Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012

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Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012

Developer(s)	SingleTrac (Scott Campbell)
Publisher(s)	GT Interactive
Release date(s)	September 30, 1998 (GT Interactive)
Genre(s)	Vehicular combat
Mode(s)	single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	PlayStation

Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 is a PlayStation video game similar in style to that of the Twisted Metal series.

1 Gameplay
2 Plot
3 Characters
4 Weaponry
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Gameplay

The story involves you playing as an automercenary, hijacking tourists in the various vacation spots of the future and showing them the sights. As there is only one tourist per level, your efforts towards success will be rivalled by the many other combat-vehicles in the game. And it is up to you to use your money wisely on upgrades for health and weaponry. There is a wide range of vehicles to play as, each with its own unique weapon, appearance and character biography.

[edit] Plot

Earth 2012, it's the future and vacations have become an immensely valuable commodity, in a world that is the horrible post-holocaust landscape of devastation, poverty and chaos, the only alternative is to pay the nefarious Big Daddy ("your guide to the ultimate in luxury travel") in order to forget your troubles and enjoy the high life. Big Daddy is the greedy megalomaniac mogul of a vacation resort company who wants to rule the world. In doing so he has made his vacation resort to be the highlight for high-paying tourists, showing famous American locales. However, not everybody is content with his plans. It seems that there are others who wish to off Big Daddy who has taken control of the tourism racket. This results in several half-mad vigilantes known as automercenaries who battle it out against each other on the playing field attempting to break into Big Daddy's criminal base of operations. In doing so you as an automercenary have been enlisted in destroying his evil vacation resort company which has been exploiting the rest of the decadent world around whilst taking cheapskate vacationers on a hell-bent tour to the hot spots of the radioactive, char-broiled future...

[edit] Characters

Mad Jack, the leader of the Amalgamated Association of Automercenaries (or the AA of A) has 11 of the best auto-mercs in the country ready to knock Big Daddy off his throne.

Profile scan of Biggs

1. Meat Wagon (modified Wienermobile) – driven by Richard "Dick" Biggs
Don't be fooled by size. In Biggs' case a little goes a long way. He stands up against the toughest adversaries. If you think he's easily taken out- well, you don't know Dick.

Special: Weenie Whacker

Profile scan of Sister Lasivious

2. Destroying Angel (modified School bus) – driven by Sister Mary Lasivious
She's one mean sister with a very nasty habit. Mary has a penchant for discipline and her own cult following. Her divine missile guidance will have you begging for mercy.

Special: Torched By An Angel

Profile scan of Necrobot

3. Pyro (modified Tanker truck) – driven by Necrobot
This fugitive from the junk heap was a one track...uh...processor. If it's flammable or explosive, this guy is into it.

Special: Vapor Cloud

Profile scan of Agent Orange

4. Biohazard (Futuristic tank) – driven by Agent Orange
He escaped chemical warfare duty in his top- secret tank. A mysterious man with a unigue 'aura' about him. He's never without a gas mask, elbow-length gloves and a fallout suit.

Special: Zoomy Rockets

Profile scan of Ratman

5. Intruder (re-invented "Ratmobile") – driven by Ratman
This little weasel has a real nose for crime. Ratman's motto: 'Man by day, rat by night, saving others, from their plight.'

Special: The Ripper

Profile scan of Schiz O' Manic

6. Ozone(modified Ambulance) – driven by Schiz O'Manic
This wigged-out nutcase have a shock treatment hairdo and an ear-to-ear grin. Still wearing the straight jacket he escaped in, Schizo drives with his bare feet.

Special: Shock Treatment

Profile scan of Bunny

7. Bitchin' Wheels (Muscle car) – driven by Bunny
This big-haired former beauty queen has traded her scepter for a sawed-off. She can forget about winning 'Miss Congeniality' this time.

Special: Poodle Power

Profile scan of Elvis

8. Rock N' Rule (1950's Cadillac) – driven by Elvis D. Kang
D. Kang strikes a cruel chord with an arsenal that can only be measured in megatons. This jumpsuited throwback really knows how to rock your world.

Special: Glitter Rocket

Profile scan of Daisy

9. Gator Bait (modified Pontoon vehicle) – driven by Daisy June McCoy
Once a stup-jumpin' bayou racer, Daisy June have converted her airboat into a prop-driven instrument of destruction Guar-On-Teed to slit your chitlins.

Special: Chicken Lickin'

Profile scan of Snake Eye

10. Sidewinder (modified Dune buggy) – driven by Snake Eye Shaddock
This cyber-cowboy is a hard-driving, hard-case with a mechanical arm and a monocular laser sight from which he takes his name.

Special: Exploding Arrow

Profile scan of Francis

11. Vermin (Mini) – driven by Francis 'Legs' McGee
This former pro-wrestler is a sensitive guy who knows how to hurt. He prefers to run away then prance, er... pounce, when you least expect it.

Special: Disrupt-O-Ray

[edit] Weaponry

There are nine upgradable weapons in the game, some are short range, some are long range. They are the following:

Special – The special of the character, may be short, medium, or long range. Depending on the character, it is the weapon that will do the most damage of all the weapons for that particular character.

Meteor – When aimed at towards another car (your opponent) will send a meteor shower crashing down from the Heavens above on to your opponent's car.

Stinger – These are homing missiles that when you aim your car towards another car will follow until they run into something.

Eject – An ingenious weapon which is fired straight on to the tourist-carring car in order to eject that tourist right out. The only problem with this is that you will have to get close to hit the car so as to pick the passenger up.

Blaster – A close-range weapon that fires in straight blasts between 1-2 bursts.

Prowler – The good ol' manual-guided missile, you guide your own missile towards your enemy. This is very accurate and can do a lot of damage if guided properly, if it misses off target by a foot in distance it will still cause some damage.

RLB – Bombs, TNT, Dynamite, this is just the launch mechanism that enables the following to be propelled and explode.

Stalker – It's a stinger with less aim, not much to say here, same damage.

Scorch – Your basic flamethrower, with short distance in damage.