The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home

by THE DUKES OF HAZZARD

Product Features

• SEVERAL CARS TO CHOOSE FROM
• VOICE BY WAYLAN JENNINGS
• ALL-TIME CLASSIC
• SUPER HIGH REPLAY VALUE
• PLAYSTATION VERSION

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000038A77
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 16, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,801 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation

Editorial Review

It looks like them Duke boys are in a heap o' trouble, and it's up to you to lend 'em a neighborly hand. Based on the long-running television series, this game is a stunt-driving bonanza featuring all your favorite characters, including Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke, Uncle Jesse, Boss Hog, Cooter, Enos, and the memorable sheriff, Roscoe P. Coltrane. Most of the original cast members have lent their voice-acting talents to the game, including the narrator, Waylon Jennings.

The opening sequence and cutscenes between each level are 3-D-rendered dead ringers for the television show, making it worthy of consideration for collectors. Driving missions are simple and fun, with high-flying ravine jumps and dirt-road power-slides. Get behind the wheel of the General Lee (yes, it has the customized horn), Daisy's Jeep, Cooter's tow truck, and Uncle Jesse's infamous moonshine-runner, Black Tillie.

Control is not as exacting as it should be, but the CB radio banter and the silliness of it all carry the game far beyond its gameplay. --Jeff Young

Pros:

• Good re-creation of the television series
• Missions ripped straight from the show such as "get the mortgage to Boss Hog before the bank closes"
• Fun stunt driving

Cons:

• The game's challenge lies in its lack of control
• Gameplay is very repetitive

Product Description

VIDEO GAME VERSION. On paper it sounds like the easiest game to make in the whole world. Take everybody's favorite hicks-'n'- car-chases TV show, the Dukes of Hazzard, and turn it into a mission-based driving game. There'd be all sorts of things you could do like running from the law, racing, wrecking cop cars... uh... running from the law some more... the list goes on and on. The game's story is told through pre-rendered cutscenes, which use some of the real voices from the old TV show. The renders of the characters look downright frightening sometimes by the resemblance. The story moves along from plot point to plot point very quickly. At the beginning you'll just be doing things like stopping carjackers and getting money to the bank before it closes. But the game eventually leads up to a big race and takes a sharp left turn into flashback territory after that, where you'll actually play as a young Uncle Jesse as he tells the story of Black Jack Perril, the game's resident villain.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

98 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IT'S FINALLY HERE AND IT IS AWESOME!, November 23, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (Video Game)

I had a chance to preview this game and it is tons of fun! The character animations are fantastic and I love the fact that I can hit the General Lee's horn as I fly over ramps outrunnin' the law. I played Driver, but the Dukes of Hazzard is so much more fun I ain't goin' back. Great variety from mission to mission as you try to save the farm. I just know that Bo and Luke Duke never had as much fun as I did driving through the back roads of Hazzard County.

32 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dukes of Hazzard Racing for Home, December 16, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (Video Game)

This game is simply amazing. A year ago when I first got my playstation and played a couple of racing games, I had the idea that it would be cool if there was a Dukes game, and when I found out there was I couldn't believe it. This game is a dream come true for a Dukes fan. It's so cool to blow the General's horn as you fly through the air. The graphics are awesome and the entire game is well done. It's like being in an actual episode of the tv show. The only flaw in the slaw on this game is that I wish they could have gotten John Schneider's voice for Bo. This game kicks all others in the rear. You will not be disappointed with this one.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little more fun that the law should allow..., December 11, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (Video Game)

This is a fun, exciting game. It does a great job of combining a story with racing/driving and all that fun stuff. Fans of the old t.v. show will like the original character voices and vignettes between levels. One very minor complaint is the absence of Daisy Duke except for a few seconds in the opening theme song. Even so, I was totally excited for this game to come out and it didn't disappoint for one second.

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