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Title: Rollcage Redux
Post by: MrThunderwing on January 12, 2015, 05:46:33 pm

I stumbled across this whilst I was searching for some other stuff:

http://www.codemonkey.me.uk/view_blog_entry.php?blog_entry_id=131 (http://www.codemonkey.me.uk/view_blog_entry.php?blog_entry_id=131)

http://www.codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_redux.php (http://www.codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_redux.php)

A new graphically enhanced version of the old PS1 game Rollcage available for free download by one of the fellas who was responsible for programming the game originally.

For anyone who isn't familiar with it, Rollcage was produced by Psygnosis (later Studio Liverpool) who made all the Wipeout games. It's a futuristic arcade racer with crazy physics that let you drive on the ceiling and all sorts of shenanigans like that. I didn't actually own it back in the day, but one of my friends did and I remember it being good fun. I haven't tried this version out yet though, I'm downloading as we speak.

Edit: Here's a video of it in action that someone's uploaded.

Rollcage Redux: Test #2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZSqw4NlgN8#ws)

Title: Re: Rollcage Redux
Post by: Le Chuck on January 12, 2015, 09:36:13 pm

Awesome, I'm a huge wipeout fan so this looks great.  Downloading now! 

Title: Re: Rollcage Redux
Post by: Le Chuck on January 12, 2015, 09:57:32 pm

Okay, just played.  It's fun, really fun.  Stupid hard to control with just the keyboard tho...of course it warns you of that.  I'll get it on my cab this weekend and see how it treats me.  Good stuff!

Title: Re: Rollcage Redux
Post by: vandale on January 13, 2015, 04:52:14 am

The physics remind me of San Francisco Rush, which is a good thing  :applaud:

Title: Re: Rollcage Redux
Post by: VirtuaIceMan on January 14, 2015, 11:54:02 am

There's a reworking of Rollcage Stage II as well, called Rollcage Extreme: http://www.codemonkey.me.uk/view_blog_entry.php?blog_entry_id=132 (http://www.codemonkey.me.uk/view_blog_entry.php?blog_entry_id=132)

There's also the sort-of-official forums for both on Steam (ironically, as neither game is): https://steamcommunity.com/groups/rollcage/discussions (https://steamcommunity.com/groups/rollcage/discussions) - click the right-hand menus for each games builds/discussions (the Codemonkey site tends to just link to the latest build of each game, I think)

Title: Re: Rollcage Redux
Post by: MrThunderwing on January 15, 2015, 06:49:34 am

Cool, will have to check out Extreme.