Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery

Tyco R/C: Assault With a Battery is a PlayStation game that shipped in September 2000. The game was based on the Tyco Toys R/C brand radio-controlled cars and features, and hence has titles from real R/C cars by Tyco. The game was developed by Lucky Chicken Games and published by Mattel Interactive. It received some acclaim from online game review sources,[1] but was lost at retail during Mattel's exit of the Video Games business as a result of their failed acquisition of The Learning Company.

Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery
Developer(s)Lucky Chicken Games
Publisher(s)Mattel Interactive
Designer(s)Matt Saia and Keith Kirby
Composer(s)Robert Casady
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • NA: September 19, 2000
  • JP: June 13, 2002
Genre(s)Racing, Simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

The name of the game is a play on words of two types of crimes, Assault and Battery.

Vehicles

Reception

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] Emmett Schkloven of NextGen said that the game was "Neither a monster nor a must-have, but a quick and entertaining diversion nonetheless."[9] In Japan, where the game was ported and published by Syscom as part of the World Greatest Hits Series on June 13, 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 23 out of 40.[6]

Notes
  1. In GameFan's viewpoint of the game, three critics gave it each a score of 60, 72, and 71.

References
  1. Perry, Douglass C. (September 15, 2000). "Tyco R/C: Assault With A Battery". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  2. "Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  3. Hicks, Cliff (October 11, 2000). "Tyco R/C: Assault With a Battery". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on December 5, 2000. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  4. Kennedy, Sam (November 2000). "Tyco RC [sic]" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 136. Ziff Davis. p. 262. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  5. Steinberg, Scott (September 21, 2000). "Tyco R/C Assault with a Battery". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on July 14, 2002. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  6. "World Greatest Hits シリーズ Vol.5 タイコR/C". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  7. Weitzner, Jason "Fury"; Van Stone, Matt "Kodomo"; Ngo, George "Eggo" (November 2000). "Tyco R.C. Racing [sic]". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 11. BPA International. p. 26. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  8. Lopez, Miguel (September 21, 2000). "Tyco RC Assault with a Battery [sic] Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  9. Schkloven, Emmett (December 2000). "Tyco R/C: Assault With a Battery". NextGen. No. 72. Imagine Media. p. 135. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  10. "Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 38. Ziff Davis. November 2000.
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