Rival Turf (Euro)
Rival Turf!, released in Japan as Rushing Beat (ラッシング・ビート), is a beat'em up video game that was released by Jaleco in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and later on the Wii Virtual Console. The game is the first installment in the Rushing Beat trilogy, which also included Brawl Brothers and The Peace Keepers, although the games were localized as unrelated titles in North America.
The player controls one of two characters: Jack Flak (Rick Norton in Japan) or "Oozie" Nelson (Douglas Bild in Japan) in a one or two player mode, to defeat a plethora of enemies using punches, kicks and various weapons collected throughout the course of the game. The game also includes an "angry" mode where the character becomes temporarily invincible and more powerful after taking too much damage. Moving the character is done using the four-direction controller and each move (attack, jump, special attack) is done using three of the four available buttons near the movement keys.
The game also has a two-player versus mode. In the versus mode, the player who wins two wins out of three rounds wins the entire match.
The game features several classes of enemies. Each class features two palette swapped characters with different names.
The player controls one of two characters: Jack Flak (Rick Norton in Japan) or "Oozie" Nelson (Douglas Bild in Japan) in a one or two player mode, to defeat a plethora of enemies using punches, kicks and various weapons collected throughout the course of the game. The game also includes an "angry" mode where the character becomes temporarily invincible and more powerful after taking too much damage. Moving the character is done using the four-direction controller and each move (attack, jump, special attack) is done using three of the four available buttons near the movement keys.
The game also has a two-player versus mode. In the versus mode, the player who wins two wins out of three rounds wins the entire match.
Enemies
The game features several classes of enemies. Each class features two palette swapped characters with different names.
- Bullet/Case (Kamikaze/Ride) - the weakest enemy characters. Bullet and Case use punching attack as their primary attack
- Skinny/Reggie (Slick/Bob) - some attack with kicks while others attack with dynamite.
- Warrior/Dingo (Sho/Ryu) - attacks using a spin kick and throws.
- Butch/Louie (Butchy/Big El) - hefty characters who use their entire body weight to attack players.
- Kato/Goro (Kato/Poe)- agile fighters who attack with flying kicks and throws.
- Arnold/Gigante - powerful, muscular villains
Bosses
- Genie/Singh - a boss wearing Arabian outfit and modeled after professional wrestler Tiger Jeet Singh.
- Sledge/Honky - hip-hop themed boss carrying a boombox who attacks using his car.
- Slasher/T. Omari - black-garbed fighter who attacks with a pair of blades.
- Captain - captain of the dockside's loading ships who can summon additional enemies.
- Iceman/Karn - figure skating boss dressed in ice hockey gear who can attack with a powerful kick.
- Big Al/Kintark - final boss of the game who is faced on the rooftop of his hideout and attacks using various karate moves.
Rival Turf (Euro)
Technical
CPU
- maincpu 5A22 (@ 21 Mhz)
- soundcpu SPC700 (@ 1 Mhz)
Chipset
- SNES Custom DSP (SPC700)
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 240
- Frequency 49.858937 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 2
- Number of buttons 6
- Kind of controler
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
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Rival Turf (Euro) Screenshots
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Plot
Jack Flak's girlfriend Heather has been kidnapped by Big Al and his gang the Street Kings. He enlists the help of his friend, police officer Oswald "Oozie" Nelson to rescue his girlfriend and rid the city from the reign of the Street Kings once and for all. They start out by heading to the sports stadium to find out more information and locate Big Al's hideout.
One night, Rick Norton is walking down the streets of the city when he was surprised by a gun in the darkness. The mystery man behind the gun said that Norton's sister had an important video tape and was being held hostage. A new stimulant was being sold in epidemic amounts throughout the city and was only first manufactured a few years ago. Realizing that the organization's mystery was shrouded other than their sales of illegal stimulants, Norton has seen the city become slowly devastated over a period of time. He had to go to the city stadium in an attempt to rescue his sister Maria.
Japanese version
One night, Rick Norton is walking down the streets of the city when he was surprised by a gun in the darkness. The mystery man behind the gun said that Norton's sister had an important video tape and was being held hostage. A new stimulant was being sold in epidemic amounts throughout the city and was only first manufactured a few years ago. Realizing that the organization's mystery was shrouded other than their sales of illegal stimulants, Norton has seen the city become slowly devastated over a period of time. He had to go to the city stadium in an attempt to rescue his sister Maria.
Characters
- Jack Flak/Rick Norton
- The hero of the video game who is out to rescue his girlfriend Heather. The flying kick and the back drop are his specialty attacks. In the Japanese version, he is known as Rick Norton and must rescue his sister Maria from the gang.
- Oswald "Oozie" Nelson/Douglas Bild
- Police officer who likes to use powerful professional wrestling moves. The color of Nelson's skin was darkened somewhat from the Japanese version.
Localization
The North American version removed the introductory story the original Japanese game had. It also shortened the ending and removed the credits. When each character died in the Japanese version, their image is replaced with the Japanese word for death (死) while the North American version showed a simple "X" for fighters who are killed. Another feature unique to the Japanese version was the ability to change the number of lives and continues that the player could use.
The fictional city of "Neo Cisco" used in the Japanese version became the real-life city of Los Angeles in the North American version.
The fictional city of "Neo Cisco" used in the Japanese version became the real-life city of Los Angeles in the North American version.
Reception
In the January 2010 issue of Nintendo Power, the editors poked fun at the game's cover art, saying that "The marketing people on this game actually had a pretty outside-the-box idea, which should have really stayed off the box. After all, who is the target audience going to find more intimidating than thugs their own age?"
