Rocky Rodent | |
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Developer(s) | Irem |
Publisher(s) | Irem |
Designer(s) | Eigo Kasahara |
Programmer(s) | Tetsuya Ikawa |
Composer(s) | Rikei Hirashima |
Platform(s) | Super NES |
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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 (ニトロパンクス マイトヘッズ, Nitoropankusu Maitohezzu) in Japan.
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.
Publication | Score |
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AllGame | [1] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | 7.5/10[a] |
Game Players | 71%[3] |
GameFan | 83%[b] |
Nintendo Power | 3.15/5[c] |
Official Nintendo Magazine | 73/100[6] |
Super Play | 50%[7] |
Video Games (DE) | 64%[8] |
Game Power | 87/100[9] |
Super Action | 70%[10] |
Super Gamer | 41%[11] |
Super Pro | 44/100[12] |
Total! (DE) | 2+[13] |
The game received mixed reviews upon release.