Road Rash II

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Road Rash II
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts (US, Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)
Developer: Electronic Arts
Supporting companies: E.J. Sarraille Design Group (package design)
Distributor: Majesco Sales (US re-release), Ecofilmes (PT), Hent Gruppen (SE rental), Electronic Arts Australasia (AU), Tec Toy (BR), Consumer Electronics (ZA)
Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Rob Hubbard
Genre: Racing
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-07-23 ¥8,9008,900 EM20014 US 1992-12 $49.9549.95 714601 US ▼ (Sega Channel) 199x SUBsub EU 1992-12-04 E160SMX1 EU (EA Classics) 1996-09-13 EAX02401039I EU (EA Classics; ELSPA sticker) 199x EAX02401039I DE (EA Classics) 1996 EAX02401039I PT 199x UK 1993-01 £39.9939.99 E160SMX1 SE (Rental) 199x GR 199x CZ 199x AU 199x BR 199x ZA 199x
Non-Sega versions Game Boy Color

Road Rash II (ロードラッシュII) is a sequel to Road Rash and was released exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive in 1992.

A Sega Game Gear version was planned for December 1994 and even reviewed by some gaming magazines, but was cancelled for unknown reasons. There is a suggestion that this version was reworked to become the Game Gear version of Kawasaki Superbike Challenge.

Gameplay

Two-player split screen

The game is a motorcycle racing game taking place in a number of settings across the United States, consisting of Hawaii, Arizona, Tennessee, Alaska, and Vermont. The player can choose from five courses and must finish in fourth place or higher among fourteen other racers. The bike steers with and . It accelerates with and brakes with . Higher-end bikes are equipped with nitrous oxide charges, which can provide a burst of speed if the player quickly taps twice. The racer can attack neighboring opponents with . Some opponents wield weapons such as clubs and chains, which can be taken and used by the racer if the opponent is attacked as they are holding the club out to strike. The racer can backhand opponents with + or kick them with +.

The racer begins the game with $1,000 and earns cash prizes for each successful race. The player can access a shop from the game's main menu, from which prize winnings can be used to purchase several bikes of differing weights, speeds, and steering capabilities. The player receives a password at the end of a successful race for continuing. The player advances to the next level after winning a race on all five courses. With each subsequent level, the cash prizes become higher, the courses become longer, and the opponents become more aggressive. The player wins the game by winning a race on each course in all five levels.

Race courses are littered with everything from hills to traffic to roadside obstacles that can hurt a competitor or the player, and since the races run in real time, crashing is costly. The racer is ejected from the bike after a crash or if the racer runs out of stamina (shown in the bottom-left corner of the screen) from fights with opponents. In this event, the racer automatically runs back toward the bike, though the player can alter their course and avoid incoming traffic with and or stand still by holding . Stamina recovers over time. Opponents are likewise ejected from their bikes if their own stamina is depleted (shown in the bottom-right corner of the screen).

The bike has its own "damage meter" between the racer's and opponents' stamina meters, which decreases every time the racer suffers a crash. The bike is wrecked if the meter fully depletes, which ends the player's participation in the current race and deducts the cost of a repair bill from the racer's balance. Motor officers make sporadic appearances throughout the game's tracks, which can also end the player's participation if they apprehend the racer following a crash, also deducting the cost of a fine from their balance. If the racer lacks the funds to cover either a repair bill or a fine, the game ends.

The game features a two-player mode that can either be played intermittently between players or simultaneously with a split screen. Two players can either race against each other along with other computer-controlled racers (Split Screen) or compete as the only two racers on the track (Mano a Mano). In this mode, the players can select a weapon to wield prior to the start of the race, and no money is won or lost, though officers still appear as an obstacle and can end the race if they apprehend one of the players.

Bikes

Bikes are divided into three classes, each progressively faster than the last.

Ultra Light

Shuriken 400

Panda 900

Panda 500

Banzai 7.11

Shuriken TT 250

Super Bikes

Panda 600

Shuriken 1000

Banzai 600

Diablo 1000

Banzai 750

Nitro Class

Banzai 600 N

Banzai 7.11 N

Banzai 750 N

Diablo 1000 N

Shuriken 1000 N

Courses

The game has five levels, each containing longer and more dangerous versions of the same courses.

	Gold Rush, Alaska
	Smokin' Mountain, Tennessee
	Maple Run, Vermont
	Molokai Express, Hawaii
	Hoodoo's Revenge, Arizona

History

Legacy

The game re-released for the PlayStation Portable as part of the compilation EA Replay in 2006, along with the two other Mega Drive Road Rash games. It was also included in the Mega Drive Mini, released in 2019.

Production credits

• Programming: Dan Geisler, Matthew Hubbard
• Art: Arthur Koch, Matthew Sarconi, Keith Bullen, Peggy Brennan
• Sound and Music: Rob Hubbard, Don Veca, Tony Berkeley
• Production: Randy Breen
• Technical Direction: Kevin McGrath
• Production Assistant: Steve Murray

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In-game credits

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• Japanese Localization: Electronic Arts Victor Inc.
• Translation and Conversion: Mitsu Mori
• Japanese Messages: Ryutaro Hayase, Yasuhiro Suzuki
• Programming: Yuichi Yamaguchi, Kazuyo Uozumi
• Art: Yuji Kaneko
• Production: Kunio Yukinaga
• Technical Direction: Hitoshi Akashi
• Playtesters: E.Hirai, O.Nojima, N.Ogata, T.Iwama
• Special Thanks to: Leland Madren, Mayako Maekawa

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In-game credits (JP)

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• Design: Randy Breen, Dan Geisler
• Programming: Dan Geisler, Matthew Hubbard, Walt Stein
• Art: Arthur Koch, Matthew Sarconi, Keith Bullen, Peggy Brennan
• Producer: Randy Breen
• Associate Producer: Steve Murray
• Technical Director: Kevin McGrath
• Sounds and Music: Rob Hubbard, Don Veca, Tony Berkeley
• Product Management: Frank Gibeau
• Package Design: E.J. Sarraille Design Group
• Documentation/Character Development: J. Poolos
• Documentation Layout: Corey Higgins
• Track Layout & Testing: Steve Murray, Steve Matulac, Sheri Sarks, Jeff Glazier, Steve Imes, Yun Shin, Robert Zalot
• Tools: Rod Ang, David Walter, Walt Stein
• Quality Assurance: Terrence Chin, Kevin Hogan
• Software Artist Photographer: Rosalind Delligatti

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US manual

Digital manuals

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  Mega Drive Mini US manual

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  Mega Drive Mini EU manual

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  Mega Drive Mini JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Road Rash II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 70 Bad Influence! (UK) PAL 92 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 63 Consoles + (FR) 94 Cool Gamer (RU) 70 Dengeki Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J 57 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 78 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10 (RU) 80 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 93 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 65 GameFan (US) 93 Game Mania (UK) 88 Game Power (IT) 82 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 93 Gamers (DE) 73 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 80 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 75 Joypad (FR) PAL 82 Joystick (FR) PAL 85 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL 84 Mega (UK) PAL 91 Mega Action (UK) 90 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U 72 MegaTech (UK) PAL 88 Megazin (SI) 76 Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) 83 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 93 Player One (FR) 97 Play Time (DE) 79 Power Up! (UK) 88 Power Play (DE) 59 Score (CZ) 60 Sega Power (UK) PAL 94 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 92 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 92 Sega Zone (UK) PAL 93 Sega Force (SE) 91 Sega Force (UK) PAL 85 Sega Mega Drive Review (RU) 86 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 80 Supersonic (FR) 83 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 88 Video Games (DE) PAL 73

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Technical information

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References

Road Rash games for Sega systems
	Road Rash (1991) | Road Rash II (1992) | Road Rash 3: Tour De Force (1995)
	Road Rash (1994)
	Road Rash (1994)
	Road Rash (1995)
	Road Rash (1996)
Related games
	Skitchin' (1994) | Face Plant (unreleased)