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*"[[wikipedia:Radar Love|Radar Love]]" ([[wikipedia:Golden Earring|Golden Earring]]; 1973) | *"[[wikipedia:Radar Love|Radar Love]]" ([[wikipedia:Golden Earring|Golden Earring]]; 1973) | ||
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+ | ==Production credits== | ||
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+ | *'''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 | ||
+ | | console=MD | ||
+ | | source=In-game credits | ||
+ | }} | ||
==Magazine articles== | ==Magazine articles== |
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Interplay | ||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Sound Images v1.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Contents
Gameplay
The game features a commentator, and much of its music is based on famous rock tracks.
Characters
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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
Magazine articles
- Main article: Rock n' Roll Racing/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 108
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 31
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 41
- ↑ ', "November 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 262
- ↑ ', "November 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 360
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 194
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 177
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-07)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 197
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 96
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 15
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 27
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 94
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 71
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 68
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 88
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 150
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 111
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 64
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 11
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 49
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 148
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 100
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