RetroAhoy: Road Rash

Originally uploaded 3rd January 2012.
Reuploaded here to consolidate on one channel.
5 new RetroAhoy episodes follow this original run.
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[@silvercordmusic]

Awesome. There's one, extremely major, update in RR 2 that was left out, kind sir: the player is allowed to attack the motorcycle police. This was a pivot point in gaming history.

[@GamerKiwi]

I thought you could do that in road rash 1. At least on psx

[@roberto1519]

@@GamerKiwi Only the very first Road Rash you can't beat the police up.

[@grfrjiglstan]

"EA have gone on to great things" Terrible, yes, but great.

[@megalofyia9280]

They who must not be named

[@YellowDice]

I think EA and Activision are the biggest assholes in the gaming industry but they still hit gold with some games. Its such a shame dlc is the new meta these days, and developers have excuses to sell the game half-finished now. Ubisoft ruined their reputation quite recently too. People also believe Rockstar are terrible, but I'm gonna just say Rockstar and Valve still remain the good guys, with Epic Games also skadoodling about if you haven't tried the new Unreal Tournament you should give it a go its free and nostalgic.

[@SuperPerry1000]

+minigunexo And SEGA, with their ham-handed handling of Sonic. And Capcom, for forgetting Mega Man existed. And Konami for...fuck, being Konami. The only real publisher holding ANY sort of positive ground is Nintendo, and they're all a bit behind the times and slow to catch up. To say the least.

[@YellowDice]

The real reason I prefer Sega over Nintendo is that they gave the PC platform some love with some really great game ports (anyone remember virtua tennis and crazy taxi? aside from sa1 and heroes), the dreamcast might have been a flop in sales but sega still lives on and that's what I love about them. And now were getting Lost World on the PC while it was supposed to be exclusive for wii u pee? hah While Nintendo is all about exclusivity, too bad m8 we have emulators for everything now. and super mario galaxy in 1080p looks much better than it was on that weak wii! Microsoft is also trying to paint themselves as the good guys, windows 10 being free is sadly the most shady move ever, solitare having paid dlc for an os? that's mad, can't turn off windows update? enjoy your bsods and frequent restarts. They also pushed in some fake updates for windows 7 if you do a little bit of research that shit will force you to install windows 10 when its a huge downgrade from 7 that's incredible. Capcom I really can't say much there, aside from being total dicks to mega man when Nintendo did more justice to that character than they ever did, hey at least we have street fighter 4 and 5 on pc its something eh eh? wrong dlc up the ass

[@VRichardsn]

+minigunexo CD Projekt Red also deserve a lot of credit. Great games, free DLCs... they are a gamer´s dream.

[@OscarScheepstra_Artemis_]

Road Rash "3D" witht the licensed soundtrack and video cutscenes was amazing. I still love the songs.

[@manitolas]

Rusty cage was a masterpiece, soundgarden at their best🤟🤟🤟

[@KitDreamer]

It's weird that Road Rash 3d was missed out on this list, as it was VERY similar to RoadRash 64, (I think it even had the same soundtrack), but it's much more grounded. In 64 you could get weapons like inflatable bananas and ridiculous stuff, but 3d was more... grounded I guess, and didn't have quite so many weapons. Jailbreak was like, the direct sequel, with its own soundtrack. The 3dO version though had ports on PS1, PC and Saturn apparently. It was good stuff even despite the GODAWFUL midi music on the PC/Windows version for the races, and the earbleeding motorbike noises lmao.

[@GoldenGrenadier]

funny you should mention gta4 the lost and damned. there's a mission where you race on motorcycles while holding bats and Jonny whill say "let's give them road rash!".

[@AC-hj9tv]

Noice

[@MrStrikecentral]

Road Rash, just one of far-too-many old game franchises that are in serious need of a reboot.

[@koutouloufas7]

i still play it on mega drive

[@Mr.Marbles]

Check out road redemption. It has the same spirit but even sillier and its a blast with local co op

[@GeneralChangOfDanang]

@@Mr.Marbles Thank you. I'm going to look for it next time I'm at the game store.

[@mikehunt4797]

The new Streets of Rage 4 is great. I want a Double Dragon reboot.

[@mikedrop4421]

Ahoy's beautiful yet simple style should be studied by content creators everywhere. This video is over 6yrs old at this point but still feels fresh as a warm loaf of bread. The animations we get from current AHOY vids are missing but their absence doesn't *feel* like it's hurting the video in any way. Obviously the older videos are different in that way but they don't feel like they are worse or lower quality. As an AHOY fanboy I can watch these back catalog entries without feeling like I'm watching an older lower quality product. Take heed creators, this is one of the best examples of how to succeed here on KZbin.

[@jayex]

My childhood!

[@askyourmama5862]

Same

[@gaymingtings]

❤

[@rubenick]

Damn, I want a new Road Rash so bad... Was my favorite game as a kid...

[@Pouimatiom]

You are lucky. There is a remake called road redemption for the PC! It is really fun, here#s the link in case youre interrested store.steampowered.com/app/300380/?l=german Hope i could help!

[@LittleRainGames]

Rubenick i remember there being one for sega but on roller blades where you hitch onto cars

[@Horzuhammer]

It's called Skitchin'.

[@TheWhoamaters]

Rubenick road redemption

[@NotASovietSpy1]

same

[@IdealIdeas100]

In the PC version I have placed first by running to the end. Granted I didnt crash far from the end lol.

[@henrlima87]

Once in the mega drive i flew acros the finish line. 1st place too

[@leocana]

@@henrlima87 oh, the memories!

[@Demonanimator]

I never grew up with the game, but found a couple of copies of Road Rash 2 at my local pawn shop and never thought much about them, and finally bought them in 2018 after getting a Genesis for the first time and I couldn't believe how fun it was for a game as old as I am. Proof they still are fun even today.

[@rockhoppergames]

No mention of Road Redemption? If anyone's looking for a modern Road Rash game, Redemption is in early access on steam right now and has a lost of positive reviews.

[@zeliph]

+V for Vegeta Yeah...but it's in early access. I have it on my wishlist though! :)

[@lieike]

+V for Vegeta Originally uploaded 3rd January 2012. So not really.

[@theanimatedflame]

+V for Vegeta I got it a while back, and to be honest it just doesn't feel like the original Road Rash. But I do hope that changes over time, as they develop it more.

[@dstarr3]

+V for Vegeta This video was originally recorded long before that project appeared on Steam. But yeah, I played it some long time ago now, and even in its early state, it was doing a good job of keeping the Road Rash spirit alive and well. I should play it again soon, see what's updated since I last played it.

[@rockhoppergames]

+Dave Starr I didn't notice that this was a reupload. Makes sense, now. haha.

[@slurpeexyza17]

No Road Rash 3D? That was my favorite Road Rash when I was a kid.

[@Xegethra]

+Paz It isn't there because no doubt he thought Road Rash on the 3DO and Road Rash 3D were the same game, without looking it up it seems as they are different games entirely. That along with misleading information on the web that lists them as the same game too.

[@skullo1551]

@@Xegethra they are two veeery different games

[@Xegethra]

@@skullo1551 Indeed, that's what I was trying to say.

[@danielclark-hughes692]

Oh man I used to love Road Rash. Getting a two player game going with a friend and purposefully crashing in order to foot race each other.

[@nilz__]

The Playstation 1 had three Road Rash releases. The one that was ported from the 3DO and Jailbreak as you mentioned, but between those releases, Road Rash 3D was released.

[@Dourkan]

which sucked.

[@urbansavage84]

3D was better then the ones before it in the next generation arguably. Terrible it wasn't mentioned and also no mention of the actual soundtrack that was given on the North American release on Sega with Soundgarden, etc.

[@xaosbob]

I spent so many hours playing this on the 3DO while my toddler slept and baby didn't. Often my baby would only sleep if nestled in the crook of my arm, so pillows went under, the volume was turned low enough to let her sleep, and she conked out while I raced. Kept me sane during some lengthy nights of colic.

[@oxidmedia]

Skitchin was a spiritual sequel of sorts, featuring people on rollerblades rather than on bikes. one of the mechanics was about holding on to cars to be faster than your opponents and eventually flinging yourself ahead

[@xisumavoid]

Dizzy next? Can't wait :-D you are picking all the right games atm :-)

[@gamethumbnails334]

+xisumavoid hello x

[@stealwonders]

+xisumavoid Hey !

[@gamethumbnails334]

StealWonders :)

[@hazelnotxyz]

+xisumavoid This video is from 2012 though.

[@yahyahassan4831]

Just upload some xisumanati :-)

[@Sentinalh]

I loved the PC version of Road Rash, great game that I fondly remember playing for hours.

[@DerekMoore82]

Road Rash 2 was my favorite.

[@c00lhand208]

Loved spending countless hours playing Road Rash 1-3 on my Sega Genesis; especially, the later titles which introduced split-screen racing.

[@Big-Marty]

Thanks for reuploading all these RetroAhoys. Makes it real easy to keep your videos in order.

[@Alexandra-Rex]

I never played Road Rash, but I played Full Throttle a lot, such a great game, truly a classic.

[@SolidSnake684]

I love the first Road Rash so much. Road Rash 2 and the "next gen" Road Rash are also great, but there's something about the first that makes it a classic.

[@honestmusicreviews]

That licensed soundtrack from the psone port first introduced me to soundgarden... And today they are still my favourite band! Has games influenced your musical or otherwise tastes?

[@cptxander]

damn Ahoy, first carmageddon, now road rash. two of my favorite games of all time. well done!

[@XxDEDEYExX]

another epic game from my childhood i'd forgotten all about til this vid. many hours of fun i had playing road rash.

[@dynastylobster8957]

+XxDEDEYExX guess what! ahoy showed off mach rider, a game that was on the nes, but here is the twist, sega was competing with nintendo , advertizing there blast prosessing, but the nes showed that it could be faster then the genisis , an example being mach rider. thus sega was lying about blast prossesing

[@ThePhantomGazz]

This was one of my favorite games on the megadrive Road Rash 1 and 2. Awesome video!

[@santyxeorrr]

The N64 version gets little love, but it was and still is crazy fun.

[@fangsup726]

I'll admit Road Rash was a bit before my era, but its influences live on. A rather good game inspired by Road Rash is called Road Redemption. Even though I wasn't around for the progenitor to motorcycle combat, I can say for certain the homage its spawned is every bit of good chaotic fun.

[@null2846]

RetroAhoy is excellent, I really hope this series gets the attention that it deserves. Especially considering how recently the videos are uploaded.

[@vaiyt]

The best thing about Road Rash were the crashes. It was fun to see how far you could fly after hitting an obstacle at top speed. The N64 version was great for that because it had huge trucks that would fling you for what seemed like miles after a head-on collision.

[@mulder801]

aah, I remember back then when I played road rash in Nappa valley. I almost reach the finish line, only to get thrown away to kingdom come from my bike by a passing car. After finally reach my bike, a police were waiting for me there. Such is life in road rash. 10/10 would play again.

[@Yoss2023]

I had a 3DO and played that Road Rash for months every day. The best version of RR. Loved it.

[@nooch8692]

P.E NO.1 was a real pain in my ass throughout my childhood years. The satisfaction of stealing a chain off her and then using said chain to dismount her from her cycle was satisfying beyond words.

[@steveozone4910]

Cool! I asked for this years ago. Thanks Stu. I remember playing Skitchin also which was a very similar game.

[@atinofspam3433]

It's been too long... road rash. Mark my words I will get my mega drive to work again, and I will see you once more, and relive those memories.

[@gaymingtings]

Did you get your mega drive to work?

[@atinofspam3433]

@@gaymingtings i did! needed to mess about with cable adapters, properly dismantle and clean the poor old console, and screw about with analogue TV settings on our current TV, but it works now! :)

[@gaymingtings]

@@atinofspam3433 that's sick!! Enjoy my tinned friend 😊

[@RJIVHALO]

Road rash on the original play station was one of my favorite games, behind Spider-Man. The thing I remember most was the awesome soundgarden soundtrack. Rip Chris Cornell

[@pavester4]

One of my favorite game series' back in the day

[@ManicSmile]

I very much like your presentation style and the subject choice is great too.

[@lousunny5682]

When I was first introduced to video games, I use to play this game. Thanks dad 😍

[@Dzimbo1202]

I do realize that these are re-uploads, but the timing seems perfect seeing as the Oliver Twins (aka the guys who coded the Dizzy games) have just recently released Wonderland Dizzy, an old game made in 1993 that never saw the light of day until just a few days ago. They found plans for a game they half-remembered coding a long time ago laying around in their storage, and some time later they discovered a floppy disk with a nearly finished version of the game. Some fan-driven compiling ensued, and voila, Wonderland Dizzy is online and completely free to play from inside your web browser right now. Bloody great coincidence on the timings!

[@Shindai]

And now there's Road Redemption to keep the itch scratched

[@qwerty123443wifi]

I bought an Atari 2600 because of you! Great videos, no idea how you have time for these. Keep them coming anyhow

[@delaorden]

Best 3do game by far, and the reason I still keep it

[@OneEyedWheeler]

What a game Road Rash II was. I still have the cartridge with my Mega Drive up in the loft.

[@PhunkieZero]

I had the PS1 Road Rash, not that cartoony one though. It was quite fun :3

[@crowcade]

+Quez TheFox same. SPEED HOME CALIFORNIA

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

+markula Awesome soundtrack too!

[@slightlytwistedagain]

The bikes in Burnout Paradise are the closest we're going to get to the ideal Road Rash game. Such good fun. Also looking forward to Dizzy, I just hope you're reviewing the games that are on the ZX Spectrum and talk about the differences on each hardware platform.

[@antireddit1698]

+slightlytwistedagain Not played Road Redemption?

[@slightlytwistedagain]

***** No thanks for point that out. Yeah it's more in the spirit of Road Rash compared to Burnout Paradise however it doesn't have the polish Burnout Does. Shame.

[@nonuvurbeeznus795]

+slightlytwistedagain can you even hit other bikers in Burnout Paradise

[@slightlytwistedagain]

Nonuv Urbeeznus The bikes are kind of a bonus added to the game (you don't see any NPC bikes) and considering I never went online playing Burnout Paradise I have no idea what's it like to face other bikers. It's been a while since I played the game but I don't recall and button commands to do physical attacks.

[@nonuvurbeeznus795]

slightlytwistedagain So it's not really Road Rash, is it? Can't really compare them?

[@Vladi306]

There was an underrated, later spin-off of Road Rash by Acclaim, called Speed Kings. It has a lot more arcade-y elements to it but the behavior of your opponents, the "knock your rivals off" kind of gameplay and the occasional (although often brief) police pursuit are all callbacks to the RR series. If you played it today, without knowing the name of the game, you'd probably think it was simply Road Rash for the PS2.

[@XanderNotZander]

Love this new series Ahoy, awesome!

[@team56th]

I love the soundtrack for this series. It's one of MD/Genesis's best, I even like it better than Streets of Rage.

[@RiveTheRat]

FYI the 3DO Road Rash title was also ported to Sega Saturn.

[@TheSocialGamer]

I just wrote that and was scrolling the comments to see if anyone else noticed...lol truth! I on it and it's super smooth. Port done right!

[@rodrigovitorino3750]

I was expecting some Road Rash 3D footage

[@DiegoRuiz1991]

It's just a port of the 3DO version, he fucking said it!!!

[@TechGamesAU]

Diego Ruiz, Road Rash 3D was released in 1998 exclusively for the PlayStation. It's not a 3DO port.

[@SonofMrPeanut]

Road Redemption is a very enjoyable spiritual successor.

[@notyoursavior78]

Road Rash II is my jam! I loved that game. I also liked Road Rash 3D a lot. It was more about just racing than brawling it seemed but the soundtrack was incredible!

[@whit3bait628]

I remember playing Road Rash when i was around 7 on PC. Probably the first PC game i learnt to play on my own

[@dabreadman6567]

Road Rash for the GBA was pretty good, I remember slowing down just to beat people and hear those wonderful screams.

[@jossiqua]

I loved playing Road Rash 2 as a kid!

[@dsouth7754]

I remember playing this on my uncle's PC back in the 90's. I remember not really playing it right, since I liked to run around off the bike and explore.

[@dessertstorm7476]

You forgot to mention you can also steal bikes during the race. Stealign weapons and bikes was one of the coolest things about this game. When you play something truly innovative for the first time and you think"Wow I can do that?" it's a great moment that I rarely feel when playing games any more.

[@gincairn8763]

Phlegm Atic which game in the series allowed you to steal someone else's bike? I don't remember that on the genesis era games, have I been playing it wrong all these years?!?!?

[@Tricikloplots]

Road Rash on PC is one of the defining games from my childhood. I'm gonna break my rusty cage!

[@insederec]

So I guess this is where Downhill Domination got its inspiration. Neat.

[@LSSTmusic]

I wasn't aware anyone even remembered that game. It was ridiculously fun ahaha

[@insederec]

Steven, A.D. Got it on a demo disc but I never could find it in any store.

[@madmike8365]

The split screen on 2 responsible for many onscreen battles with my brothers that usually turned to an off screen battle. The good old days of Sega making consoles. Had to go through at least 5 or 6 changes and I even had the Sega channel. Technology way ahead of it's time!

[@MechagirlSachiko]

Watching this reminded me of Road Redemption, which is still in Early Access. Can't help but hope it's a worthy successor to Road Rash. And, Dizzy? Now you have me hyped! Can't wait for the next video! :D

[@kyleslack8717]

LOVED these games!

[@frishdawgz]

hitting someone with the cattle prod in RR3 was VERY satisfying, I laughed every time seeing the skeletons as a kid.

[@heiligedamon]

Great game! but along Road Rash, there was a least successful but still fun game with the same mechanics, Skitchin'. Not only is fun, is hard and the soundtrack was amazing. Love to see a video for that game in particular.

[@vxl757]

Man road rash was one of my first games on ps1. Awesome game

[@derrekwilson5295]

I love and miss one of my favorite games and that is ROAD RASH!

[@logantownsend3710]

Oh god the nostalgia...when I heard the song for Road Rash 2 I about cried

[@ZylethXenocian]

Oh man, by the same guys who made MotoRacer for PC. I LOVED that game as a kid. I played it since I was like 2 or 3 with my granddad. It had beautiful graphics full of color and it was great. Of course it lacked the combat mechanics of Road Rash.

[@AdamIZxMiiDNIGHT]

God damn, Skate or Die flashbacks galore, man that game was difficult

[@therwfer]

man loved this game as a kid! Now, as a grown ass motorcyclist, I can only think about how it's impossible to lift your arm at 200kph lol

[@popat997]

Loved this game.

[@lilwyvern4]

It's said that if a Thrumbo ever speaks, it has the clearest voice in the galaxy. You're listening to one.

[@AAARREUUUGHHHH]

The reason I own a motorbike now is probably from playing this game as a kid. Yet to wallop a fellow biker with a chain, though...

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

I had Jailbreak as a kid and god damn I loved that game. Was surprised to see people didn't care for it, it was great fun and seemed to do everything the originals did, but better

[@BradleyPajuluoma]

Love the vids dude and i love Road Rash, but I'm surprised you didn't mention Skitchin' as it's basically a ROad Rash game IMO. :P

[@mavrick45]

best part about the original road rash - the kick ass soundtrack

[@ellicopter1]

I had this for the master system in the early 90's, I think i still have it in my parents attic, been meaning to go up there to get my old system for a while now

[@TheRichardSilver]

1994 Road Rash, man I've played that game a ton.

[@user-pc5sc7zi9j]

Road Redemption, published 2 years after this video, would have made it onto that list for sure.

[@dannyzep92]

What a great game so many great memories of this game on the Genesis as a kid

[@rustyshackleford5553]

Road rash 2 is still my favorite racing game

[@antireddit1698]

Road redemption is the closest we will get to another road rash

[@PbPomper]

I loved this game when I was a kid!

[@Poorgeniu5]

Idk about you guys but I played this game called Motorcross Mania 3 and its plays like Road Rash. You get two modes which are Arena and Race, with your choices of wide varieties of weapons available to buy. The game was overall fun in my experiences.

[@Charside]

I loved this game

[@igortchelzoff3736]

ive been waiting for this game maked childhood

[@lorddirt5532]

This guy, Maximillian, and dykgaming are the only gaming youtubers I like.

[@XanderNotZander]

Good taste

[@sagewaterdragon]

+Lord Dirt You really need to expand your views, then. There are a ton of good ones - Matthewmatosis, Super Bunnyhop, and all of the Normalboots crew come to mind, even if we're not talking about playthroughs. If we are talking about LP'ers, though... well, shit, there's a lot of them. I'd direct you towards the page with who I subscribe to on it, but I'm never a fan of links like that in comments like these.

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

+Sage Water Dragon LambHoot is the best. Or Jeremy Parish, GameBoyle, SNESDrunk and Retro Game On.

[@TheUKNutter]

You've forgotten about ME. Joking, I'm terrible.

[@GuiltyBystander8]

+Lord Dirt lol Maximillian is the pewdiepie of fighting games.

[@Tychoxi]

Road Redemption is a recent spiritual successor.

[@kosmikme]

Dizzy?! Someone call Yatzee!!!

[@alip82]

Yatzee

[@megalofyia9280]

Yatzee

[@rudyhero1995]

gabe

[@tusharveeramani3742]

Yahtzee? Benjamin Croshaw, you mean?

[@kosmikme]

Tushar Veeramani I do

[@berkkarsi]

5:22 I wish they made this game. The footage looks awesome.

[@Rhyanns12]

I have a Game Boy Advance version of Road Rash Jailbreak. Its pretty fun. (Great vid btw)

[@Azrael1793]

I played so many hours on the 3DO PC port, I was shocked as a kid by the FMVs and the trashy artwork. I loved that game,

[@lawsil1]

A new road rash is the only thing ea could do to redeem itself in my eyes at this point

[@Leothegoat13]

Finally I remember this game's name!!! I had a Sega genesis when I was 4-6ish and I played this game but I could read English and only had a basic understanding of the game 😂 ahhh the soundtrack brings back so many memories!!!

[@shukterhousejive]

Can't believe you forgot about the best Road Rash game, Skitchin'!

[@DoubleYouPee1]

Best one was Road Rash 3DO. Remember laughing for minutes when you once again flew for about 20seconds above the buildings after an epic crash.

[@georggross1232]

I don't know, why I love game over screens... XD

[@distantanomaly9649]

Needs a remake. It will be amazing. Brutality and gore.

[@Proudfootzorz]

+DankKronix Road Redemption on Steam