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+ | '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ロードラッシュ) is the first game in the ''[[:Category:Road Rash (franchise)|Road Rash]]'' series of motorcycle racing games developed by [[Electronic Arts]]. Originally released for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in 1991, it was subsequently ported to other consoles, including the [[Sega Master System]] and [[Sega Game Gear]]. | ||
− | + | ==Gameplay== | |
+ | ===Mega Drive version=== | ||
+ | In ''Road Rash'', the player controls a motorcycle racer and competes in illegal street races in California, where competitors are given free will to deliberately injure competitors to get to first place. The player can choose from five courses and must finish in fourth place or higher among fourteen other racers. The bike steers with {{left}} and {{right}}. It accelerates with {{B}} and brakes with {{A}}. The racer can attack neighboring opponents with {{C}}. Some opponents wield clubs, 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 {{up}}+{{C}} or kick them with {{down}}+{{C}}. | ||
− | + | The racer begins the game with $1,000 and earns cash prizes for each successful race. After a race, the player is shown a results screen from which the player can select another course to play with {{Start}} or access a shop with {{C}}. The shop allows the player to use prize winnings 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 (by finishing in fourth place or better) on all five of the game's courses. Higher levels have longer versions of the same courses and faster, more aggressive opponents. The player wins the game by winning a race on each track in all five levels. | |
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− | == | + | 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 {{left}} and {{right}} or stand still by holding {{A}}. 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). |
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− | {{ | + | 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. |
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− | | | + | The game has two-player mode where the players take turns but no simultaneous two-player mode. |
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− | | | + | ====Bikes==== |
− | | | + | {{gallery|widths=200|screens=yes| |
− | + | {{gitem|Road Rash MD, Bikes, Shuriken 400.png|Shuriken 400}} | |
− | | | + | {{gitem|Road Rash MD, Bikes, Panda 600.png|Panda 600}} |
− | | | + | {{gitem|Road Rash MD, Bikes, Banzai 750.png|Banzai 750}} |
− | | | + | {{gitem|Road Rash MD, Bikes, Kamikaze 750.png|Kamikaze 750}} |
− | | | + | {{gitem|Road Rash MD, Bikes, Shuriken 1000.png|Shuriken 1000}} |
− | + | {{gitem|Road Rash MD, Bikes, Ferruci 850.png|Ferruci 850}} | |
− | | | + | {{gitem|Road Rash MD, Bikes, Panda 750.png|Panda 750}} |
− | | | + | {{gitem|Road Rash MD, Bikes, Diablo 1000.png|Diablo 1000}} |
− | | | + | }} |
+ | |||
+ | ====Courses==== | ||
+ | The game has five levels, each containing longer and more dangerous versions of the same courses. | ||
+ | {{InfoTable|imagewidths=320| | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Sierra Nevada | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash MD, Tracks, Sierra Nevada.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Pacific Coast | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash MD, Tracks, Pacific Coast.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Redwood Forest | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash MD, Tracks, Redwood Forest.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Palm Desert | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash MD, Tracks, Palm Desert.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Grass Valley | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash MD, Tracks, Grass Valley.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Master System and Game Gear versions=== | ||
+ | The 8-bit versions of the game are very similar to the Mega Drive version, with the same rules, bikes, and courses. The bike is steered with {{left}} and {{right}} and accelerates with {{1}}. There is no dedicated brake button, but the bike decelerates quickly if the player presses {{down}} after letting off the accelerator. The racer punches with {{2}} and kicks with {{up}}+{{2}}. The player visits the bike shop after every race (rather than having to press a particular button to enter it, as in the Mega Drive version). | ||
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+ | The Master System version retains the alternating two-player mode, but the Game Gear version is solely single-player. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Bikes==== | ||
+ | {{gallery|widths=200|screens=yes| | ||
+ | {{gitem|Road Rash SMS, Bikes, Shuriken 400.png|Shuriken 400}} | ||
+ | {{gitem|Road Rash SMS, Bikes, Panda 600.png|Panda 600}} | ||
+ | {{gitem|Road Rash SMS, Bikes, Banzai 750.png|Banzai 750}} | ||
+ | {{gitem|Road Rash SMS, Bikes, Kamikaze 750.png|Kamikaze 750}} | ||
+ | {{gitem|Road Rash SMS, Bikes, Shuriken 1000.png|Shuriken 1000}} | ||
+ | {{gitem|Road Rash SMS, Bikes, Ferruci 850.png|Ferruci 850}} | ||
+ | {{gitem|Road Rash SMS, Bikes, Panda 750.png|Panda 750}} | ||
+ | {{gitem|Road Rash SMS, Bikes, Diablo 1000.png|Diablo 1000}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Courses==== | ||
+ | The game has five levels, each containing longer and more dangerous versions of the same courses. | ||
+ | {{InfoTable|imagewidths=256| | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Sierra Nevada | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash SMS, Tracks, Sierra Nevada.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Pacific Coast | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash SMS, Tracks, Pacific Coast.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Redwood Forest | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash SMS, Tracks, Redwood Forest.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Palm Desert | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash SMS, Tracks, Palm Desert.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{InfoRow | ||
+ | | title=Grass Valley | ||
+ | | screenshot=Road Rash SMS, Tracks, Grass Valley.png | ||
+ | | desc= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==History== | ||
+ | ===Legacy=== | ||
+ | The game inspired a series and was followed by further installments for various platforms, including ''[[Road Rash II]]'' and ''[[Road Rash 3: Tour De Force]]'' for the Mega Drive. | ||
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+ | All three of the Mega Drive ''Road Rash'' games were re-released for the [[PlayStation Portable]] as part of the ''EA Replay'' compilation in 2006. | ||
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+ | ==Versions== | ||
+ | The Master System version of ''Road Rash'' retains the vast majority of content over its Mega Drive counterpart, though most of the graphics were re-drawn for the smaller resolution and fewer colours given by the hardware. On the Master System, the top speed is lowered, and much of the road-side scenery has been removed, and there appears to be fewer racers on the track at any given time. While the track layouts are broadly the same, hills are less pronounced on the Master System, and take longer to complete due to the aforementioned speed issues. | ||
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+ | All digitised sound has been removed, as has the rev counter in the HUD. The Game Gear port is much the same as the Master System conversion, but has to reduce the size of its HUD further in order to fit all important details onto the screen. This also means less of the road is visible to the player. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Production credits== | ||
+ | ===Mega Drive version=== | ||
+ | {{creditstable| | ||
+ | *'''Programmers:''' Dan Geisler, Walter Stein | ||
+ | *'''Art:''' Arthur Koch, Jeff Fennel, Sheryl Knowles, [[Cynthia Hamilton]], [[Connie Braat]], [[Paul Vernon]], Peggy Brennan | ||
+ | *'''Sound and Music:''' [[Rob Hubbard]], [[Mike Bartlow]] | ||
+ | *'''Production:''' Randy Breen | ||
+ | *'''Technical Direction:''' [[Carl Mey]] | ||
+ | *'''Production Assistant:''' Michael Lubuguin | ||
+ | | source=In-game credits | ||
+ | | pdf=Road Rash MD credits.pdf | ||
+ | | console=MD | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{hr}} | ||
+ | {{multicol| | ||
+ | {{creditstable| | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Randy Breen | ||
+ | *'''Programming:''' Dan Geisler, Walter Stein, Carl Mey | ||
+ | *'''Art:''' Arthur Koch, Jeff Fennel, [[Cynthia Hamilton]], [[Connie Braat]], Paul Vernon, Sheryl Knowles, Peggy Brennen | ||
+ | *'''Technical Director:''' Carl Mey | ||
+ | *'''Sounds and Music:''' Mike Bartlow, Rob Hubbard | ||
+ | *'''Assistant Producer:''' Michael Lubuguin | ||
+ | *'''Product Management:''' Lesley Mansford | ||
+ | *'''Package Design:''' Arias & Saraille | ||
+ | *'''Package Photography:''' Robert Fujioka | ||
+ | *'''Documentation:''' Andrea Smith | ||
+ | *'''Documentation Layout:''' Jennie Maruyama | ||
+ | *'''Programming Tools:''' Dominique Philipine, Sefen Hsu | ||
+ | *'''Testing:''' Michael Lubuguin, Mike Wallis, Steve Matulac, Marjorie Martin | ||
+ | *'''Quality Assurance:''' Steve Barry | ||
+ | | source=US manual | ||
+ | | pdf=Road Rash MD US Manual.pdf | ||
+ | | pdfpage=14 | ||
+ | | console=MD | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Master System and Game Gear versions=== | ||
+ | {{creditstable| | ||
+ | *'''A Conversion By:''' Gary Priest | ||
+ | *'''Programming and Graphic Conversion:''' Gary Priest | ||
+ | *'''Music and SFX:''' [[Krisalis]] | ||
+ | *'''Production:''' Greg Michael, Tony Porter | ||
+ | *'''Published under license by:''' [[U.S. Gold|U.S.Gold Ltd.]] | ||
+ | *'''Licensed by:''' [[Sega|Sega Enterprises Ltd.]] | ||
+ | :'''© 1991, 1993 [[Electronic Arts|Electronic Arts Inc.]]''' | ||
+ | | source=In-game credits | ||
+ | | pdf=Road Rash GG credits.png | ||
+ | | console=GG,SMS | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | ==Magazine articles== | ||
+ | {{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}} | ||
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+ | ==Promotional material== | ||
+ | {{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Promotional material}} | ||
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+ | ==Physical scans== | ||
+ | ===Mega Drive version=== | ||
+ | {{ratings|MD}} | ||
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+ | | cover=Roadrash md jp cover.jpg | ||
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+ | | carttop=RoadRash MD JP CartTop.jpg | ||
+ | | item1=RoadRash MD JP pcb.jpg | ||
+ | | item1name=PCB | ||
+ | | manual=RoadRash MD JP Manual.pdf | ||
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+ | | console=Mega Drive | ||
+ | | region=ZA | ||
+ | | cover=RoadRash MD ZA Box.jpg | ||
+ | | cart=RoadRash MD US Cart.jpg | ||
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− | ===Master System | + | ===Master System version=== |
− | {{ratings | + | {{ratings|SMS}} |
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| console=Master System | | console=Master System | ||
| region=EU (Kixx re-release) | | region=EU (Kixx re-release) | ||
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+ | | cart=RoadRash SMS EU Cart.jpg | ||
+ | }}{{Scanbox | ||
+ | | console=Master System | ||
+ | | region=AU | ||
+ | | cover=RoadRash SMS AU cover.jpg | ||
+ | | cart=RoadRash SMS AU Cart.jpg | ||
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+ | }}{{Scanbox | ||
+ | | console=Master System | ||
+ | | region=BR | ||
+ | | cover=RoadRash SMS BR Box.jpg | ||
+ | | cart=Roadrash sms br cart.jpg | ||
+ | | manual=RoadRash SMS BR Manual.pdf | ||
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− | ===Game Gear | + | ===Game Gear version=== |
− | {{ratings | + | {{ratings|GG}} |
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| region=US | | region=US | ||
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+ | | manual=Roadrash gg us manual.pdf | ||
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- For the Sega Mega-CD game, see Road Rash (Mega-CD). For the Sega Saturn game, see Road Rash (Saturn).
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Publisher: Electronic Arts (US/EU) Electronic Arts Victor (JP) U.S. Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Electronic Arts Probe Software | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting companies: Krisalis Software (audio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Rob Hubbard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1], Racing[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Road Rash (ロードラッシュ) is the first game in the Road Rash series of motorcycle racing games developed by Electronic Arts. Originally released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1991, it was subsequently ported to other consoles, including the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear.
Contents
Gameplay
Mega Drive version
In Road Rash, the player controls a motorcycle racer and competes in illegal street races in California, where competitors are given free will to deliberately injure competitors to get to first place. 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
. The racer can attack neighboring opponents with
. Some opponents wield clubs, 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. After a race, the player is shown a results screen from which the player can select another course to play with START or access a shop with . The shop allows the player to use prize winnings 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 (by finishing in fourth place or better) on all five of the game's courses. Higher levels have longer versions of the same courses and faster, more aggressive opponents. The player wins the game by winning a race on each track 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 has two-player mode where the players take turns but no simultaneous two-player mode.
Bikes
Courses
The game has five levels, each containing longer and more dangerous versions of the same courses.
Sierra Nevada | |
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Pacific Coast | |
Redwood Forest | |
Palm Desert | |
Grass Valley | |
Master System and Game Gear versions
The 8-bit versions of the game are very similar to the Mega Drive version, with the same rules, bikes, and courses. The bike is steered with and
and accelerates with
. There is no dedicated brake button, but the bike decelerates quickly if the player presses
after letting off the accelerator. The racer punches with
and kicks with
+
. The player visits the bike shop after every race (rather than having to press a particular button to enter it, as in the Mega Drive version).
The Master System version retains the alternating two-player mode, but the Game Gear version is solely single-player.
Bikes
Courses
The game has five levels, each containing longer and more dangerous versions of the same courses.
Sierra Nevada | |
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Pacific Coast | |
Redwood Forest | |
Palm Desert | |
Grass Valley | |
History
Legacy
The game inspired a series and was followed by further installments for various platforms, including Road Rash II and Road Rash 3: Tour De Force for the Mega Drive.
All three of the Mega Drive Road Rash games were re-released for the PlayStation Portable as part of the EA Replay compilation in 2006.
Versions
The Master System version of Road Rash retains the vast majority of content over its Mega Drive counterpart, though most of the graphics were re-drawn for the smaller resolution and fewer colours given by the hardware. On the Master System, the top speed is lowered, and much of the road-side scenery has been removed, and there appears to be fewer racers on the track at any given time. While the track layouts are broadly the same, hills are less pronounced on the Master System, and take longer to complete due to the aforementioned speed issues.
All digitised sound has been removed, as has the rev counter in the HUD. The Game Gear port is much the same as the Master System conversion, but has to reduce the size of its HUD further in order to fit all important details onto the screen. This also means less of the road is visible to the player.
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Programmers: Dan Geisler, Walter Stein
- Art: Arthur Koch, Jeff Fennel, Sheryl Knowles, Cynthia Hamilton, Connie Braat, Paul Vernon, Peggy Brennan
- Sound and Music: Rob Hubbard, Mike Bartlow
- Production: Randy Breen
- Technical Direction: Carl Mey
- Production Assistant: Michael Lubuguin
- Producer: Randy Breen
- Programming: Dan Geisler, Walter Stein, Carl Mey
- Art: Arthur Koch, Jeff Fennel, Cynthia Hamilton, Connie Braat, Paul Vernon, Sheryl Knowles, Peggy Brennen
- Technical Director: Carl Mey
- Sounds and Music: Mike Bartlow, Rob Hubbard
- Assistant Producer: Michael Lubuguin
- Product Management: Lesley Mansford
- Package Design: Arias & Saraille
- Package Photography: Robert Fujioka
- Documentation: Andrea Smith
- Documentation Layout: Jennie Maruyama
- Programming Tools: Dominique Philipine, Sefen Hsu
- Testing: Michael Lubuguin, Mike Wallis, Steve Matulac, Marjorie Martin
- Quality Assurance: Steve Barry
Master System and Game Gear versions
- A Conversion By: Gary Priest
- Programming and Graphic Conversion: Gary Priest
- Music and SFX: Krisalis
- Production: Greg Michael, Tony Porter
- Published under license by: U.S.Gold Ltd.
- Licensed by: Sega Enterprises Ltd.
- © 1991, 1993 Electronic Arts Inc.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Road Rash/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Road Rash/Promotional material.
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Game Gear version
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Technical information
- Main article: Road Rash/Technical information.
References
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- ↑ File:Roadrash md jp cover.jpg
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- ↑ File:Road Rash MD credits.pdf
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- ↑ File:Road Rash GG credits.png
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Road Rash games for Sega systems | |
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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) | |
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Skitchin' (1994) | Face Plant (unreleased) |
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