Saturday, July 27, 2024

Rock 'n Roll Racing for Genesis


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Rock 'n Roll Racing

R.C. Pro-Am. With rock & roll


Genre: racing - isometric

Publisher: Interplay Entertainment

Year: 1994

System: Genesis


Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

RPM Racing at double speed and with classic rock songs playing. Still the same ho hum gameplay, just a faster speed. Controls well enough although the core gameplay is a bit boring. Takes forever to make enough money to buy stuff to upgrade your car.


Level Design Score: 2

Level Design Notes:

Fairly boring track designs. This time they're littered with armor and money ala Super Sprint but there are no features or obstacles in the mostly square tracks. Beyond being a series of right angles the tracks all look about the same. Some variety would've been nice. Only one mode - career mode.


Theme Score: 3

Theme Notes:

Feels again like an "extreme 90s" motif which has not aged well. The setting and character designs seem to almost be aping F-Zero but in a very unattractive way. Not cute. The classic rock is the main feature of the presentation although it doesn't have any logical reason for being here. Whatever


Art Style Score: 2

Art Style Notes:

Bland graphics. Everything has a samey feeling. The animation is well done and moves beautifully but the artwork is just not great.


Audio Score: 3

Audio Notes:

That darn Genesis sound chip rears its ugly head. What am I saying? The Genesis doesn't have a sound chip. In any case, the music is still fun but sounds far worse than the SNES version.


Overall Score: 53

Review ID: 1206



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