Software:Rush Hour (video game)

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Short description: 1997 video game
Rush Hour
Rush Hour cover.jpg
Developer(s)Clockwork Entertainment
Publisher(s)Psygnosis
Platform(s)PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: April 30, 1997[1]
  • EU: May 1, 1997
Windows
Genre(s)Racing video game
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Rush Hour, known in Europe as Speedster, is a video game developed by Clockwork Entertainment and published by Psygnosis for the PlayStation and Windows in 1997. The PlayStation version was ported to Japan and published by Nihon Bussan under the name BattleRound USA (バトルラウンドUSA, BatoruRaundo USA) on April 29, 1998.[2]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings56%[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame2/5 stars[4]
Edge6/10[6]
EGM5.25/10[7][lower-alpha 1]
GameFan81%[8][lower-alpha 2]
GamePro2/5 stars[9][lower-alpha 3]
GameRevolutionD−[10]
GameSpot6.9/10[11]
IGN6/10[13]
Next Generation3/5 stars[15]

The PlayStation version received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3] Next Generation said that the game "has a definite retrogaming flavor to its gameplay, but its contemporary graphics and execution give the experience new life."[15]

Notes

  1. Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation version each a score of 4.5/10 and 6/10.
  2. Two critics of GameFan gave the PlayStation version each a score of 80, and the other gave it 84.
  3. GamePro gave the PlayStation version two 2.5/5 scores for graphics and sound, and two 2/5 scores for control and overall fun factor.

References

  1. "Press Release: Rush Hour PSX". April 10, 1997. http://www.psygnosis.com/news/rhpsxx.html. 
  2. "バトルラウンドUSA [PS"] (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=17043&redirect=no. Retrieved July 25, 2021. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Rush Hour for PlayStation". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198530-rush-hour/index.html. 
  4. House, Michael L.. "Rush Hour - Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=2274&tab=review. 
  5. Pacchiano, Ronald V. (July 11, 1997). "Rush Hour". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Rushhour/. 
  6. Edge staff (May 1997). "Speedster (PS)". Edge (Future Publishing) (45): 93. https://retrocdn.net/images/8/8f/Edge_UK_045.pdf. Retrieved July 25, 2021. 
  7. Kujawa, Kraig; Hager, Dean (July 1997). "Rush Hour". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (96): 114. https://www.nintendo64ever.com/scans/mags/Scan-Magazine-1956-114.jpg. Retrieved July 25, 2021. 
  8. Halverson, Dave "E. Storm"; Stockert, Bruce "Reubus"; Hobbs, Michael "Substance D" (June 1997). "Rush Hour". GameFan (Metropolis Media) 5 (6): 18. https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_5_Issue_06/page/n19/mode/2up. Retrieved July 25, 2021. 
  9. Dr. Zombie (July 1997). "Rush Hour". GamePro (IDG Entertainment) (106): 89. https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_106_Volume_09_Number_07_1997-07_IDG_Publishing_US/page/n89/mode/2up. Retrieved July 25, 2021. 
  10. Tony V. (October 1997). "Rush Hour review". CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33936-rush-review. 
  11. Fielder, Joe (May 13, 1997). "Rush Hour Review [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000""]. CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/rush-hour-review/1900-2549193/. 
  12. "Speedster (PC)" (in fr). Génération 4 (100): 238. June 1997. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation%204/generation4_numero100/GEN4%20-%20n%C2%B0100%20-%20juin%201997%20-%20page238.jpg. Retrieved July 25, 2021. 
  13. IGN staff (April 14, 1997). "Rush Hour". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/04/15/rush-hour-3. 
  14. "Speedster (PC)" (in fr). Joystick (Hachette Filipacchi Médias) (82): 100. May 1997. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero082/Joystick%20082%20-%20Page%20100%20%28mai%201997%29.jpg. Retrieved July 25, 2021. 
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Rush Hour". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (32): 117. August 1997. https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_32/page/n117/mode/2up. Retrieved July 25, 2021. 

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