Rocket: Robot on Wheels
Rocket: Robot on Wheels is a 1999 platform game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Ubisoft for the Nintendo 64. In it, the player controls Rocket, the titular robot. Rocket: Robot on Wheels was the first game on a home console to use a realistic physics engine to drive the gameplay. The player can solve puzzles dealing with mass, inertia, friction, and other physical properties.
From Wikipedia's article Rocket: Robot on Wheels
Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
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Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
4.0 Great job!
GameRankings 82%
Review scorecard
- Graphics 4.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 4.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 4.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 4.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: GameRankings 82%. Overall source The same 82/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores.
What the reviews talk about
Key wordsviolentchallenging
What the critics said
Lou Gubrious of GamePro said in one review that the game "works so well precisely because it is so different from the typical platform game. The realism of the gameplay, set in the surreal world of a cartoony theme park, makes this a game well worth any gamer's time."
— GamePro, 1999 (Lou Gubrious)
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Rocket: Robot on Wheels article.
Scores
- 90 GameFan1999 (L.B.) 92% ; (J.W.) 88%
- 90 IGN1999 9/10
- 88 N64 Magazine 88%
- 84 Hyper 84%
- 84 Nintendo Power1999 8.4/10
- 80 CNET Gamecenter1999 8/10
- 80 Game Informer 8/10
- 76 GameSpot1999 7.6/10
- 71 Electronic Gaming Monthly 7.125/10
- 60 AllGame 3/5
- 60 Next Generation 3/5
From the review table in Wikipedia's Rocket: Robot on Wheels article.
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