Re-Volt
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| Developer(s) | Iguana Entertainment London |
| Publisher(s) | Acclaim Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 1999 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast |
Re-Volt is a remote control car racing video game released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1999. It made appearances on the PlayStation, PC CD-Rom, Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast, with a prequel RC Revenge for PlayStation and with a sequel RC Revenge Pro for PlayStation 2. In 2006 Canadian game publisher Throwback Entertainment acquired the license and publishing rights to Re-Volt and has confirmed a next-generation version is on the way.
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[edit] Gameplay
The game featured 28 stock cars and 14 tracks including a stunt arena for free roaming. Cars come in two fuel variants; electric and glow (internal combustion). As well as this, their driving ability places them into various categories so that they race against other cars of similar capabilities. These categories are: Rookie, Amateur, Advanced, Semi-Pro and Pro. Tracks are also categorized depending on their difficulty to master and win. These categories are: Easy, Medium, Hard and Extreme. Cars and tracks are both unlocked through success in the game's tournament modes.
[edit] Multiplayer
Re-Volt's multiplayer mode has two game modes: "Single Race" and "Battle Tag." Single Race allows 2-4 players to race on the normal, single-player tracks. Battle Tag puts players in one of four special arenas: Neighbourhood, Garden, Supermarket and Museum. The players must find and pick up a star that is hidden somewhere in the level. When a player takes the star, their timer starts counting down. By coming within proximity of the player with the star, other players can steal the star, thus starting his timer and stopping the opponent's. A player wins when his timer runs out.
There is Re-volt room in GameSpy where all players can join multiplayer games and also the game can be played with Hamachi. There is other multiplayer lobby application for Re-Volt called RV House where other players can be found to play with.
[edit] Cars
The following cars are available in Re-Volt (listed with fuel type and rank):
| Car | Fuel | Rank |
| RC Bandit | Electric | Rookie |
| Dust Mite | Electric | Rookie |
| Phat Slug | Electric | Rookie |
| Col. Moss | Electric | Rookie |
| Harvester | Electric | Rookie |
| Dr. Grudge | Electric | Rookie |
| Volken Turbo | Electric | Rookie |
| Sprinter XL | Electric | Rookie |
| RC San | Electric | Amateur |
| Candy Pebbles | Electric | Amateur |
| Genghis Kar | Electric | Amateur |
| Aquasonic | Glow | Amateur |
| Mouse | Electric | Amateur |
| Evil Weasel | Electric | Advanced |
| Panga TC | Glow | Advanced |
| R6 Turbo | Glow | Advanced |
| NY 54 | Glow | Advanced |
| Bertha Ballistics | Electric | Advanced |
| Pest Control | Glow | Semi-Pro |
| Adeon | Glow | Semi-Pro |
| Pole Poz | Electric | Semi-Pro |
| Zipper | Glow | Semi-Pro |
| Rotor | Electric | Semi-Pro |
| Cougar | Glow | Pro |
| Humma | Glow | Pro |
| Toyeca | Glow | Pro |
| AMW | Glow | Pro |
| Panga | Glow | Pro |
[edit] Tracks
The following single-player race tracks are available in Re-Volt (listed with difficulty and length):
| Track | Difficulty | Length (in meters) |
| Toys in the Hood 1 | Easy | 747 |
| Supermarket 2 | Easy | 301 |
| Museum 2 | Easy | 600 |
| Botanical Garden | Easy | 323 |
| Toy World 1 | Medium | 354 |
| Ghost Town 1 | Medium | 324 |
| Toy World 2 | Medium | 444 |
| Toys in the Hood 2 | Hard | 592 |
| Toytanic 1 | Hard | 747 |
| Museum 1 | Hard | 668 |
| Supermarket 1 | Extreme | 502 |
| Ghost Town 2 | Extreme | 492 |
| Toytanic 2 | Extreme | 742 |
[edit] User created add-ons
However it was soon discovered by racers that the game was highly customizable and this led to a large and thriving community at several websites across the web. As interest grew, people eventually discovered the ability to match the standard set by Acclaim. New cars and tracks are still being released giving the game a huge lifespan and the community is still seeing new innovations and developments in the game's editability. There are more than 1,000 custom tracks available, as well as great numbers of custom cars.
[edit] Trivia
- "Toyeca," resembling Toyota, "Humma," which does not resemble the Hummer, and "AMW," resembling BMW, are the only RCs whose names resemble a car company name.
- The car "R6 Turbo", however, is meant to represent a Renault 5 turbo.
- Rotor can drive upside up or upside down.
- There are some cars in the N64 version which can only be accessed by a gameshark codes. The red and green windup cars that race around in the background of the options menu are called "clockwork". An additional "clockwork" is a hot pink wheeled flying saucer that can drive rightside up or upside down. A shopping cart is called "trolley". While the "clockwork" cars are moderatly fast, they lack power. The "trolley" car is slow, lacks power, and is prone to falling over when turning at full speed. These vehicles were presumably left in the game for humorous appeal to those clever enough to find the codes to use them.
- In the PC version, additional cars include the Mystery, 4 Clockworks (red, green, yellow, and white), and the UFO.
- In the PC version, the UFO can only be unlocked by the usage of cheat code names. It is a steel (not pink) UFO with the ability to "hover". Still, it eventually comes down.
- In the PC version, you can unlock Clockwork Carnage by collecting all the stars in the Stunt Arena. Here, you race with 30 other clockworks with varying colors (the white Clockwork colored).
- There was an Xbox port, however it was not released to the general public. To test out Xbox Live for the general public Microsoft held an open beta where those chosen got a copy of Re-Volt and a memory card holding their Xbox Live information for the beta. After Live was officially launched the servers were brought down and only 4 levels were left playable in single-player mode.
