Skitchin'

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Skitchin'
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Kevin Pickell
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9559.95[3] 720501
Sega Mega Drive
EU
E278SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
PT
MDJEA298
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR

Skitchin' is a Sega Mega Drive game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It is, as its box says, Road Rash but on roller skates. Its name comes from the art of Skitching or "skate-hitching".

Production credits

  • Programmers: Lance Wall, Daniel Wesley, Lee Ingraham
  • Artists: Tony Lee, Jack Snowden, Cindy Green
  • Tunes and FX: Jeff Dyck
  • Design: Dave Warfield
  • Additional Programming: Kevin Pickell, Ted Sylka, Brian Plank, Mike Kiernan, Brian Krause
  • Additional Art: David Adams, Mike Smith, Suzan Germic
  • Graffiti Artists: Carlos Zelaya, Zack Benwell, Nelson Garcia, Cindy Green
  • Stuntman: Troy Mannering
  • Filming Director: Jack Snowden
  • Original Concept: Dave Ralston
  • Executive Producer: Sam Nelson
  • Producer: Stan Chow
  • Assistant Producer: Wayne Radford
  • Quality Assurance: Lee Patterson, John Santamaria
  • Creative Development: Greg Suarez, Paul Vernon
  • Product Manager: Lisa Higgins
  • Special Thanks To: Ivana Petrak
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Skitchin'/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #18: "April 1994" (1994-02-28)
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Print advert in Gamestar (AU) #1: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
77 №30, p146/147
82 №149, p77[6]
98 №57, p28/29[3]
84 №15, p44/45
81 №28, p104/105
81 №20, p48/49
80 №18, p30/31
82 №11, p19
83 №27, p42/43/44/45
78 №18, p64-66[2]
85 №40, p86/87
86 №3, p102/103
76 №52, p52/53
84 №29, p76/77[7]
88 №26, p10
Sega Mega Drive
83
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[8]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
67
[9]
Console Mania (IT) PAL
86
[10]
Consoles + (FR)
77
[11]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
82
[6]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
86
[13]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
100
[14]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
58
[15]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[16]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
77
[17]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
98
[18]
Gamers (DE)
47
[19]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
84
[20]
Gamestar (AU) PAL
78
[21]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
78
[22]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[23]
Hyper (AU)
89
[24]
Joypad (FR) PAL
81
[25]
Joypad (HU)
90
[26]
Max Overload! (UK) PAL
92
[27]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
81
[28]
Mega (UK) PAL
80
[29]
Mega Action (UK)
82
[30]
Mega Force (FR)
85
[31]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
65
[32]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
81
[33]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
83
[34]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
78
[2]
Megazone (AU)
72
[35]
Player One (FR)
85
[36]
Play Time (DE) PAL
74
[37]
Power Up! (UK)
75
[38]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
76
[39]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
86
[40]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
76
[41]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
84
[7]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
74
[42]
Sega Force (SE)
59
[43]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
88
[44]
Super Juegos (ES)
84
[45]
Todo Sega (ES) PAL
79
[46]
Tricks (RU)
78
[47]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
79
[48]
Video Games (DE) PAL
61
[49]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
60
[50]
Sega Mega Drive
78
Based on
46 reviews

Skitchin'

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Skitchin MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
2MB Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. File:CVG UK 147.pdf, page 122
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 File:MeanMachinesSega18UK.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega18UK.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:GamePro US 057.pdf, page 30
  4. GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 84
  5. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 76
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:CVG UK 149.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 149.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:SegaPro UK 29.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 29.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 210
  9. Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1994" (DE; 1994-06-06), page 53
  10. Console Mania, "Aprile 1994" (IT; 1994-0x-xx), page 82
  11. Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 146
  12. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 189
  13. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "April 1994" (US; 1994-03-22), page 56
  14. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1994" (US; 1994-05-24), page 78
  15. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  16. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 358
  17. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 4 April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 58
  18. GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 28
  19. Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 50
  20. GamesMaster, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 44
  21. Gamestar, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 64
  22. Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 18
  23. Game Informer, "December 2000" (US; 2000-1x-xx), page 164
  24. Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
  25. Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 104
  26. Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 15
  27. Max Overload!, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-22), page 36
  28. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 48
  29. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 30
  30. Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 19
  31. Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 110
  32. Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 107
  33. Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 66
  34. MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 19
  35. Megazone, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-02-23), page 30
  36. Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  37. Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 158
  38. Power Up!, "Saturday, May 14, 1994" (UK; 1994-05-14), page 1
  39. Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 30
  40. Sega Magazine, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 102
  41. Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 52
  42. Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 48
  43. Sega Force, "5/94" (SE; 1994-08-10), page 16
  44. Sonic the Comic, "May 27th 1994" (UK; 1994-05-14), page 10
  45. Super Juegos, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 66
  46. Todo Sega, "Mayo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 66
  47. Tricks, "2/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
  48. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 164
  49. Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 102
  50. VideoGames, "April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 64



Road Rash games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
Road Rash (1991) | Road Rash II (1992) | Road Rash 3: Tour De Force (1995)
Sega Master System
Road Rash (1994)
Sega Game Gear
Road Rash (1994)
Sega Mega-CD
Road Rash (1995)
Sega Saturn
Road Rash (1996)
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Sega Mega Drive
Skitchin' (1994) | Face Plant (unreleased)