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Remembering Road Rash
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2019
- Road Rash was such a funky blend of sound, visuals and art, and it would become one of my most beloved Genesis franchises.
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Episode Notes:
1. Gameplay captured via the Mega SG at 1080p.
2. I still own all my original copies of the 16-bit Road Rash series.
3. The Sega CD got a hybrid of the 16-bit Road Rash games you see here, and the 32-bit version first released on the 3DO.
4. I always liked the content of Road Rash 3, but felt it looked significantly worse than the first 2 games.
5. Road Rash is still quite affordable on the Genesis. I've seen complete copies in good shape go for as little as $15.
6. The SMS version, which was only released in PAL territories and Brazil, tends to go for much more.
"It was like nothing else" sums it up for me. There still isn't anything quite like Road Rash. I started with Road Rash II and, no matter how older I grow, I still find myself coming back to fire up the Genesis now and again just for that game alone. I've had the chance to play the other entries on the Genesis too, as well as the unique Sega CD version.
Absolutely love Road Rash 1, when my dad came home with a brand new megadrive in 91 he had 2 games, Sonic and Road Rash. I was all excited about Sonic but over the months I grew bored of it but Road Rash had my back, I played this game for years trying to beat it. Never could though, time and time again I would get my ass handed to me on the later levels.
Even to this day when my dad visits, I set up the old Mega Drive and fire up Road Rash, me and my dad both take turns racing the tracks, still just as much fun now as it ever was.
Still can't beat it though...
I always wonder why no one ever talks about Skitchin' when they bring up Road Rash. That game had epic music and it was basically a Road Rash game lol.
Skitchin is pretty fun. Worth playing, but not as good as RRII.
@@mattnova18 It has a superior sound track.
Joseph D I’m not sure about “superior”. That thrash metal guitar sample... when it works (“Chug Wagon”, “Cheese Grater”, “Eat My Junk”), it’s great. In the other 15 or so tracks... not so much, it feels gimmicky, and really starts to grate.
this first road rash is easily the best of any road rash, easily the best music and just the overall feel of the game is legendary. the EA originals of the early 90s were amazing. madden and pga tour golf, etc. the manuals were like mini books, so many pages. the games were super deep. the 3 games mentioned above offered literally hundreds of hours of gameplay without getting old.
Yeah but the 3DO version is the best.
There was a time when EA stood for quality and good games. It seems unreal when I think about that nowadays.
Nope it really was not better than the original. I played both extensively. Graphics may have been a little better and the music was really good, but damn the Genesis version is just legendary in all ways, such a classic retro game. @@robertoricci3393
I agree. Rob Hubbards “Satriani-like” soundtrack on the original game was amazing, in particular that lead guitar sound that sustains into feedback... and the “backwards guitar” sound on Pacific Coast. Also, notice how the rear view mirrors in the original properly animate the yellow lines in the middle of the road... unlike Road Rash 2 and 3.
I still have my Sega Genesis. I have all 3 Road Rash games. And, I LOVE THEM!!!!!
Same. I always come back to RR
@@Lightblue2222 It's nice to meet another Genesis person. Good Console and good times!
I like RRII the most. The code for the wild thing is hillarous. I do speed runs on level 1 with that bike. It's insane fast!
That’s what’s up.
Loved Skitchin too. Road Rash seriously needs a legitimate reboot.
Hell yes. My 2nd favorite gaming series ever. And 2nd favorite soundtrack. Ever get what I call the Road Rash unicorn? Knocking an opponent off a bike while both you and the opponent are in the air off a jump. Extremely rare but it can happen!
I miss old EA. They used to be awsome.
Trip Hawkins EA was for the gamers.
Yea they truly suck now.
I saw Road Rash on the PSX in 1997 for the first time at a friends house, from then I wanted a PSX, too.
Little did I know that this was a 3DO port back then, and now its my favourite game on my beloved 3DO. Banzai!
Road Rash on 3DO for the win!I have the SNES controller adapter for it and the ASCII Fighting Stick. That was the perfect controller for Zen moments of Road Rash 3DO!
Yeah I guess I need that SNES adapter too, for the Super SF2 Turbo
And Samurai Showdown 2 and Primal Rage and..... well, not many more! lol
As much as I love the Genesis version, the 3DO version is by far the best.
I remember naming my character Slayer 1 a lot because all I had to do was change P to and S.
lol same
Easiest name. +1
I just bought Saturn Road Rash. Waiting for it to arrive.
Good stuff. You should enjoy it.
Its amazing :D
You are in for an amazing experience
Good on you man, I have the sega cd version and Saturn version, and enjoy the Saturn version the most.
Im grabbing it for ps1. Time to go 32 bit. Been enjoying the 1st 3 on Genesis since forever.
Road rash needs to come back!
It really does. Its been far too long and with modern graphics it could be epic.
It did. Road Redemption. Some of the same people behind the original. EA just didn't want to support it so the name change.
It wasn't the same though sadly!
Correct. I was one of the original backers for it. It's final form is pretty impressive. Give it a shot.. It's on Steam and I THINK it's finally available for PS4. I cannot attest to it's quality on PS4 as I haven't played it on that system yet.
@@Y2G No but could it ever be the same again? It is a hell of a lotta fun. At the worst its better than the Road Rash 64, 3D, and Jailbreak.
Your experience is so similar to mine it's...scary. I too had a Sega Genesis in 1991 (got mine in '89) and had to have surgery that Summer that made me bed ridden (neurosurgery- medical condition). SOR kept me going all Summer as I constantly played it to no end. I too had friends that lent me so many games. When our Summer vacation was over I was still very much out of commission...and ike you a friend lent me Road Rash. I have never beaten this game but I still come back for more!
Excellent video as always my friend!
Okay, this is weird. I literally just stopped playing Road Rash on my Genny and checked my notifications. This was in there. Get outta my head, man!
god I played a ton of Road Rash back in the day! I was a little kid and remember how unique it was with all the "attitude" and combat and fighting the cops. Especially played the hell out of the impressive Game Gear version in my room when someone else was watching our only TV haha
Road Rash is among my favorite titles on the system, it's so much fun. Nice retrospective!
The character "Biff" is Electronic Arts' Bing Gordon!
Really? Cool!
I loved RR2, played it to death. Never liked the switch to more realistic sprites in 3, though.
What I found appealing was the battle against just the random elements that the environment put in your way such as all of the traffic you had to avoid and sometimes the odd livestock crossing the road. I can't count the number of times that I have ended up as a hood ornament on an oncoming car in a blind curve. And some of the sound effects were hilarious.
I'm always impressed by the how realistic the 3D effect in Road Rash is. I think of it every time I'm driving along a long winding country road. It looks like they've got some sort rudimentary sprite scaling going on there to, which we didn't see often in Genesis games.
Anyone remember the glitch to save your arse from wrecking was to hit pause, hold the d pad to the direction you want to go, and while holding the d pad, hit start? You would make a sharp turn, avoiding an accident at the last moment. This was on the Genesis, and I cant remember which sequel it was.
The first time I ever heard anything about road rash, was somewhere in 1992. Back then there was a television show called powerplay in my country, which showed and reviewed new and released games for different platforms of the time. At the end they had a small completion between 2 kids who tried to beat one another for a price by playing a videogame. One episode they played road rash II and I was blown away by the visuals and I had to get that game. Loved the music as well. Road rash 3 did the same thing to me. Got it the second it came out. Then in 1997 I got the gameboy version of road rash one and I remember playing it whenever I had the chance and loving the music(as weird as that may sound). A few years back I got road rash 1 for the mega drive and the gamegear and even the gameboy color version.
I stopped liking road rash after the saturn(3DO,playstation)version,because the feeling or "soul" was missing. I stopped caring about the franchise but I stil go back RR 2,3 and Gameboy RR to get that nostalgic feel.
A few years ago, as an adult, I went back and beat all the races of Road rash 3 Tour de Force on level 5. It's one of the hardest challenges I have ever had in gaming. I still can't believe I managed that. Its gameplay kept me coming back despite how rage inducing the final levels are. The gameplay in Road rash is just so solid that it makes me want to keep playing.
I remember 12yo me beating this game. I used to hire it every weekend. When next weekend rolled around I remember spending an hour standing around in the video store, trying to decide what to get giving up and going home. I've never found anything quite like it since.
So happy you did this one! Road Rash was one of my favorite franchises of my childhood. I remember playing them for hours and hours on end. Still have never beaten one myself, 3 being the game I play the most out of all of them.
a friend of mine showed Road Rash 1 to me and I got the sequel to this game and played the hell out of it!
I still play it every now and then. I remember that after months of trying finally finished the game, just to watch the game crash at the end of the very last stage...
At first i thought it was my copy of the game, but according to the Sega Phone hotline every version of RR2 had this problem…
Still a great game!
Powermaster - Yep my friend’s copy crashed at the end too.
What a great game, man.
Countless hours playing Road Rash 2 with a friend in his Genesis when I was like ten years old.
Great video, as always Sega Lord!
Road Rash was one of those games you would stay up all night playing with a friend.
Road Rash II was my personal favorite back in the day. Good upgrades over the first version in every department, with the really cool advent of the 2 Player mode. Classic series.
So many fond memories of this game. It really does cheat like hell. The final stage is absolutely insane, too. Something like 20 miles long and full of hairpin turns and geysers in the background.
Got this game from a buy 2 get one free promo EA had at the time. NBA Bulls vs Blazers and Desert Strike. RR was the one I had the most fun with! EA games were great back in the day!
EA games helped make the Genesis what it was. I can't imagine the system being what it was without them.
Special place in my heart for this game. I got it 1992 first day of holidays AND the day I got chickenpox! Stuck in the house for 2 weeks glued to this game. My chickenpox disappeared just in time for first day back at school 🙄. I DID, however, beat the game ✌️😁
My favorites were the game gear port, the PC port of the 3DO and the awesome Road Rash jailbreak for the PlayStation. The series went out on a high note, Jailbreak is really impressive for a late PlayStation game.
Love the Road Rash games! The sega saturn version being my favorite though I also enjoy RoadRash 64
A man of my own heart. Road Rash on the Saturn is by far the best in the series imo.
Robert, you are absolutely right
i wish they would make a new one, it would be nice to have races online and trash talk each other fighting on the bikes lol its # 1 on on my list of games that need to be brought back
I'm getting it for my ps1. Looks about the same as the Saturn version.
@@thebest12700 - Not only this, I wish, they would have "Motocross Madness" on STEAM. It was pure fun in home-network with 3 computers, driving 3 real players and like 9 bots or something, doing all the stunts and fall on the face. So, "Road Rash" and "Motocross Madness", that would be awesome!!
I'm just now getting into the Road Rash games. I should've played these games a long time ago. They are all excellent games. I love the feel and the controls
Road rash to me and my brother is remembered as much as Mario. We played the bejesus out of it and play it regularly today!
My god I LOVED this game! The music wasn't bad, but I preferred to race with it off, that way you really appreciate the sounds of the bikes, the traffic and the combat. I'll never forget after you crash when the whine of the other motorcycles trails off in the distance leaving you far behind and in relative silence. The 3DO version was my favorite.
I didn't have a Genesis so I never played Road Rash until Road Rash 3D on the original PlayStation. I know it was more focused on racing than combat but I loved that game. A forgotten gem.
I remember renting this from Blockbuster one weekend and playing the HELL out of it. I got really far, but never could make it to the end. I was never a big fan of racing games, but I had a lot of fun with this one.
One of my all time fave game series. From the original trio on Genesis to the PS and Saturn versions to Road Rash 64. I love them all. 👍
*GOOD IDEA* : Stealing the Club in Road Rash 1
*BAD IDEA* : Stealing the Club in Road Rash 2
RRII has a chain. So much fun!
Definitely one of my favourite games on the Mega Drive. Iconic for the system, Road Rash and Desert Strike..and EA Hockey. 3 games from EA I loved as a kid . Always felt special having one of their yellow tab cartridges in my Mega Drive.
I love that the rashers who try to be friendly will leave you alone, sometimes helping but if you piss them off they will destroy you.
The best thing about the genesis road rash game
The side mirrors to see who or what is behind you. No other version does that.
I used to play other music when playing this. I rented RR2 one weekend when I was in 7th grade, like 1995 or something. When Batman Forever came out I had the soundtrack and for some reason always listened to Kiss from a Rose by Seal. That’s how I remember the original RR series.
(Soundgarden will always remind me of the Sega Saturn version)
I played the Saturn Road Rash to death, still own it. Never had a Mega Drive, but my friend had one, and I was always there in is house playing Mega Drive games with him. Road Rash was always cool to play. Many great moments 👍
I will always remember playing this on sega channel with my brother. Wish I could get those days back. 😀
Great video! I loved Road Rash 1 - 3 so much. Being a huge bike fan growing up it was only natural I'd find this game, but as the difficulty was so high I never adjusted properly to get very good. But I loved the game through and through... one day I'll pick up these games again.
Me and my cousins spent hours playing this game! So much fun! Awesome video SLX!
I managed to complete Road Rash on the Megadrive back in the day.
I never got used to the music though. I would turn the volume down and listen to the Joe Satriani album “The Extremist”. To this day that album reminds me of playing Road Rash. 😎
I first got introduced to RR in the '96 Dos PC version. I spent so much time on the family computer just playing it (Note, I was around 5-7 yrs old, I'm 10yrs old now.)
one of my favorite games of all time! specially the second game who i played a lot with my father.... so many memories of we desperately gaining money to a new bike, saving passwords, pissed with some a.i that chases you until you knock him off
I love the Genesis Road Rash games. Road Rash 2 probably my favorite. I've never beaten them either. At a certain point the tracks are just ridiculously long and difficult.
Yup. Those late tracks turn into wreck and arrest sessions more often than not.
So true. I did find practicing with the hidden unlimited nitro bike in Road Rash 2 does sharpen your skills a bit but yeah it's definitely a whole lot of wrecks later in the game.
Don't feel too bad about never completing the first game because technically, it doesn't end. Level 5 just loops, once you've qualified on them all it just restarts the level, there's no ending credits or anything.
@@dellzincht It's been many years since I finished the game so my memory of the details of the ending may have some inaccuracies. However, I am 100% certain that when you complete the final track and place (I may have placed #1 in all the tracks), you end up winning the girl, Natasha. Right after you finish the final race, you see a side view of your bike coming to a stop with another bike, Natasha's, also coming to a stop. Natasha removes her helmet, tosses her hair (this is how you know it's her), gets off her bike, gets on the back seat of your bike, and then you ride off. It's possible you only get this ending if you don't attack Natasha during the game.
10-15 fps sega synths beating cops crashing and landing by a cop gets you immediately arrested. We loved it
I only played the Amiga 500 version of Road Rash back in the days, it's a solid port!
I still have my Amiga version and still have the cheat codes.
Great video, love these retro game history videos. My brother had a Genesis and we rented this game back in the day and thought it was pretty awesome - so I have some nostalgia for this one.
And there was the Road Rash on skates, Skitchin'. I don't know why people don't love it as much as Road Rash!
I've played a lot of the 3DO and Saturn version of Road Rash. I don't recall if I played very much of the old school genesis ones much but it's a great series of fun games.
This game is fun just to pop in, ut when you truly want to beat the game. That is when you get immersed in the game. Such a classic
Road Rash 2 was my favourite, the original Road Rash had indestructible Cop Bikes.
Road Rash actually made you feel like you were connected to your character and the others, I remembered being 14 years old playing this game and it was the main reason I wanted a Sega Genesis. I was totally blown away by the graphics, music and gameplay feel. I felt so guilty when I kicked Natasha's bike, but felt so good hitting Bulldog's bike. I don't think any game has replicated that feel for me, it was so immersive.
Road Rash 3DO Sega Saturn and PlayStation were the prettiest, didn't like the graphics in Road Rash 3, it was that time where digitized was the biggest new thing...
I actually completed the original Road Rash, one of the hardest games to complete ever, it felt like I accomplished something huge because it was so difficult. Level 5 Redwood Forest! Ouch!
I love Road Rash. I only have the first one. But I always get messed up if I move from super hang on to road Rash. The controls are so much different. Both great games!
my god Road Rash was something is made me great memories,i was stayed all nights play first,second and third part,well,i never play this seriously,but,this days when i play that was been fantastic 😊
I had Road Rash 2 growing up, and it was one of the few games my dad really got in to. He could never beat level 5 either, so he used a cheat to unlock the Wild Thing bike, an absurdly fast and well handling bike. He had to start at the beginning again since the cheat had to be applied before entering a progress continuation password, but it went quick. My dad was so pissed when he finally finished it, but instead of the ending a character chewed him out for cheating and said “see you in hell”.
The very first game I purchased brand new at retail. Love it to this day. Love the soundtrack of the original, as well. "Redwood Forest" \m/ \m/
And the game is indeed hard as hell. Never beat ANY Road Rash game. Tried and tried and tried. Genesis, 3DO, Playstation, none of them. Thorn in my gaming side. But still love them all...
I liked how it felt like a real world, like a proper 3D game before we had them. Unlike virtually every other 2D raster effect racing game, you could go backwards along the track (or run on foot all the way to the end!) and the other opponents and civilian cars really exist. In Hang On, the moment you crashed you would be overtaken by a group of bikes that clearly only just spawned, and at the start the group zooms away from you, and you never see any of them crash. In Outrun if you overtake a truck and then slam on the brakes, that truck never goes past you, it ceases to exist the moment it's off screen. Almost every game used obvious tricks like this that left you feeling like you're the only thing that exists in the world. Road Rash was different, you could follow the cars forever, see your rivals crash by themselves, build convincing leads on them, and they even remembered what you did to them.
Great video Sega Lord X!
I LOVED Road Rash on the Genesis, I spent the majority of a whole summer with a couple of buddies playing the hell out of Road Rash 3. I actually just bought Road Redemption on the Xbox trying to get my Road Rash fix, decent game but doesn't really have that same Road Rash feeling.
I'd agree. It isn't as bad as some people say, but it's not Road Rash either.
Very cool video on one of the most unique combat racing series ever. Why no mention of the Sega CD, 3DO, PSX and Saturn versions of Road Rash?
Considering he brings up the Game Gear/SMS versions, I was very surprised he didn't mention the wonderful Sega CD version
Road rash is a adventure across all over the road, i never got far but theses games were fun.
You make kick ass videos. I love your love for nostalgia!
My father seeing RR on Genesis at my uncle's place is what sold him on buying us the system. Love this series so much.
Even my dad played it a couple of times, and he was a Pac Man style gamer only.
I'm a big fan of the series. The only one I have beaten though is Road Rash 3D on PS1. I know many people think that game was disappointing, but I love the hell out of it.
The sound track totally reminds me of c64's sid chip.
Probably because the music in the first game was composed by Rob Hubbard, master of the C64's SID chip.
@@dellzincht Didn't know that.
@@SxSxG666 I didn't either as a kid, it was only when I replayed the game a few years ago and paid attention to the credits haha!
Given how much you love Road Rash, I'm curious to see what you think about Skitchin', which could be pretty much be described as "Road Rash on rollerblades."
It does do some stuff different though (hold up to three weapons, a trick system, hidden course warps that can send you forwards OR backwards in the level order. bonus courses if you race fast enough/knock down enough opponents, the eponymous skitching/slingshotting mechanic), but all in all I felt it was a pretty good game, and people who like Road Rash will probably like that too. And actually rather excellent music by Jeff van Dyck, right down to sampled guitars!
It's also very, very '90s. So '90s it hurts!
I remember playing Road Rash 3 on the Sega Channel (Time Warner). Damn, those were good days for gaming.
Circa 97 btw
I had to look up what a honey badger is to put things into context. I cant believe something so vicious looin can have such a cute name, hahaha
One of the games that I regret never playing on my genesis. It wasnt until years later, that I had it on my 3do.
Some advice from someone who has completed Road Rash 1-3 on the Genesis, and Road Rash on the PSX:
When it comes to stage 5; if you think you’re going slow, you need to slow down. As long as you keep the top 8 or so riders in sight, they’ll make a mistake eventually and allow you to sail past without them forcing you off the road.
You don’t need to beat the tracks in Road Rash 1 or 2. The first line of the save code represents the race positions, and so long as you don’t change their total, you can change them around. For example, come 5th in one race, so you’ve got something like 00050 and you can change it to 11111, which means you’ve come first in every race!. This moves you on to the next level. There’s also a similar way you can hack the last two digits of the next line to boost your credits.
Ohhhh ya road rash is awesome!
Road Rash 3D for PSX is impressive
Yup, the first Road Rash on the Genesis was the hardest of them all, mostly due to its wonky controls, something the sequel greatly improved upon. Happily, I can say I've managed to beat every Road Rash I've managed to get my hands on.. only the PS and N64 games remain! ^^ It's just an awesome game series, I wished EA made more of them!
Man , Road rash on ps1 was awesome, great graphics and very smooth frame rate. Epic game.
I never got into Road Rash. I tried it recently, and just like Sega Lord, I did not like it at first. But perhaps it will grow on me. If Sega Lord could give it another chance, so can I!
Was a great game to play loved the 2nd game. the master system version was very impressive as well. There was a ea classics for psp that had road rash on as well
There is a new road rash style game on steam called Road Redemption. It is by some of the old RR creators! It’s really fun.
Ill never forget I rented this as a kid and it glitched on me only ever happend once all the bikers were red and white and half way through the first level was an invisible wall you could never pass everyone just flew of there bikes funny times.
Road Rash was my first sega mega drive game. My brother, cousins and I had a lot of fun playing this classic game. Sometimes we just tried to kick other bikers. Man, that is so funny. Greetings from Brazil.
For me, the music was one of the best things about the game, and the game was excellent. It's different than SOR easy-on-the-ears jazzy tunes (which were also standing out at the time)... Most games at the time more or less followed a single melody and had other tracks in a lower volume...
But the soundtrack for Road Rash is very rock/metal ish and like is often the case, the instruments are battling each other all cranked up and not always doing the same thing. But if you bring it up with musicians they will tell you, everything is in tune and playing coherently (like Cliff Burton's bass would play a different melody than James Hetfield's guitar, but still the same kickass song).
Of course, Rock n' Roll Racing was also like that, using 16-bit for "real" songs but people probably never thought much of it, since the tunes were well known. To this day people are still making high-fidelity covers of the Road Rash series, as well as the hard grunge Skitchin', and you can really see(listen) how awesome the music is!
I recommend that next time you play, just listen to Dean Harris Composer and Michael Sobin's covers. Or, if playing Skitchin', lookup "hellfireseb'. Cheers.
Neat video. Road Rash was kind of okay... but holy hell, Road Rash 2 was a huge step up. And honestly, the first game of its kin I ever played was Skitchin', and as janky as that game was, I absolutely loved it.
Road Rash CD is another 16 bit blast
Road Rash fucking ruled. It was so badass that my friends and I played it IRL on our bikes like teenage morons 😅
I've heard you say before that the soundtrack to RR1 is an acquired taste. I'm not sure what you're talking about, it was evident to me upon hearing it for the first time the ost was up there with the other great osts of all time.
When you have the opinions of thousands of Sega fans directed at you, you realize pretty quickly there is a strong contingency out there that loved RR but hated the music.
I'd hate to hear what they consider good music, haha.
This is a fantastic game... I always wondered how they did the scaling on the genesis so good? It had to be software scaling... but it just amazes me to no end...
I liked this series too. I mostly played Road Rash 2, but I also played Road Rash 3D on Playstation
I have played Road Rash for years and the series is one my favorite games but I never fucking knew there was something BEYOND stage 4. How much more difficult can it get?
Road Rash 1, 2 and 3 and Road Rash on the Sega Saturn/3DO and PS1 are Crom tier. Road Rash 2 on the Megadrive I played the most and prefer it over the original game, which is still good. But man, Road Rash on the Saturn is by far my favourite. But like you, I never completed the original Road Rash and the series in general can get pretty hard in the later races, mostly due to the speed of your new bikes. Great video man, those memories. I even have the short novel to Road Rash 1 which is a great read.
Can’t wait to play this game on the Sega Genesis Mini.
The entire road rash series was a frequent rental for me as a kid and the series was a must buy when I started collecting.
Not to mention the ads in gamepro made it look so bad ace
I love all the Road Rash games even the Sega Master System version
Never really played the original Road Rash games, my first experience was the PC port of the 3DO Road Rash. Looking forward to it on the Mega Drive Mini.
One of my favorite series, would be nice to have this on the ps4/xbox1 with online play. Same style just updated graphics
This is on the only RR game i don't own on the Genesis and want to get it bad. Great look back at a classic game.
It's pretty affordable. No time like the present.
I think I recently found a Road Rash 3DO prototype disc