RC de Go!

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RC de Go!
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Developer(s) Taito
Publisher(s)
  • JP: Taito
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation
ReleaseArcade
PlayStation
  • WW: November 9, 2000
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player
Arcade system Taito G-NET

RC de Go! is a racing video game developed by Taito, first released to Japanese arcades in 1999 for Taito's G-NET system. It was later released for the PlayStation, with publishing in North America and PAL territories handled by Acclaim Entertainment.

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The game received generally positive reviews from video game critics, comparing it to RC Pro-Am .

Gameplay

RC de GO! is a racing game. The player controls RC cars. It features different modes to play: single-race mode, championship mode, and time trials. [1] The arcade version utilized RC-style controllers. [2]

Development

RC de GO! was developed by Taito and published by Acclaim Entertainment. [3] It was shown at Taito's booth at the 2000 Tokyo Game Show. [4]

In 2004, Acclaim sold all of their intellectual properties to publisher Throwback Entertainment after going bankrupt. In 2011, Throwback sold the Re-Volt IP to South Korean company We Go Interactive. The acquisition included RC de GO!. [5]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed RC de Go! on their August 1, 1999 issue as being the thirteenth most-successful arcade game of the month. [10]

Previewing it at the Tokyo Game Show for IGN, Craig Harris spoke positive about the game, calling it "an absolute blast to play". [11] Upon its release, RC de GO! received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [6]

Nick Woods from Allgame, while calling it a "challenging and fun racing game", criticized its lack of a two-player mode. [7]

Miguel Lopez from GameSpot and IGN's David Smith compared the game to RC Pro-Am . [8] [9]

It won Runner-Up for Best Racing Game for PlayStation for IGN's best of 2000 awards, losing to Codemasters' Colin McRae Rally 2.0 . [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Lopez, Miguel (May 17, 2006). "RC De Go Hands-On". GameSpot . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "RC de Go! Arcade Flyer". The Arcade Flyer Archive.
  3. ↑ Smith, David (September 14, 2000). "RC de Go!". IGN . Ziff Davis . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ Horst, Tim (March 31, 2000). "TGS: Taito's Enjoyable Line-up". IGN . Ziff Davis . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ishaan (March 25, 2015). "D's Rights In The Hands Of Canadian Company Throwback". Siliconera. Curse, Inc. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "RC de GO! for PlayStation". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  7. 1 2 Woods, Nick. "RC de GO! - Review - allgame". Allgame . All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Lopez, Miguel (November 17, 2000). "RC de GO! Review". GameSpot . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  9. 1 2 Smith, David (November 9, 2000). "RC de GO! - IGN". IGN . Ziff Davis . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 592. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 August 1999. p. 21.
  11. ↑ Harris, Craig (March 31, 2000). "TGS: R/C De Go". IGN . Ziff Davis . Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  12. ↑ IGN Staff (January 30, 2001). "PSX Best of 2000: Racing". IGN . Ziff Davis . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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