Rock n' Roll Racing (SNES)

Rock n' Roll Racing

Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Year: 1993 Developer: Silicon & Synapse

Rock n' Roll Racing is an arcade combat racing game. Combat plays a heavy role in the game, as each car has a frontal weapon, such as a laser or missile, and a drop weapon, such as spikes or mines. As you complete races, you get more money to upgrade your car. The game is very similar to RPM Racing.

Screenshots

The title screen. Select your hero. Car Shop. Gameplay 1. Gameplay 2. Gameplay 3.

Music

The soundtrack features famous rock tracks such as "Born to Be Wild", "Bad to the Bone", "The Peter Gunn Theme", "Highway Star" and "Paranoid", which perfectly arranged by famous Follin brothers. Matthew Cannon also helped out with the arrangements. This was his first game at Software Creations. Cannon said the following on X:

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Tim & Geoff Follin produced most of the tracks on 'Rock 'n Roll Racing'. I was drafted-in to complete just two - one of which wasn't used due to the final "bonus" level not being completed in time for shipping 🙁 [1]

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Recording

These recordings were made using foobar2000 with exporting to OGG (Vorbis) format.

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Bad to the Bone	George Thorogood	Tim Follin	2:30		Download
02	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	Tim Follin	3:01		Download
03	Highway Star	Deep Purple	Tim Follin	5:04		Download
04	Peter Gunn Theme	Henry Mancini	Matthew Cannon	2:57		Download
05	Born to Be Wild	Mars Bonfire	Tim Follin	4:04		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Cheese
• Recorder: IgoreshaZhu
• Game Credits:
  • Audio Programming: Software Creations
  • Not Credited Arranger: Geoff Follin
  • Not Credited Arranger: Tim Follin
  • Not Credited Arranger: Matthew Cannon
  • Not Credited Composer: Black Sabbath
  • Not Credited Composer: Deep Purple
  • Not Credited Composer: George Thorogood
  • Not Credited Composer: Henry Mancini
  • Not Credited Composer: Mars Bonfire
  • Not Credited Sound Driver: Mike Webb

(Source: Credits)

The game's credits appear after beating the game. Because Interplay developed the game and outsourced the music and sound effects to Software Creations, with no individual people credited. Tim Follin listed some of the tracks on his site, as well as confirming his brother Geoff's involvement. Matthew Cannon has also stated on X that he was involved with the game as well (linked above).

Game Rip

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Audio Devices

The game uses the S-SMP of the SNES. It uses Mike Webb's sound driver.

Releases

USA Title: Rock n' Roll Racing Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Released: 1993-06-04 Publisher: Interplay     Japan Title: ロックンロールレーシング (Rock n' Roll Racing) Platform: Super Famicom Released: 1994-01-03 Publisher: Namcot     EU Title: Rock n' Roll Racing Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Released: 1994-03-21 Publisher: Ocean Software

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_n%27_Roll_Racing - Wikipedia.
• mobygames.com/game/11544/rock-n-roll-racing - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588623-rock-n-roll-racing - GameFAQs.