Rollcage

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Playstation EVERYONE RATING CD-RomAmazon.com Rollcage somehow manages to inject new life into a tired old game genre with glistening, spunky graphics, outrageous power-ups, and indestructible cars that bounce, but don't break. The game gets its name from the cars that suspend a slim-lined cockpit between four wheels that look to be borrowed from a monster truck. The result? Players can flip the cars completely over and continue driving, unscathed. Rollcage's disregard for normal laws of physics means players can drive up rounded tunnel walls, scaling the ceiling at speeds well over 300 mph. But this game is no walk in the park. The uniquely adept computer opponents can quickly usurp your lead, sending you from first place to last. This phenomenon is due mostly to the clever power-ups in the game that are designed to thwart the competition. A time warp token cuts the engine power of your competitors' cars in half, effectively reducing their speed while maintaining yours. The leader missile, when fired, seeks out the current first-place car and explodes on impact, while the wormhole power-up engulfs the car in front of yours with a glowing ring of light and transports it behind your car in a high-tech version of leapfrog. Music from techno artists Fatboy Slim, Pascal, and Freestyles adds a bit of fun. All the pieces of Rollcage fit together snugly to form a stylish, blistering fast racing game with enough strategy and surprise to keep you playing into the wee hours. --Jeff YoungPros:Breathtaking graphics with flying sparks and spectacular wrecksExcellent soundtrack keeps the pace super-fastCons:Yet another racing game for the PlayStationStrong artificial intelligence (AI) makes racers unusually tough to beat From the Manufacturer Rollcage is nothing less than the fastest most explosive and outrageous game on wheels. You take the helm of one of several low-slung racing machines capable of incredible speeds and high-intensity maneuvers. Battle high G-forces and other players in a world of extreme racing. No need to stick to the track this is 360 degrees no rules racing. And be sure to crank up the speakers because this game features a soundtrack including Fatboy Slim Pressure Rise and Freestyles. Review As Namco's Soul Blade was a fix for fans between installments of the Tekken series, so is Psygnosis' Rollcage a fix between installments of the Wipeout line. It's a very similar animal to Wipeout and Wipeout XL, in fact. It's a futuristic racing game where you pick up weapon, shield, and speed power-ups to help you race past or vex your competition. The main differences from the Wipeout series are that you're now piloting a four-wheeled vehicle that can drive on walls and ceilings, and the game isn't nearly as good. The meat and potatoes of Rollcage is its championship mode. In it, you'll race in three different leagues on three difficulty settings, choosing from a variety of four-wheelers that vary by top speed, strength, acceleration, and tire grip. Other options include time attack mode, practice mode, two-player split-screen races, and two-player split-screen deathmatches. It's very easy to get spun around within a race, and that's something that makes Rollcage a little tough to get into at first. Bumping into an obstacle at high speed will send you flying and spinning. Coming up against an opponent tire-to-tire will likely turn you around. Touching a wall can make you flip back. It's a maddening feature of the game, until you get used to the controls and how quickly you can right yourself once you know how. There's a single button that will turn you around the right way when playing on the easy difficulty setting, which lets you concentrate on the other elements of the race. While this spinning problem can be surmounted, there's another that can't. The real fatal flaw in Rollcage is that there are tons of areas that you'll get stuck in, causing you to lose many valuable seconds. This frustrating experience (which is a lot more irrita

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