Re-Volt

by Acclaim

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002NDF5
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: August 31, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,078 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

That whirring "squeeeeeeee" sound you hear is the sound of your inner remote-control car, revving its engine and spinning its little rubber tires in an attempt to get you to buy Re-Volt.

Here's what happens if you take your inner minicar's advice: You'll spend your first race laughing hysterically, spinning out of control to smash into curbs, the tires of parked cars, and other relatively gigantic hazards of the suburban streets. By your second race, you'll be conscious that part of your problem is that the cars competing with you are forcing you into oil slicks and blasting you thigh-high with rockets they're grabbing from the pick-up icons scattered around the track. When you've got a grip on what you're in for, you'll go back to the selection of eight cars available to rookie drivers and choose one whose acceleration, top speed, and weight seem to suit your driving style.

Wait a minute--weight? Yup, in just one example of how Re-Volt lovingly models tiny-car physics, weight plays a huge role in how your car jumps, how likely it is to land on all four of its tires instead of its hood when it gets flipped, how it fares in collisions, and how much traction it gets in gravel or sand.

You'll be lucky if sand and gravel are the worst things you have sprayed in your face. The tracks loop through many splendidly rendered environments, including burb-land streets, a supermarket, a toy store, a ghost town, and a natural-history museum. You'll never get a chance to enjoy the scenery during a race, so you've got two options. If you're alone, choose the replay feature after your race and enjoy different angles on the action every time. If you've got company, let a friend play, and ogle the beautiful 3-D scenery over their shoulder.

If your friends are like ours, they'll thank you by buying their own copy so that they can play against you online! And speaking of online access, make sure to visit www.revolt.com and download Acclaim's patch for the game. Without the patch, several tracks won't work right. With the patch, all will be well.

So go ahead--listen to your inner mini-muscle car! When someone manufactures a game with a charming premise, scintillating graphics, and game play that's this much fun, you start wondering why so many other games settle for so much less. --Rob Heinsoo

Pros:

• Fun, fun, fun
• Slick graphics
• Devoted online following

Cons:

• Patch required to access all the tracks properly
• Clunky option and setup menus

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Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best racing sim I've played, December 3, 1999

By 

Timothy Himes (Gilbert, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Re-Volt (CD-ROM)

I almost never play games that involve racing or shooting. But I played the demo for Re-Volt and immediately went out and bought it... along with a racing wheel.

The graphics are so beautiful that I've spent time just leisurely driving around checking out the scenery. The museum course is particularly gorgeous as you drive under (or over!) dinosaur skeletons and around the planetarium.

It's also fun to download new cars from the Internet. The cars you choose to play have a big impact on gameplay -- different tracks require different cars to be successful.

The track editor is lame, but so what? The existing tracks are so stunning and fun to race that you won't need to design your own tracks.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I feel the need for speed. . ., March 9, 2000

By 

Jim Olson (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Re-Volt (CD-ROM)

After reading the reviews and playing the demo, it took me about two days to get to the local Best Buy to purchase this game (sorry Amazon). I'll tell you that I haven't been disappointed.

So far, I haven't had any problems with the game. I downloaded the patch from the Re-volt website just to be on the safe side, but haven't run into anything yet. There is an annoying "beep" every once in a while when I think the level changes from one area to another, but that's about it. Let me give you a quick run-down. . .

The cars are great! I started off on the easy tracks with the easy cars (electric) and am having a blast. Then, I discovered that you can download cars from the internet and install them onto your hard drive (the process is very easy and worth the time spent). Users from around the world design and paint their own custom cars and you can download and play with these cars. That's where the real fun starts. Want to race with a miniature Viper or Porsche that handles just like an RC car? No problem! It's seriously a blast. The cars come in two types - electric (fast) and glow/gas (really fast!). There's also the opportunity to download custom tracks, but I haven't done that yet.

The game play is fast, furious and exciting. It's got a great soundtrack that really enhances the mood of the game. Hairpin turns, countless jumps, power-ups for launchable weapons are just some of the great features of this game. The levels are designed and rendered beautifully and it's sometimes a shame that this wasn't "Driving Miss Daisy" so that you could go a little slower and check the scenery out. One area in the Museum level where you enter the Planetarium and the Planets are revolving and spinning all around you and the techno music is blaring and the bottle-rockets are flying. . .well, you just have to experience it. I've had it for a little under a week and have barely scratched the surface of what this game is capable of. I would highly recommend this game to anyone. Enjoy.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A slick racing sim., November 18, 1999

By 

jammer ([e-mail]) (Third cave on the left, Walworth NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Re-Volt (CD-ROM)

Don't listen to the whiny mag types, this game is FUN. It's a blast cranking around in the mini rc cars and the graphics are way above average. In combat mode you can hit the power-ups and spank the opponents' cars with every thing from oil slicks to bottle rockets. What a gas. And online racing is even better. Get the demo, play the single track, then buy the game. It's worth the money.