Re-Volt

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Description

For years, the Toy-Volt company has been producing toys and games for children all over the world. Within months of introducing their first products, Toy-Volt shot to the top! No one could put their finger on exactly what it was that made the toys so popular. Sure, they employed the best designers and marketers in the world, but there was something else about Toy-Volt toys, something almost.... magic. Now, their newest R/C cars really start to live!

Re-Volt is a racing game where you take control over one of more than 28 R/C cars and drive on one of the 13 tracks. The tracks are varied, and include a toy shop, a supermarket, a luxury liner and more. It is possible to play a "reversed" (backwards) or "mirror" (reversed left and right) variety of each track. There are also 4 levels of realism to choose from.

There are a couple of single- and multiplayer game modes to choose from. There's a Single Race, where you complete a single track while competing with several computer-controlled opponents; a Championship, where you try to complete a series of races in hopes of finishing on the top; and Multiplayer, where you play with live opponents. There's also a Time Trial, where you're alone on the track, and simply try to get as best a time as possible; a Practice mode, where you're free to drive around a track to learn its structure and shortcuts; and the Stunt Arena, where you drive around a special arena and try to collect stars situated in hard-to-reach places.

In Single Race, Championship and Multiplayer there are power-ups scattered throughout the track; picking them up gives you a one-use random power, such as missiles to launch at pesky opponents, a star to temporarily freeze competitors in place or a lightning bolt, which makes your car shock opponents nearby to make them stop.

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Alternate Titles

• "Re-Volt Classic" -- iPad title
• "Revolt" -- Common spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Games that include map/level editor
• Genre: Car / motorcycle combat
• Radio Control games
• Re-Volt / RC Revenge series

User Reviews

The best arcade-style racing game ever made!	Windows	LaserBeams (4)
How can this be?	Windows	Paul Budd (423)
Classic racing gameplay at its finest	Windows	OrcishGrunt (118)

Critic Reviews

The Next Level (USA)	Dreamcast	Feb 02, 2000	A	100
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Aug 20, 1999	17 out of 20	85
Planet Dreamcast	Dreamcast	Jan 13, 2000	8.5 out of 10	85
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Nov, 1999		80
Power Play	Windows	Sep, 1999	77 out of 100	77
SEGA-Portal.de	Dreamcast	Sep 20, 2009	7 out of 10	70
Player One	Dreamcast	Jan, 2000	55 out of 100	55
GameSpot	Dreamcast	Dec 15, 1999	5.3 out of 10	53
All Game Guide	Nintendo 64	1999		40
Svenska PlayStation Magasinet	PlayStation	May, 2000	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

References

In the various "Toy World" levels, you can see stand-up arcade machines that have the game Pole Position playing on the screens.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • March 2000 (Issue #188) – Sleeper Hit of the Year

Related Web Sites

• Re-Volt (official website)
• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)
• Wikipedia: Re-Volt (Information about Re-Volt at Wikipedia)