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|title=<center>Rollerbabes</center> | |||
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|imagecaption=Screenshot of the game, from a magazine. | |||
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | |||
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'''''Rollerbabes''''' is a cancelled sports-action game that was originally developed by Cinemaware and Mirrorsoft for the PC and Amiga. It was passed on to Acme but the game never came to fruition. Its intended release date was late 1991. | |||
Set in the future, the game is about a violent fictional | ==Premise== | ||
Set in the future, the game is about a violent fictional sports tournament, being a mix of hockey, wrestling, skateboarding, and boxing. Contestants would have to chase a ball in an arena and brutally knock away opponents while avoiding deadly traps. | |||
The main team available to play is the Rollerbabes, that is made entirely of women (looking like California beach models). Other teams are The Moving Violations (looking like traffic wardens), The Stud Lites (cowboys), The Reddiwreckers (construction workers), The Subhumans (surfers), The Fabulous Pig Brothers (fat blues musicians), The Buzzcuts (hairdressers) and The Eraserheads (schoolteachers). | The main team available to play is the Rollerbabes, that is made entirely of women (looking like California beach models). Other teams are The Moving Violations (looking like traffic wardens), The Stud Lites (cowboys), The Reddiwreckers (construction workers), The Subhumans (surfers), The Fabulous Pig Brothers (fat blues musicians), The Buzzcuts (hairdressers) and The Eraserheads (schoolteachers). | ||
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The levels would have been commentated by a character resembling Jack Nicholson. | The levels would have been commentated by a character resembling Jack Nicholson. | ||
The set-up would have been inspired by the 1975 movie ''Rollerball'' and be similar in aspects to Image Works | ==Design== | ||
The set-up would have been inspired by the 1975 movie ''Rollerball'' and be similar in aspects to Image Works game ''Speedball'' (1988). | |||
It was written by Ken Melville. 80 character portraits were drawn by graphic designer Jeff Godfrey. | It was written by Ken Melville. 80 character portraits were drawn by graphic designer Jeff Godfrey. | ||
No playable copy or prototype has | ==Status== | ||
No playable copy or prototype has resurfaced to this day. | |||
<gallery mode=packed heights= | ==Gallery== | ||
File:Rollerbabes cov.jpg|Issue 24 of magazine "Zero", promoting the game | <gallery mode=packed heights=150px> | ||
File:rollerbabes jack.jpg|The commentator of the games, resembling Jack Nicholson | File:Rollerbabes cov.jpg|Issue 24 of magazine "Zero", promoting the game. | ||
File:rollerbabes b.jpg|Another screenshot from a magazine | File:rollerbabes jack.jpg|The commentator of the games, resembling Jack Nicholson. | ||
File:rollerbabes 01.jpg|Another screenshot, from "Zero" magazine | File:rollerbabes b.jpg|Another screenshot from a magazine. | ||
File:rollerbabes 02.jpg|An example of a themed level | File:rollerbabes 01.jpg|Another screenshot, from "Zero" magazine. | ||
File:rollerbabes 03.jpg|The stadium of the sport | File:rollerbabes 02.jpg|An example of a themed level. | ||
File:teams.jpg|Clockwise from upper left: Rollerbabe, Stud Lite, Buzzcut, Subhuman | File:rollerbabes 03.jpg|The stadium of the sport. | ||
File:teams.jpg|Clockwise from upper left: Rollerbabe, Stud Lite, Buzzcut, Subhuman. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==See Also== | |||
*[[Enemy Within (lost build of cancelled PC/Amiga action-strategy game; 1991)|'''''Enemy Within''''']], another cancelled PC/Amiga action game that had Jeff Godfrey as a graphic designer. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*[http://amr.abime.net/review_27763 http://amr.abime.net/revie][http://amr.abime.net/review_27763 w_27763] Scans of the "Zero" magazine. | |||
*[http://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=1505 Game overview on LTF Abandonware France.] | |||
[[Category:Lost video games]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:59, 6 July 2020
Rollerbabes is a cancelled sports-action game that was originally developed by Cinemaware and Mirrorsoft for the PC and Amiga. It was passed on to Acme but the game never came to fruition. Its intended release date was late 1991.
Premise
Set in the future, the game is about a violent fictional sports tournament, being a mix of hockey, wrestling, skateboarding, and boxing. Contestants would have to chase a ball in an arena and brutally knock away opponents while avoiding deadly traps.
The main team available to play is the Rollerbabes, that is made entirely of women (looking like California beach models). Other teams are The Moving Violations (looking like traffic wardens), The Stud Lites (cowboys), The Reddiwreckers (construction workers), The Subhumans (surfers), The Fabulous Pig Brothers (fat blues musicians), The Buzzcuts (hairdressers) and The Eraserheads (schoolteachers).
The levels would have been commentated by a character resembling Jack Nicholson.
Design
The set-up would have been inspired by the 1975 movie Rollerball and be similar in aspects to Image Works game Speedball (1988).
It was written by Ken Melville. 80 character portraits were drawn by graphic designer Jeff Godfrey.
Status
No playable copy or prototype has resurfaced to this day.
Gallery
See Also
- Enemy Within, another cancelled PC/Amiga action game that had Jeff Godfrey as a graphic designer.
References
- http://amr.abime.net/review_27763 Scans of the "Zero" magazine.
- Game overview on LTF Abandonware France.