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. The game 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 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
  • Hot Rocker (Hot Rod)
  • Speed Wrench (Pickup Truck)
  • Tantrum (Dune Buggy)
  • Mini Rebound 4x4
  • Nitro Dozer
  • Recoil (Monster Truck)
  • Super Rebound 4X4

Reception

Emmett Schkloven reviewed the PlayStation version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Neither a monster nor a must-have, but a quick and entertaining diversion nonetheless."[1]

It received some acclaim from online game review sources.[2][3]

References
  1. Schkloven, Emmett (December 2000). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 3 no. 12. Imagine Media. p. 135.
  2. Review at IGN
  3. Review at GameVortex


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