Road Rash
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Published by

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developed by

Monkey Do Productions, New Level Software, Inc.

Released

1994

Platforms

3DO, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Windows

Genre

Action, Racing / Driving

Perspective

Behind view

Vehicular

Motorcycle, Street racing

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Description

Road Rash is a remake of the original from the early nineties. For those who've not played the original, you're competing against thirteen other "Road Rashers" who will stop at nothing to win. During the race, you have two options available: you can either do your best to cross the finish line or use your weapon to bring the Rashers to the ground if they give you trouble. Do the latter, and your opponents will do the same to you during the next race.

There are five circuits to race: The City, The Peninsula, Pacific Highway, Sierra Nevada, and Napa Valley. Some of these circuits are dangerous. In addition to the obstacles and traffic you encounter along the way, there are also police motorcycle units that will arrest you if you happen to crash or stop near them. Get caught, and you'll have to pay a fine to get in any more races. If you crash too often, your bike will be wrecked, forcing you to pay for damages. The amount you have to pay depends on the bike you are riding. Once you have completed the first five circuits, you have to race them again another four times - but at a much higher difficulty. Manage to win all five circuits on all levels, and you win the Road Rash cup!

There are about five bikes to choose from, divided into three groups; Rat, Sport, and Super. You start the first level with a Rat bike. As you progress through the levels it will become increasingly important to pick bikes from different classes.

If you have no plans to win the Road Rash cup, you can choose the game's Thrash mode. The difference between this and the other mode is that there is no money involved (i.e., you are not allowed to buy bikes), and you're competing against fourteen opponents. And if you wreck your bike or get busted, you have to start all over again. Regardless of the mode you pick, you will always start in the last place.

The remake also contains FMV movies that usually depict the outcome of the races, as well as limited songs performed by various recording artists, including Soundgarden, Therapy?, Monster Magnet, and Swervedriver. These songs can be changed on-the-fly via the game's options menu.

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Screenshots

Road Rash 3DO Crashed. This guy pulls us out of the way before getting back in his car.

Road Rash Windows You can't escape the long arm of the law!! Hmm... well actually you can

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Alternate Titles

"ロードラッシュ" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

A healthy mixture of fast bikes and brutal violence.	Windows	Steve Hall (348)
Arcade-style Bikes and Bashing	Windows	lamoxlamae (5)
Hardcore racing where boys become men!	PlayStation	Indra was here (20839)

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Critic Reviews

GamePro (US)	PlayStation	Apr, 1996	4.5 out of 5	90
PC Fun (French)	3DO	Nov, 1994	17 out of 20	85
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Oct, 1996	81 out of 100	81
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Windows	Apr 16, 1997		80
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	3DO	Jan 30, 2005	8 out of 10	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	PlayStation	Apr, 1996	78 out of 100	78
Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Dec 27, 1996	74 out of 100	74
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	PlayStation	Mar, 1996	14 out of 20	70
All Game Guide	SEGA Saturn	1999		60
All Game Guide	PlayStation	1999		50

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Sound Devices Supported : Sound Blaster AWE32	2	formercontrib (157961) Oct 11, 2014
I think Sega CD game should be split from here	4	GTramp (80756) Feb 17, 2011

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Trivia

Music

The 3DO version was one of the first games to license music from real bands. That was of course only possible since the introduction of CD-ROMs for games. Electronic Arts struck gold when they signed the college band Soundgarden for the game. By the time of the release in 1994, the group released the breakthrough album Superunknown that debuted at number one on the US Billboard charts and yielded two Grammy Award-winning singles.