Rocky Rodent

Rocky Rodent is a video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System released by Irem in 1993. It is known as Nitropunks: Mightheads (ニトロパンクス マイトヘッズ, Nitoropankusu Maitohezzu) in Japan.

Rocky Rodent
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 18, 1993
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

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.

Notes
  1. In Electronic Gaming Monthly's review, two critics scored Rocky Rodent 7/10, two others 8/10.[2]
  2. In GameFan's review, Rocky Rodent was scored differently by four critics: 82%, 86%, 79%, and 85%.[4]
  3. 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.[5]

References
  1. Alan Weiss, Brett. "Rocky Rodent". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. "Now Playing". Game Players. No. 37. February 1994. pp. 120–125. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  4. Skid; Sgt. Gamer; Slick, Tom; The Enquirer (July 1993). "Viewpoint". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 8. pp. 10–11. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  5. "Now Playing". Nintendo Power. Vol. 52. November 1993. pp. 100–105. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  6. Steve; Rad (August 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 11. pp. 48–49.
  7. Nicholson, Zy (October 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Super Play. No. 12. p. 68. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  8. Jan (August 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Video Games. p. 83. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  9. Fury, Red (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Game Power (in Italian). pp. 60–61. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  10. Jay (January 1994). "Rocky Rodent". Super Action. No. 17. p. 24. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  11. "Nintendo Games Index". Super Gamer. No. 1. April 1994. pp. 122–126. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  12. Hickman, Sam (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Super Pro. No. 13. p. 26. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  13. Arend, Gerald (December 1993). "Rocky Rodent". Total! (in German). p. 74. Retrieved March 9, 2021.


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