Rock n' Roll Racing

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Rock n' Roll Racing
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Interplay
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Sound driver: Sound Images v1.2
Genre: Racing
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code US 1994-11 T-125056 EU 1994-11 T-125056-50 UK 1994-11 T-125056-50 AU 199x $99.9599.95 FROC01SMC
Non-Sega versions Game Boy Advance Super NES

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Rock n' Roll Racing is an isometric racing game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and published by Interplay for the Sega Mega Drive. It was released in 1994, several months after the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version when Blizzard had changed their name from Silicon and Synapse.

Gameplay

The game features a commentator, and much of its music is based on famous rock tracks.

Characters

	Snake Sanders
	Cyberhawk
	Ivanzypher
	Katarina Lyons
	Jake Badlands
	Tarquinn
	Olaf the Stout
	Olaf, a character in Blizzard's other game, The Lost Vikings, is playable by entering a cheat code.

History

Development

Rock n' Roll Racing was developed as a sequel to the Super NES game RPM Racing, though Blizzard dropped the idea of it being a direct sequel when the "rock n' roll" theme was brought in.

Legacy

A sequel, Rock & Roll Racing 2: Red Asphalt, was released for the Sony PlayStation.

In February 2021, Rock n' Roll Racing was re-released as part of Blizzard Arcade Collection for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC alongside several versions of The Lost Vikings and Blackthorne. The compilation includes the Mega Drive version, the SNES version, and a "Definitive Edition" with widescreen support, 4-player split screen and other features.

Music

Rock n' Roll Racing features a number of licensed rock tracks, played through the Mega Drive's hardware:

• "Bad to the Bone" (George Thorogood and the Destroyers; 1982)
• "Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf; 1968)
• "Highway Star" (Deep Purple; 1972)
• "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath; 1970)
• "Peter Gunn" (Henry Mancini; 1959)
• "Radar Love" (Golden Earring; 1973)

Production credits

• Game Design: Blizzard Entertainment, Alan Pavlish
• Producers: Feargus Urquhart, Michael Morhaime
• Executive Producer: Alan Pavlish
• Programming: Michael Morhaime, Pat Wyatt, Bob Fitch, Allen Adham
• Artwork: Joeyray Hall, Samwise Didier, Ron Millar
• Additional Artwork: Stu Rose, Clyde Matsumoto, Paul Barton, Anthony Gomez
• Voice: Larry Supermouth Huffman
• Audio Programming: Software Creations, Sound Images
• Quality Assurance Director: Kirk Tome
• Lead Tester: Scott McKelvey
• Additional Testing: Robert Rooke, Ryan Rucinski, Jim Boone, Brian Rollanson, McKay Stewart, everyone at Interplay
• Thanks To: Gilbert Glaze

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Rock n' Roll Racing/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

• EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Megazone (AU) #49: "March 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 60 Cool Gamer (RU) 90 Digitiser (UK) PAL 83 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 75 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9 (RU) 70 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 73 Gamers (DE) PAL 80 Games World: The Magazine (UK) 85 Joker (SI) 90 Joypad (FR) PAL 80 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 69 Mega (UK) PAL 76 Mega Force (FR) PAL 89 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 85 Player One (FR) 90 Play Time (DE) PAL 85 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 90 Sega Force (SE) 75 Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL 81 Todo Sega (ES) 89 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 86 Video Games (DE) PAL 80

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Rock n' Roll Racing

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Cart Manual Manual Back PCB

Mega Drive, AU
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Mega Drive, AU (Alt)
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Technical information

Main article: Rock n' Roll Racing/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 6abab577 MD5 530c58317b5626fa15b77adab0aacc9d SHA-1 9793572b6d64c85c1add0721c3be388ac18777d6	1MB	1994-10	Cartridge (US)
✔	CRC32 bc5a0562 MD5 c0e18a6fbf4e6debd51d0e4d05cca73e SHA-1 c4d84425c007711f006a67d6577fd90f421605e5	1MB	1994-10	Cartridge (EU)