Rocky Rodent

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Rocky Rodent
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North American cover art
Developer(s) Irem
Publisher(s) Irem
Designer(s) Eigo Kasahara
Programmer(s) Tetsuya Ikawa
Composer(s) Rikei Hirashima
Platform(s) Super NES
Release
  • JP: July 30, 1993
  • NA: September 1993
  • BR: December 1993 [1]
Genre(s) Platform
Mode(s) Single-player

Rocky Rodent is a video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System released by Irem in 1993. It is known as Nitropunks: Mightheads [a] in Japan.

Contents

Plot and gameplay

When Rocky begins eating at Pie Face Balboa's restaurant, he unintentionally eats an envelope with Balboa's protection money. As a result, mobsters take Balboa's daughter. Balboa asks Rocky to rescue his daughter, promising him an All-You-Can-Eat buffet for her return.

As Rocky Rodent, the player plays a rodent who must use four various hairstyles to rescue the daughter of the owner of Rocky's favorite eatery. Rocky Rodent is a platform game with six levels with multiple stages, similar to a cross between Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros. . Text bubbles appear during cutscenes, making the game look more like a comic book than a Saturday morning cartoon.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews upon release.

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ニトロパンクス マイトヘッズ, Hepburn: Nitoropankusu Maitohezzu
  2. ↑ In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review, two critics scored Rocky Rodent 7/10, two others 8/10. [3]
  3. ↑ In GameFan's review, Rocky Rodent was scored differently by four critics: 82%, 86%, 79%, and 85%. [5]
  4. ↑ Nintendo Power gave Rocky Rodent two 3.3/5 ratings for graphics/sound and play control, and two 3/5 scores for challenge and theme/fun. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Playtronic lança 20 títulos para Supernintendo". O Estado de S. Paulo. 22 November 1993. Retrieved 29 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Alan Weiss, Brett. "Rocky Rodent". AllGame . Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ Harris, Steve; Semrad, Ed; Alessi, Martin; Sushi-X (September 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Electronic Gaming Monthly . Vol. 6, no. 9. p. 28. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Now Playing". Game Players . No. 37. February 1994. pp. 120–125. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ Skid; Sgt. Gamer; Slick, Tom; The Enquirer (July 1993). "Viewpoint". GameFan . Vol. 1, no. 8. pp. 10–11. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Now Playing". Nintendo Power . Vol. 52. November 1993. pp. 100–105. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  7. ↑ Steve; Rad (August 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Nintendo Magazine System . No. 11. pp. 48–49.
  8. ↑ Nicholson, Zy (October 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Super Play . No. 12. p. 68. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  9. ↑ Jan (August 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Video Games . p. 83. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  10. ↑ Fury, Red (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Game Power (in Italian). pp. 60–61. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  11. ↑ Jay (January 1994). "Rocky Rodent". Super Action . No. 17. p. 24. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Nintendo Games Index". Super Gamer . No. 1. April 1994. pp. 122–126. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  13. ↑ Hickman, Sam (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Super Pro . No. 13. p. 26. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  14. ↑ Arend, Gerald (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Total! (in German). p. 74. Retrieved March 9, 2021.


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