Rocky Rodent

Rocky Rodent
North American cover art
Developer(s)Irem
Publisher(s)Irem
Designer(s)Eigo Kasahara
Programmer(s)Tetsuya Ikawa
Composer(s)Rikei Hirashima
Platform(s)Super NES
Release
  • JP: July 30, 1993
  • NA: September 1993
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Rocky Rodent is a video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System released by Irem in 1993. It is known as Nitropunks: Mightheads[a] in Japan.

Plot and gameplay

When Rocky begins eating at Pie Face Balboa's restaurant, he unintentionally eats an envelope with Balboa's protection money. As a result, mobsters take Balboa's daughter. Balboa asks Rocky to rescue his daughter, promising him an All-You-Can-Eat buffet for her return.

As Rocky Rodent, the player plays a rodent who must use four various hairstyles to rescue the daughter of the owner of Rocky's favorite eatery. Rocky Rodent is a platform game with six levels with multiple stages, similar to a cross between Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros.. Text bubbles appear during cutscenes, making the game look more like a comic book than a Saturday morning cartoon.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews upon release.

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: ニトロパンクス マイトヘッズ, Hepburn: Nitoropankusu Maitohezzu
  2. ^ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review, two critics scored Rocky Rodent 7/10, two others 8/10.[2]
  3. ^ In GameFan's review, Rocky Rodent was scored differently by four critics: 82%, 86%, 79%, and 85%.[4]
  4. ^ Nintendo Power gave Rocky Rodent two 3.3/5 ratings for graphics/sound and play control, and two 3/5 scores for challenge and theme/fun.[5]

References

  1. ^ Alan Weiss, Brett. "Rocky Rodent". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Harris, Steve; Semrad, Ed; Alessi, Martin; Sushi-X (September 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 9. p. 28. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Now Playing". Game Players. No. 37. February 1994. pp. 120–125. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Skid; Sgt. Gamer; Slick, Tom; The Enquirer (July 1993). "Viewpoint". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 8. pp. 10–11. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "Now Playing". Nintendo Power. Vol. 52. November 1993. pp. 100–105. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  6. ^ Steve; Rad (August 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 11. pp. 48–49.
  7. ^ Nicholson, Zy (October 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Super Play. No. 12. p. 68. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  8. ^ Jan (August 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Video Games. p. 83. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  9. ^ Fury, Red (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Game Power (in Italian). pp. 60–61. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  10. ^ Jay (January 1994). "Rocky Rodent". Super Action. No. 17. p. 24. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  11. ^ "Nintendo Games Index". Super Gamer. No. 1. April 1994. pp. 122–126. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  12. ^ Hickman, Sam (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Super Pro. No. 13. p. 26. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  13. ^ Arend, Gerald (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Total! (in German). p. 74. Retrieved March 9, 2021.


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