Road Riot 4WD for SNES

Review #463

Road Riot 4WD

Super Terrible Kart

SNES 1992 T*HQ Racing Racing › Arcade
Road Riot 4WD screenshot for SNES
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
1 / 5

Gameplay

Horrendous framerate. It's a good thing the controls are so forgiving because it's nearly impossible to know when to turn.
Wait Howard Phillips is the executive producer?!
4 karts per race.
Screen is always split like SMK
You can shoot with L or R but it doesn't do anything so Zim not sure why it's included.
Racers stay in a pack so you're either in 1st or 4th.

2 / 5

Level Design

Nothing noteworthy. All turns are the same whether they're small or hairpin turns. There's verticality which doesn't go well with the framerate.
Races take place across the world, like in ice, desert, forests etc.

2 / 5

Theme

Silly setting with very not PC NOCs hosting each race.

1 / 5

Art Style

Artwork is pixelated and not too cute but the framerate is awful.

1 / 5

Audio

The Atari pedigree is clear. The sound of the pellets you shoot is the sound from some 2600 game. I can't place it but I know it's from a game. Otherwise terrible sound design. Just like the framerate the sounds are disconnected from what is happening on screen.

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