Anyone remember Rollcage? It's coming back... sorta

Mr Jack · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:15

Does anyone remember Rollcage from back in the Playstation 1 days? The futuristic combat racer where you could drive upside down? I loved it. I think it was my second favourite PS game of all time - after Tekken - and probably my all time favourite racer.

Now a couple of the original devs are trying to get Kickstarter backing to make a spiritual successor (called GRIP since they don't own the IP). It looks great.

(Disclaimer: I used to work at ATD - who wrote the original Rollcage - so I know the guys developing this although I'm not involved myself)

remy87 · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:18

Oh yes used to play the demo to death! and then bought it later on. Even played Rollcage 2 quite a bit.

ExRayTed · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:21

carrot1401 · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:43

It works out at like £10 for a digital copy and £16 to get early access into the beta. Yeah, I'm sold. High target to hit, but hoping they'll make it!

dreigns · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:54

Remember indeed I have boxed copys of both rollcage 1 and 2

i'll back this project I love arcade racing type games

Vulcan · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:55

Until then you can play the originals here:

http://codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_redux.php
http://codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_extreme.php

Glanza · 12 Aug 2015 at 11:56

Got some good hours out of the original, wonder how well it will do these days though.

If they can make it as fun as rocket league and keep the arcade feel then should be onto a winner.

Mr Jack · 12 Aug 2015 at 12:03

Longbow said:
http://codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_redux.php
http://codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_extreme.php

Hey, cool. That's from the same programmer (Rob Baker) who's leading the coding on GRIP.

cheesyboy · 12 Aug 2015 at 12:20

I spent so long on the demo trying to get a time worthy of entering OPM's competition. Never played the full game though

malachi · 12 Aug 2015 at 12:42

Loved this game, played the PS1 version but play a lot better on my PC when I had my 3DFX card kick in.

d_brennen · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:04

Cool. This will be my third KS backed game after Satellite Reign and Shenmue III. I think their target is fairly high though... Hope it makes it. Rollcage was such a badass IP, didn't deserve to be overshadowed by Wipeout

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:11

The goal does seem higher at first glance since it's in Canadian Dollars (approx. $500,000), although that's still quite a high goal

Probably one of the better kickstarters I've seen; it actually looks like they have a fully working prototype already set up, not just a simple proof of concept.

d_brennen · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:16

The use of UE has me a bit worried. The list of UE powered racing games is hardly stellar... I know it can be modified to do almost anything though

LoopyOrc · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:32

Used to play the demo for this endlessly on the PS1, was great!

SKILL · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:38

Rollcage was awesome, backed

Mr Jack · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:57

d_brennen said:
I think their target is fairly high though...

It's an intensely reasonable sum for a game of that ambition. I doubt it'll even cover their development costs. But I wonder whether they should have set their sights lower and left more stuff for the stretch goals? Mind you, hopefully being a staff pick will help them get there.

Maloney · 12 Aug 2015 at 15:18

d_brennen said:
Cool. This will be my third KS backed game after Satellite Reign and Shenmue III. I think their target is fairly high though... Hope it makes it. Rollcage was such a badass IP, didn't deserve to be overshadowed by Wipeout

I remember seeing this game, but never played it, probably because I was too busy playing Wipeout

Paul_cz · 12 Aug 2015 at 15:37

I did not notice this thread, so I created one that actually has the name of the game in its title

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18686688

Mr Jack · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:34

Paul_cz said:
I did not notice this thread, so I created one that actually has the name of the game in its title

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18686688

Pfft! And with animated GIFs too, you show-off!

Paul_cz · 12 Aug 2015 at 20:49

Mr Jack said:
Pfft! And with animated GIFs too, you show-off!

You know what they say, one gif is worth thousand words

Dammit this campaign is off to a slow start...people come one, this needs to happen.