreak also highly recommended. Also played recently, held up well.
Got this early access on PC/Steam and after my gaming PC went down, got it on Xbone. Very fun too; I probably played the early access more but worth trying out if you like Road Rash. Road Redemption feels like a throwback with a modern enough presentation.
Was Road Rash 64 the one with a track that was just a straight line into a wall everyone ran into at the end? That track was amazing and we just played that over and over
Yes^^
Road Rash 64 is one of my favorite games of all time. Not only was that game just fun to play but the hilarious sound effects throughout the game always made me smile.
I'll still play it every couple of years and have a blast for a few hours.
Road Rash 64 is one of my favorite games of all time. Not only was that game just fun to play but the hilarious sound effects throughout the game always made me smile.
I'll still play it every couple of years and have a blast for a few hours.
Road Redemption is ok, but they kind of gilded the lily. I really just want the basics with updated graphics/physics and long, detailed tracks.
The game is great and I wish they'd make a new one. The RPG progression system had you playing for hours. There's an indie game on Steam that tried to make a spiritual successor, but it's a bit cluttered and sometimes obtuse to engage the combat.
Side note: They remade the first game for PC, SEGA CD, PSone, Jaguar and 3DO, I believe. They had a licensed soundtrack and FMVs. The SEGA CD version played like the Genny game (the others had a new UI and 3D stages), but for some reason it was the only version of the game to play the licensed soundtrack during the races.
1, 2, and 3 were also released on the PSP EA Collection with new music (non-licensed).
Side note: They remade the first game for PC, SEGA CD, PSone, Jaguar and 3DO, I believe. They had a licensed soundtrack and FMVs. The SEGA CD version played like the Genny game (the others had a new UI and 3D stages), but for some reason it was the only version of the game to play the licensed soundtrack during the races.
1, 2, and 3 were also released on the PSP EA Collection with new music (non-licensed).
That game introduced me Soundgarden. I used to play it while using my exercise bike, that was a pretty trippy experience.
Can anybody speak to the technical prowess of the Genesis games? These games played very well compared to other racing games on the Genesis at the time. Hilly terrain was a thing with other Genesis racers but it felt like Road Rash really made use of hills more than another games. It would put multiple hills next to each other or you could launch yourself into the air with them which I don't think other racing games were really doing much of at the time. Seems like there's also a ton of parallax for the backgrounds and the scaling was also pretty convincing. The Sega Genesis did not naturally have Mode 7ish hardware scaling so that all had to be done in software I would imagine? I just compare these to other Genesis racers and walk away thinking that these games were just pushing boundaries in the genre at the time.
Here is Kev Connolly's pre-visualization of a proposed Road Rash sequel. It infused some Burnout elements into the formula.
It may be one of my favourite, long lost franchises. EA is sitting on a huge pile of them and it's a crying shame they are not interested in making an effort to do something with them.
That said, I'd think the art team would have some trouble adapting the original visuals to the modern era. The charicaturesque look of the 1994 reboot is still unmatched, but also a product of its era. I'm sure a talented team would have a lot of fun adapting it.
I can't believe how well Andrew WK fits there. He'd probably make for a hell of a credits/outro song.
That said, I'd think the art team would have some trouble adapting the original visuals to the modern era. The charicaturesque look of the 1994 reboot is still unmatched, but also a product of its era. I'm sure a talented team would have a lot of fun adapting it.
I can't believe how well Andrew WK fits there. He'd probably make for a hell of a credits/outro song.
haha, yeah. I never got the full game but must have played the demo like 1000 times as a kid.
PC version was same as the PS1 version. Both very good. Mega Drive version equally good, but different.
One of the most beautiful things about Road Rash 1994 was how in your face 90's it was. And I'm not the biggest fan of the decade, but it was a killer one for music.
As far as I'm concerned Road Rash is one of the few vidjas from that particular era that aged with actual grace instead of looking corny and outdated in a bad way. Which is to say it's a true classic. I don't even know how a reboot could ever capture the gist of it, specially given the current musical landscape.
Just look at it. Even the logo/splash screen was 90's AF.
Shout out to Road Rash 2 for being the best sequel ever.
Road Rash 3 is a masterpiece. I wish I could be part of EA and force a remake of Road Rash 1/2/3 and combine them into one massive game. I know the game inside out, and I love analyzing how that game was made, one animation at a time. It's beautiful.
No sequels or inspired games will come close, and they always get tempting by cramming too much shit into it. Don't cram shit into Road Rash formula! It's Goddamn perfect. Stop making it into NFS or Burnout!
Also, those Genesis soundtrack are so much better than the "add Grunge music to the game" approach. It was fantastic as a kid but I personally think the original genesis music is godlike.
Question: Where can I find sprites to Road Rash games? I looked everywhere and can't find it.
Road Rash 3 is a masterpiece. I wish I could be part of EA and force a remake of Road Rash 1/2/3 and combine them into one massive game. I know the game inside out, and I love analyzing how that game was made, one animation at a time. It's beautiful.
No sequels or inspired games will come close, and they always get tempting by cramming too much shit into it. Don't cram shit into Road Rash formula! It's Goddamn perfect. Stop making it into NFS or Burnout!
Also, those Genesis soundtrack are so much better than the "add Grunge music to the game" approach. It was fantastic as a kid but I personally think the original genesis music is godlike.
Question: Where can I find sprites to Road Rash games? I looked everywhere and can't find it.
road rash on the sega master system/game gear is a goddamn miracle port:
The music is honestly the only thing that clues you in that you're not playing the Genesis version. How in the goddamn world did they do this?!
The music is honestly the only thing that clues you in that you're not playing the Genesis version. How in the goddamn world did they do this?!
And yet it didn't matter and added to the gameplay. Multiplayer was so much fun.
Road Rash 2 is the high point in a series with few duds. It really got a great balance of everything plus a great 2 player mode.
I loved it! Made me feel I wanted to knock bikers off their bikes in real life when passing them with my car.
My little boy has been playing this a lot recently on my Retropie! He loves it, it's a lot of fun.
I don't think I ever really did races on the Amiga version. I'd just ride 'til I got knocked off the bike, then just run the rest.
I backed this on KS and sadly its not really like Road Rash at all other than you're battling on bikes in races. One of the most important charms about Road Rash was crashing your bike and then having to go and find it and get back on, even running the rest of the race if you knew it was going to blow up. To call yourself a spiritual successor to Road Rash and just ignore such a fundamental part of the original game is just silly. All the little cut scenes after a race was part of the charm also, again this is nothing like that and tbh is pretty bland
