Rock 'n Roll Racing: Why the Hype? - SNESdrunk

Thanks to ASMuller for the request on my Patreon page, and I'm sorry for saying "Mule-er" instead of Muller. Anyway, Rock n Roll Racing is easily one of the best 16-bit multiplayer games out there...
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[@SNESdrunk]

CORRECTION: yet another dumb mistake, referring to the band Golden Earring as Green Earring. Whoops.

[@Vanskynyrd]

SNES drunk it's all good SNES Drunk

[@xxkelso420xx8]

SNES drunk yes totally one of my all time favourite snes games

[@pidgeo5]

SNES drunk heh, I never knew about golden earring having done radar love. I had always thought it was Deep Purple. DP definitely did Highway Star, which is awesome on the Made In Japan album. It's like 11 minutes long! Thanks for doing this video on R&R racing! It's one of my favs and the music from the game is always in my chiptune playlists.

[@kyluya]

SNES drunk i mean...you are snes drunk not snes sober.

[@ericmoritz6899]

I'm going to name my band green earing.

[@SuperTeeter64]

The stage is set! The green flag drops...!! SNESDrunk is in another time zone!!

[@rafetizer]

Viper JAMS into first!!

[@leequeenmusic6973]

Jake looks lost out there

[@PatrickRob82]

There's flames ALL OVER

[@marxthejester713]

HAWK SCORES A FIRST PLACE KNOCKOUT SNAKE FINISHES SECOND OLAF TAKES A WEEK THIRD SLASH IS IN ANOTHER TIMEZONE

[@vitorkk328]

VIPER IS ABOUT TO BLOW

[@TheFarmersLife]

I sunk a lot of hours into this one when I was a kid. Played it for hours on end. It really did get tough as you moved on.

[@mugsofmirth8101]

I don't care about the soundtrack. This game looks boring

[@livnatkris]

why the hype?! Omg it's awesome racing game with such cool music. I don't like racing games but this I played to death!!

[@carlosagustinserron5136]

😋🤗😍

[@RobertNES816]

Rock N Roll racing on the SNES also has a screen saver. Leave the game paused for like 10 minutes and you'll see a screen saver appear.

[@philmurad3471]

What's the screen saver look like?

[@ProwerPlaysSega]

@@philmurad3471 i have the original cart and just tried it on my snes and didnt see anything :/

[@fordprefect4728]

@@philmurad3471 If i remember correctly the screen goes black and than theres a spotlite going randomly all over the screen showing showing what u were just looking at.

[@KujiGhost]

With music arranged by the legendary Tim Follin, no less.

[@blackenedwritings]

How did this NOT become a franchise? Amazing game.

[@AFnord]

Blizzard has released this game for free, so you can download the SNES version from their site. It's a bit hidden, but the download link is still there. Sadly they've removed some of the music from the game, probably for rights reasons.

[@NewportBox100s]

AFnord How hidden is it?

[@AFnord]

That depends a bit on where in the world you are :P You need to go to the US download page (I'm not sure if youtube will block any link I try to post, so just google "blizzard download page"). You should find one called Download client that starts with us in its URL. Then just scroll down to "Classic Games", it's at the bottom. The EU page does not have these

[@TheShoalguy]

If you want this to play on your pc let me know I have this and many others

[@Azuris190]

just tried it out, just go to the download area, to classics and than change in the hyperlink the EU with US and you will see those games

[@titaniusanglesmith2747]

It’s on Xbox One now with The Lost Vikings 1 and 2

[@GregorBugaeff]

Larry "Supermouth" Huffman was a God on the Motocross/Supercross circuit back in the day. This was also the first game to use licensed music from Hard Rock/Metal bands. Albiet in 16-bit form. Jake Badlands is also named after Jake E. Lee. Former guitarist of Badlands and Ozzy Osbourne.

[@mappelboom]

This game means a lot to me, never could find a PAL version to buy so always rented it from the videostore together with a US converter, must have rented it 10 times at least, it was standard for every sleep-over party between the age of 12 and 14. Goddamn I love it so much

[@starwarsunfiltered7848]

I can't even fathom how many times me and my buddy rented this from the local video store back in junior high, in '93-'94. At least six or seven times, I figure. It was always a summer thing, where we would have the game all weekend, stay up in sleeping bags, and keep going until 3:00 AM and our voices were cracking from the constant laughter and yelling. I would put this in my Top 5 funnest SNES games of all time, and it was also my intro to the music of Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Steppenwolf. Years later, as I saw the the first two bands live in 2014-2016, I was yelling out, "Rock 'n' Roll Racing!" during their performances of "Highway Star" and "Paranoid." I can't hear those songs and *not* think of this game.

[@gabemewell3643]

I like how there is a character in this game that's basically Chewbacca. And I'm also fairly sure that Olaf from the Lost Vikings also makes an appearance in this game.

[@robinenbernhard]

love this game so much and songs where so good on my SNES

[@phreeze83]

Top10 SNES game! Love it, and has the best soundtrack ever

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

This game features the best, most realistic sounding guitar sound on the SNES. Heck, maybe the entire generation of consoles! It almost sounds like the real thing!

[@jg2722]

You haven’t played rockband for the psp?

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

​@@jg2722 Keywords: Best in the *generation.* Of course a game made over a decade later would have better sound quality.

[@richterbelmont5506]

Tim Follin made some of the best bit music

[@AdamSmithNES]

Don't think I've ever played this, but had RPM Racing as a kid, which played fairly similar. Plus you could make your own tracks. Never really see anyone mention it.

[@lz_creep6856]

I used to play this alot with my dad on the computer when I was 5-6 😭 so much nostalgia

[@aur3liom]

It's one of the game that I played the most with my younger brother. We spend hours playing together, I thing it was one of the few games that we had fun playing in coop. He was always impatient to play others games.

[@jason86768]

Loved this game on the Genesis! Consequently, I think the music sounds better on the Genesis...

[@Detroitswagg28]

Aww, man, the memories. My friend had this game, and he would come over every weekend him and his brother and we have a good time blasting each other away all weekend with some pizza and snack. Goodtimes.

[@raptorman2666]

one of the best snes games of all time. so much replay value. My brother and I used to rent this every weekend and get a friend or two over. it was like a rock n roll kid party.

[@aqwaszx123]

me and my friend we're still playing this game because rock n roll and racing and the narrator loll *Snake it about to blow*

[@justinreilly3107]

Thanks, this video just helped me to decide to buy this game. Loved it as a rental in the 90s and look forward to playing it again.

[@RocketPropelledGuy]

I grew up thinking Larry was saying last place was "another pine cone!" It was still an insult relating to slow speed, pine cones come off a tree, and trees don't move. It made sense to me at the time so I never questioned it. Oops...

[@HWFchamp]

Going through your back catalog - thanks for this. It's my favorite game of all time. Jake lights him up!

[@kyur3813]

The Sega Genesis version featured one additional song: Radar Love by Golden Earring.

[@denimchicken104]

Sounds nice on paper, but everything in the Genesis version sounds terrible. One extra song that sounds bad doesn’t cut it.

[@redbeard9412]

This was one of the first games me and dad would play together. I think the music and arcade styling made it familiar enough for him to join in. I believe I had it for Sega.

[@toycoma98]

My all time favorite snes game. I like jumping over the inside corner of a turn as a short cut, and bump other players off the road at a ramp. I enjoy this on my Miyoo mini plus.

[@watson3047z]

My bro and I had tons of fun playing this game in the 90s

[@retrogameon]

That music sounds amazing! Great video as always, SNES Drunk.

[@xelthos2051]

This has always been one of my favorite SNES games growing up, and I'll still do a full play through once a year at least. Love the music and gameplay, beats SNES mario kart hands down to me. Olaf lights them up.

[@Valdrex]

I picked this game up used from a comics store back in the 90s. I was absolutely shocked by how good it was.

[@lexbeltran1354]

Jake E. Lee of Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands, and Red Dragon Cartel has a character named after him in the game

[@engin3ar]

Loved this game as a kid, this is a true classic. The music was awesome at the time.

[@ESTEMUSIC]

one of the best games on the snes. the soundtrack is top notch!

[@Ubermicropwned]

one of my fav games as a kid, i remember liking the music thinking i wish tv music was like this, not knowing it was based on rock songs

[@erikhermansen3431]

Oh man, that brings me back to my childhood. R&R Racing left quite an imprint on my life. I almost cut ties with my best friend (We were 12ish at the time) over a dispute that started while playing. Luckily he was smart enough to realize it was just a game. So we buried the hatchet, metaphorically speaking, and moved on with our lives. It was a well-deserved lesson learned. TL;DR Rock 'n Roll racing helped to teach me that people are more important than things. Good Game, 10/10 would play again!

[@faceless-x-abberation8400]

Rock and Roll Racing was awesome back in the day, but I also played and loved Red Asphalt as well. I just found out a couple years ago that it was supposed to be the sequel to Rock and Roll Racing. I can see the similarities as far as using money to buy cars and upgrade them as well as your weapons. Red Asphalt was hard as hell in my opinion, but also really fun. I liked the serious tome and all the really cool and unique characters. I use the nickname Jackal to this day because I really liked the character by that name that you could play as. So I ended up remembering his name and using it for future games.

[@Jinx_Skeel]

This and Biker Mice from mars should have 4 players mode, it would be outstanding

[@danhallas3546]

Agreed! Boy have times changed. That generation of gaming was still stuck on two player gaming nowadays it’s not uncommon to see 64-128 people in one game

[@oscarzxn4067]

Good news for you :)

[@maverickhuntermeta4954]

It's great that this game made a return in Blizzard Arcade Collection recently.

[@Tailstraw_xD]

The announcer is Larry "Supermouth" Huffman, and his name is well earned

[@sonicmario64]

Even though I sucked at playing "Super Off Road", I actually had no trouble playing this game for the first time, especially since the isometric gameplay was exactly similar to that of "R.C. Pro-Am" on the NES.

[@GrapPro]

Only ever played as Olaf from Lost Vikings

[@heardofrvb]

Shred will always be in another time zone.

[@philmurad3471]

Lmao

[@Fallaise47]

How cool is that, I just discovered your channel yesterday, and today you release a video about my all time SNES favorite game. Btw, your channel is great: no bullshit talking, straight to the point >> the games. Keep up the good work, cheers from France

[@SNESdrunk]

Cheers

[@dicknijmegen]

Have you checked out Unirally (or Uniracers) yet? Music is just as cool as in this game. It is also a multiplayer racer. Whole different gameplay mechanic though. 2d racing through rollercoaster like tracks with bonus speed boosts for stunts.

[@bonesjackson81]

Yet another game I hadn't noticed as a kid. Bought it about 5 years ago and still love it.

[@alexandremuller5894]

Geez, how have I missed this video for 5 days?! Awesome, thanks so much for reviewing it, one of my favorites for sure! =)

[@LordMonkus]

For anyone with an SD2Snes cart or doesn't mind emulation there is an MSU parched version of this game with real cd quality versions of the music added to it.

[@philippepiette7254]

Everyone, I'm literally playing this gang in emulator, and I assure you that it's worth playing today. The music is impressive, the graphics aren't bad, and the controls are easy! It's so much fun!

[@timothykatch1855]

This is 1 of the best racing games ever made period.

[@TheVisionofComics]

I played this game non-stop as a kid. So much fun.

[@THESHMUPMASTER]

Fantastic game. Shame though that the Genesis music sounded so bad... I always preferred the SNES version for that reason.

[@cravis123]

This was such a great game to enjoy playing! Nice review!

[@BlackGwarDeath666]

I've always loved this game.

[@giovanni1281]

Hi. I love your channel

[@dimarcocogaming7949]

I played this all the time when I was a kid. It's addicting but also doing the same races it gets really repetitive. Easy is just way to easy...you'll actually overlap sometimes. Veteran mode your craving upgrades because it's way more challenging.

[@belishhill4013]

Blizzard, if you read this ever, please release a Rock and Roll Race car as a Heroes of the Storm character. P.S. Loved the video. Thanks for these, I always enjoy watching them!

[@dorianlindberg1662]

The summary is perfect.

[@oscaradolfosandovalrojas6237]

I used to own Rock 'N Roll Racing. It was awesome.

[@LilReikoGold]

Let's rock and roll today on the 4th 🎆🇺🇸

[@oleanderbean]

Didn't think much of this game years ago but I'm willing to give it a second try. Thanks for another great video!

[@chadheydt8221]

One of the best racing games of all time❤ thank you for doing this video I love this game so much

[@thunderchild1083]

As a child I could never get on with racing games that had the point of view used in Rock n Roll Racing, I always preferred the camera being behind the racer or over the top like in Micro Machines

[@anticalgary]

This game is amazing- I wish I kept my copy from when I was a kid- it is expensive as hell, and really rare to find! Thank god for emulation

[@Quimper111]

Anything coming close to Super cars 2 or Nitro game is great in my book

[@CarecaRetrogamer]

This is EASILY one of the BEST games in the SNES library. 10/10 ! Besides the password system, u can also just advance to next category OR next world as soon as u reach the necessary points. This avoids the redundancy of running the same tracks again and again, shortening the game AND making it easier to finish it in one sitting... The racing anouncer is no one other than Larry "SuperMouth" Huffman, btw... There's a fan site dedicated exclusively to Rock n' Roll Racing, www.rocknrollracing.org there, u can check a message that Larry himself recorded to Lucas RRR, the site's owner.

[@why_i_game]

Correction: "One of the very best multiplayer games of all time." 😀 I've put thousands of hours into Rock N' Roll Racing, and most of that was against other skilled humans. Damn near perfect multiplayer. Never gets old.

[@wallaceshawn-zk8iw]

This game, V8 & TM r the Holy Trinity of Car Combat games. Lol

[@SnowNinja]

loved this game as kid, so many fun gaming nights!

[@camaroguy2301]

Golden earring* The best version of radar love.

[@danielshults5243]

Just a fantastically fun game. I love the simple but effective designs of all the cars, and the clean but funky aesthetic of all the artwork and characters. Why would an auto racing game set to classic rock music have aliens and lasers and traveling to other planets? Because those things are awesome, DUH! Just an interesting aside-- this was actually developed by Blizzard back in their early days when they were still known as "Silicon and Synapse." There was a cheat code you could enter to play as Olaf from The Lost Vikings.

[@RobertNES816]

I never knew this game was hyped up. But having said that I never heard of this game until a buddy told me about it. I bought myself a copy for SNES and Genesis. Both ports are great but the sound tracks on the Genny port are underwhelming. It plays the same as the SNES port and the graphics are close but its not up to the standards of the SNES port.

[@Karras353]

I had some fun with this game back in the day, though I do recall it getting kind of repetitive at times and it was possible to be over-upgraded, so that you were pretty much untouchable.

[@Lverty]

Awesome video snes drunk one of my favourite KZbinrs and channel

[@JuggaloJD420]

loved Red Asphalt, had no idea it was actually released as a sequel.

[@HWFchamp]

Be in first place by a half lap, brake, 180, unleash hot fury, 180 turbo to finish. Sorry guys I need to upgrade my missles.

[@Tailstraw_xD]

This game is the reason I like the music that I like. The first time ai heard Paranoid on the radio, I thought Ozzy was copying the game!

[@keithryon23]

Played the heck out of this game when growing up.

[@krisgloux2030]

Top 10 from my kid era!!! Good control though simple. Short view distance somehow works ...sooo rare.

[@PFR1930]

Still a classic after all these years.

[@HypnoSwag]

The Genesis version sounds, looks, and plays way better!!! Says nobody...

[@ashb899]

Fantastic game . this was the beez kneez in the 90s

[@carlosagustinserron5136]

Mi tía me lo regalo para sega 32bit, en el año 97! Excelente, me divertí mucho!

[@iamdmc]

Still the BEST SNES game I've ever played

[@fathersongaming9765]

I've gotta try this one

[@josephhuffman2757]

I'll always love this game.

[@Vanskynyrd]

loved this game.

[@SeanArmitageMusic]

Hearing that announcer's voice instantly brought me back to being 13 years old

[@erickslipkorn]

Some people made another "sequel" named Motor Rock that plays like the original with better graphics and music. Thay even had tried to use the same announcer but had to take his voice off due to legal reasons.

[@markula_4040]

Should have been included on the SNES Classic.

[@MosoKaiser]

*markula*, would have probably cost way too much, considering that would require to pay for the as-of-now-expired music lisences again, as well as to Blizzard for the game itself.

[@BeatersRus]

gotta give ya a thumbsup just for reviewing this awesome game from bitd.

[@hELLLcs]

Best game on SNES. Interplay before becoming blizzard were one of the best developper!

[@mightyRanadin]

Interplay didn't become Blizzard. Silicon & Synapse became Blizzard.

[@16bitbrit]

A classic this, and maybe one that doesn't get the full credit it deserves. Great video as always, man.

[@whitecastle323]

Snes drunk you are the most awesomest

[@SNESdrunk]

Thank you Yoda

[@GospodinVelikiy]

Best game in the world! Fans need remake! Blizzard!

[@ubernerrd]

Olaf is dominating the race!

[@kylemiller1984]

Did anyone else drop a bunch of oil on one corner then get ahead, turn around, and just unload rockets onto your friends? No? Just me? Lol loved this game!

[@maxoliver2665]

Beating everyone by far only to turn around at the end and fire your rockets into player 2 struggling in second just to see him be the last. Priceless 😎

[@gdogg1979]

Yup!

[@Evil0tto]

Shred is in another time zone!