Radical Rex
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Radical Rex is a 1994 platform game developed by Beam Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Sega Genesis, and Sega CD. It is a remake of the 1993 Game Boy game Baby T-Rex.
A Microsoft Windows port of the SNES version published by Piko Interactive was released on March 7, 2019.[1] Piko also released the game as part of the Piko Interactive Collection 1 for the Evercade on June 8, 2020.
Gameplay
The game stars Radical Rex, a skateboarding, fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus rex who must save his land, and his girlfriend Rexanne, from an evil magician named Sethron. In his way are dinosaurs, sea creatures, and other monsters.
Rex has a few abilities, including a roar that kills or hurts all enemies on screen, a fire breath which can temporarily immobilize enemies, and a bubble spray which he can use while underwater. Sethron is replaced by a weasel-like mammal named Skriitch in the Genesis and Sega CD versions. Despite this, the weasel acts the same as its SNES Counterpart.[2]
Reception
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GamePro wrote that the Genesis version has slightly less colorful graphics and more muffled sound effects than the Super NES version, and is missing the entertaining intro rap, but that it retains all the essential elements that made the game fun. They concluded that it would appeal to younger gamers but is too easy and cutesy for older gamers.[5] For Sega CD version, they commented that some of the levels and enemies are new, but the graphics and sounds are virtually identical to those on the SNES and Genesis.[6] The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly were more critical, saying the game had nothing but its CD quality soundtrack to justify its presence on the Sega CD. They also criticized the lack of polish in the gameplay and controls.[7]
Sega-16 gave the Mega-CD version a 4.0 out of 10.0 as it was criticized for utilizing the "extreme bad attitude" fad that was being popular through pop culture throughout the 1990s, that the game has offered and also claimed to have a lack of originality. It was also criticized for having repetitive straightforward platforming elements within its gameplay and graphics, cheap obstacles and frustratingly difficult bosses.[8]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zwiezen, Zack (February 24, 2019). "The Week In Games: Start Your Engines!". Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Radical Rex Manual (PDF). Sega.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ProReview: Radical Rex". GamePro. No. 74. IDG. November 1994. p. 158.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Radical Rex". Next Generation (3). Imagine Media: 102–3. March 1995.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ProReview: Radical Rex" (PDF). GamePro. No. 66. IDG. January 1995. p. 50.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ProReview: Radical Rex" (PDF). GamePro. No. 68. IDG. March 1995. p. 56.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Semrad, Ed; Carpenter, Dano; Manuel, Al; Sushi-X (February 1995). "Review Crew". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Vol. 8, no. 2. Sendai Publishing Group. p. 34. ISSN 1058-918X. Retrieved September 9, 2025 – via Video Game History Foundation.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sebastian Sponsel (2009-12-07). "Radical Rex CD". Sega-16.com. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
External links
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