Ridge Racer Revolution
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release date(s) | JP December 3, 1995 EU May, 1996 NA September 30, 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: K-A (Kids to Adults) |
Ridge Racer Revolution (リッジレーサー レボリューション) is a racing game developed by Namco for the PlayStation in 1995. It is the sequel of the inaugural game Ridge Racer.
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[edit] Gameplay
Ridge Racer Revolution has a two-player link-up mode which when played allowed the players access to the two courses from the original Ridge Racer game known as 'Special 1' and 'Special 2'. Namco made no real changes to the original course apart from the odd texture such as the content on the billboards.
Normally only 4 cars are selectable, but all 12 are selectable if a player is able to defeat 100% of the enemies on the Galaga '88 game before the title screen. In addition, if this is done in less than 44 shots, not only are all cars selectable, but the bodies are smaller and the wheels bigger, more resembling buggies. Other changes include a commentator with a higher-pitched voice and different handling of the cars. However, while you can still race the three bonus cars, you cannot win them in the buggy mode. One way to easily access the buggy mode from the beginning is to hold L1, R1 select, down and triangle all simultaneously from when the game loads until the space invaders game - a special laser will then emit from the ship to kill all of the enemies on the space invaders game.
The gameplay system remains unchanged from Ridge Racer with its set of checkpoints, time-limit and track layout (which remains the same at the beginning but then changes significantly). Like usual, the game consists of three course modes. But, the course level names were changed. They were called "Novice", "Intermediate" and "Expert". Also, all the circuits were all different between the course levels. But the same thing was when the player won all three course levels given on the regular mode, the player would race the same circuits on reverse direction.
After the player won the first 3 circuits on regular mode, the player was eligible go to the time trial mode to race on the 3 cars battle including the duel car. There were three duel cars including the original "Devil 13th Racing car" from the original Ridge Racer. The others were the "Devil Kid" (a smaller version of the Devil 13th car) and the debuting "White Angel 0" (as seen on the game cover). Like usual, if the player obtained all three of the duel cars, the player could use one of the three cars to race in the extra courses (and race in the regular courses at the same time depending on player's like) in order to complete the entire game.
[edit] Course names
- Novice
- Intermediate
- Expert
- Novice Extra (reverse)
- Intermediate Extra (reverse)
- Expert Extra (reverse)
[edit] Cars
[edit] The original 4
[edit] The extra 8
- Car #15: RT Pink Mappy (Unlockable by beating the game of Galaga '88 with all 40 hits)
- Car #5: RT Blue Mappy (Unlockable by beating the game of Galaga '88 with all 40 hits)
- Car #16: Galaga RT Prid's (Unlockable by beating the game of Galaga '88 with all 40 hits)
- Car #6: Galaga RT Carrot (Unlockable by beating the game of Galaga '88 with all 40 hits)
- Car #18: RT Bosconian (Unlockable by beating the game of Galaga '88 with all 40 hits)
- Car #8: RT Nebulasray (Unlockable by beating the game of Galaga '88 with all 40 hits)
- Car #7: RT Xevious Red (Unlockable by beating the game of Galaga '88 with all 40 hits)
- Car #17: RT Xevious Green (Unlockable by beating the game of Galaga '88 with all 40 hits)
[edit] The special machines
- Car #13: 13th Racing (a.k.a. Devil car) (Unlockable by beating him on the Novice course on the Time Trial mode after the first 3 the regular Grand Prixs were won.)
- Car #?: 13th Racing Kid (a.k.a. Devil Kid car) (Unlockable by beating him on the Intermediate course on the Time Trial mode after the first 3 of the regular Grand Prixs were won.)
- Car #0: White Angel (Unlockable by beating him on the Expert course on the Time Trial mode after the first 3 of the regular Grand Prixs were won.)
[edit] Music
- 0. Random Play
- 1. Drive U 2 Dancing
- 2. Grip
- 3. Over the Highway
- 4. ...Dat Dan Day...A
- 5. Lords of Techno
- 6. Maximum Zone
- 7. Rare Hero 2
- 8. Feeling Over Remix
- 9. Rotterdam Nation 94
- 10. Speedster Overheat
- 11. Rhythm Shift Remix
[edit] Special Unlockable feature
- Race scene selection: Normal, Noon, Evening, Night (unlockable by beating the entire game)
[edit] Audio
The soundtrack came from the Ridge Racer 2 arcade game.
[edit] Reception
Ridge Racer Revolution received a near-perfect score of 39/40 from Famitsu, one of only 17 games to achieve that honor.
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