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)

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.

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.

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!

Mr Jack · 19 Aug 2015 at 08:53

There's an interview with the developers up on RetroGamer now.

Mr Jack · 27 Aug 2015 at 19:22

I'm disappointed but not surprised they didn't make it. I hope the Early Access fairs better.