Twisted Metal
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- This article is about the game Twisted Metal. For the Twisted Metal series, please see Twisted Metal (series)
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| Developer(s) | Sony Interactive Studios America / SingleTrac |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | David Jaffe, Scott Campbell |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release date |  November 5, 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Car combat |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) |
| Media | CD-ROM |
Twisted Metal is the first game in the Twisted Metal vehicular combat series. It was developed by the game studio SingleTrac published by Sony, and released in 1995 for PlayStation.
Twisted Metal was re-released as a PlayStation Greatest Hits game.
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[edit] Overview
In concept, Twisted Metal is a demolition derby which permits the usage of ballistic projectiles. Players choose a vehicle and an arena—or a series of arenas in the story mode—to engage in battle with opposing drivers. A variety of weapons, ranging from missiles to traps, are obtainable by pick-ups scattered throughout the stage; as well as certain "repair stations" that fully regenerate a player's health. The objective of the game is to be the last one standing.
The game's plot centers around a man named Calypso, the host of a vehicular combat tournament called Twisted Metal. He promises to grant the winner of the tournament anything he or she desires, without any limit of availability or even reality. The game's story takes place on Christmas Eve, 2005; during the 10th annual running of Twisted Metal taking place in Los Angeles.
[edit] Characters
The game counts with a total of 13 selectable vehicles. Each vehicle has its own set of stats, including armor/resistance, speed/handling and power; as well as a unique Special Attack, special weapons related to the vehicle, that ranges from barrage of missiles, laser beams or simple on-contact attacks.
| Vehicle Name | Vehicle Type | Driver | Story |
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| Crimson Fury | Red Lamborghini Countach | Agent Stone | Underground agent in search of a powerful object |
| Darkside | Black semi-truck | Mr. Ash | A Hellspawn seeking what is rightfully his. |
| Hammerhead | Green monster truck | Dave & Mike | Two high-school dropouts seeking the thrill of the contest. |
| Mr. Grimm | Black motorcycle | The Grim Reaper | A collector of souls, he seeks one in particular... |
| Outlaw | Police car | Carl Roberts | A cop wishing to stop the tournament for good. |
| Pit Viper | Dune buggy | Angela Fortin | A woman who desires one million dollars...or does she? |
| Roadkill | An armored scraped-together car | Captain Spears | War veteran that desires to save his fallen comrades. |
| Spectre | White Corvette-like sports car | Scott Campbell | The spirit of a man who wishes to be alive again. |
| Sweet Tooth | Beat up ice cream truck | Needles Kane | A homicidal clown looking for his best friend. |
| Thumper | Pink lowrider | Bruce Cochrane | Wishes to stop violence in his neighbourhood. |
| Warthog | Military humvee | Commander Mason | Sent by the U.S. to retrieve an object of great power. |
| Yellow Jacket | Taxi | Charlie Kane | An old cab driver looking for his long lost son (Sweet Tooth). |
| Minion | Armored battle tank | Minion | Final Boss of the game. Unplayable in normal gameplay. Can play as him with a gameshark. |
[edit] Levels
[edit] Arena
Seedy underground demolition derby-like environment, complete with spectators.
[edit] Warehouse District Warfare
A battle on the street among warehouses.
[edit] Freeway Free For All
A long, straight Freeway. Its multiplayer variant consists of a small section littered with burnt-out vehicles.
[edit] River Park Rumble
A town in the Christmas spirit, comprised of two sides separated by a park, littered with ice skaters. Its multiplayer variant consists of just the park area.
[edit] Assault on Cyburbia
The largest level in the game, containing a suburban neighborhood, a freeway section and canals. Its multiplayer variant its reduced to the canal section only.
[edit] Rooftop Battle
A stage atop skyscrapers within a city. Any vehicle falling off the edges suffers an instant death. In story mode, after defeating the 3 original enemies, the Final Battle against Minion starts.
[edit] Fight For Your Life
A special arena unlocked through a password. It's the Arena stage, but against 5 enemies instead of one as in Story Mode.
[edit] Trivia
- Originally the game was planned to feature live-action ending videos for the character's endings, but they were cut off midway through development and replaced by text-based endings. Most of the text endings remained faithful to the video endings, though a few are slightly different (Sweet Tooth's), while others portray even different motivations (Thumper's). The videos were included among the bonus features of the PlayStation 2 port of the original PSP game Twisted Metal: Head-On.
- This was the only game in the Twisted Metal series that allowed an "in-car" camera view, complete with dashboard and steering wheel. It was viewable by pressing "select" on the controller to toggle between camera views.
- The original working title for the series was going to be High Octane, as shown in a few of the original ending videos in which Calypso refers to it. The title was most probably changed to avoid confusion or copyright infringement with Bullfrog's Playstation car combat game Hi-Octane released the same year. As an in-joke of the scrapped name, in the Arena stage one can see a poster saying High Octane 2005. A second name proposed for the game was Urban Assault[citation needed], though it ended being used as the game's subtitle instead
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Twisted Metal at MobyGames
- Information on Twisted Metal at TMalliance (fan site)
- Twisted Metal at Game Rankings
- Twisted Metal at GameSpot
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