Revolution X
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| Developer(s) | Midway (Arcade) Rage Software (Consoles) |
| Publisher(s) | Midway (Arcade) Acclaim (Consoles) |
| Designer(s) | George Petro, Jack Haeger |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, PC, Sega Saturn, PlayStation |
| Release date(s) | June 16, 1994 |
| Genre(s) | Light gun |
| Mode(s) | Up to 3 players/2 players in console versions |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) - (SNES/Genesis ports) Mature (M) - (PlayStation/Saturn ports) |
| Cabinet | Deluxe 3-Player cabinet Upright 2-player Alien 3: The Gun conversion kit |
| Arcade system | Midway X Unit |
| CPU | Main CPU: TMS34020 @ 10 MHz Sound CPU: ADSP2105 @ 10 MHz |
| Sound | DMA-driven @ 10 MHz |
Revolution X is an arcade light gun game released in 1994 by Midway featuring the band Aerosmith.
The plot concerns a dystopian version of 1996 where an alliance of corrupt government and corporate military forces have taken control of the world in the guise of the "New Order Nation" (NON). The NON, with their vampish commander Mistress Helga (portrayed by Kerri Hoskins), have declared war on youth culture (anyone aged from 13 to 30) and have banned music, television and video games. At a gig in Los Angeles at 'Club X', complete with neon sign, Aerosmith are captured by NON troops once the player reached inside the theater and the game begins.
The game is a standard side-scrolling rail shooter in which the player has to shoot everything on screen to rescue the kidnapped members of the band. The five members of Aerosmith are hidden in the game, and all must be found in order to see the real ending. If you don't rescue, you see the bad ending. After killing few enemies, the first member tells the player to find a car by defeating a big helicopter. The player must fill up 30-35 or 120-160 CDS to begin the Helicopter battle to the first stage. If you run out of CDS, get more by shooting a window and more. Each one found adds to the end-of-level-bonus multiplier. The soundtrack consists of several Aerosmith songs continuously looped, including "Eat The Rich", "Sweet Emotion", "Toys in the Attic" and "Walk This Way". Its launch was a success and proved to be a very popular arcade game and was well received by critics and fans alike.
It was later released for home video game consoles by Acclaim. Console versions suffered from lackluster sales due to receiving mediocre review scores and being released at the dawn of the 32-bit era.
[edit] Versions
- Arcade (deluxe 3-player cabinet), 1994
- Arcade (upright 2-player, conversion kit for Alien 3: The Gun), 1994
- Mega Drive/Genesis, 1995
- SNES, 1995
- PC, 1995
- Sega Saturn, 1996
- PlayStation, 1996
[edit] Trivia
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- Wembley Stadium was the location of the final battle.
- The game was originally developed to be based on Jurassic Park, but Midway lost the rights to the property to Sega.[citation needed]
- The NON (New Order Nation) logo is similar to the Nine Inch Nails NIN logo which both have the last N backwards.
- Aerosmith's car is a black painted Lamborghini Countach.
- There was also a plan to create a Revolution X game starring Public Enemy, but Midway believed the Aerosmith game lacked sufficient popularity to create another one like it.
- The Super NES and Sega Genesis ports tone down the blood and the exotic dancers (also played by Kerri Hoskins) who were showing off their thongs have been turned around so they are facing the screen. CD-based console versions feature more blood however, the dancers are still facing the screen.
- Occasionally after a large in-game explosion, Steven Tyler can be heard saying "Toasty!" in a high-pitched voice; this is a reference to an easter egg in another Midway game, Mortal Kombat II.
- Most home versions were not light gun compatible.
- The console versions included loops of Rag Doll for the attract screen, main menu, and score, Fever for the Middle East level, and Dude (Looks Like a Lady) for the ending.
- A Musak version of Love in an Elevator plays in the elevator part of the Amazon Jungle level.
[edit] External links
- Revolution X at the Killer List of Videogames
- SeanBaby.com: The 20 Worst Games of All Time
- Revolution X: Celebrating 10 Years of Pain
- Something Awful review of Revolution X
- ScrewAttack's Videogame Vault for Revolution X
