1990 · Port · Konami · Beat 'em up · Sports

RollerGames

Nintendo console exclusivePort

Is nothing sacred? RollerGames, the 21st Century's most popular thrill sport, is the latest victim of V.I.P.E.R. (Vicious International Punks and Eternal Renegades). With their greedy eyes on RollerGames' mega prize money, they've corrupted three teams and kidnapped Emerson "Skeeter" Bankhead, the games' beloved commissioner.

Released: 1990
Platforms: NES Arcade
Genres: Beat 'em up Sports Fighting
Developers: Konami
Publishers: Konami
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Age ratings: PEGI 3 ESRB E
Languages: English

About

RollerGames is the name of two 1990 Konami video games, one a coin-operated arcade game by, the other a Nintendo Entertainment System game, and both based on the television show of the same name. This arcade game is faithful to the show unlike the NES version of RollerGames, which is a side-scrolling game. The game is for two players and features all the skaters and managers from the league.

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Players can choose from the 6 teams in RollerGames.

Score values are cut in half from the real show (and rounded up if needed), and feature only four 99-second cycles instead of 45-second cycles within four 6-minute periods.

Reception

A reviewer for Game Player's enjoyed both types of scrolling. Another reviewer called it "a sort of Double Dragon on skates", found its graphics to be competent, and the blend of game genres to be interesting. Game Zone found it to be a fun game with good sound. Total!

generally liked the game, but found the sprite collision detection system to be unreliable. Another reviewer found the plot to be ridiculous, and had deja vu of Double Dragon in the earlier levels, until some obstacle levels were reached. Electronic Gaming Monthly found the game lacked a sense of purpose.