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Rascal (video game)
Encyclopedia
Rascal is a platform game
developed by Traveller's Tales
and published by Psygnosis (Takara
in Japan) and was released for the PlayStation in Europe on March, 1998, in North America on March 31, 1998 and in Japan on March 18, 1999.
from the master of time, Chronon. Every two worlds, your three tries get reset. This makes it very difficult for the player to get to the "Checkpoint", as this game is quite challenging according to the players.
, Crash Bandicoot in 1996 (which was marked one of the best games of the year), and Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
the previous year. Rascal was perceived by many as a half-hearted attempt to jump on this bandwagon, but it failed to perform as well as expected, although it was praised for its graphics.
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
developed by Traveller's Tales
Traveller's Tales
Traveller's Tales is an English software house founded in 1989 and fully established in 1990 and based in Knutsford, Cheshire.It is part of the TT Games group—after the merger of publisher Giant Interactive and the developer Traveller's Tales—along with TT Games Publishing...
and published by Psygnosis (Takara
Takara
Takara Co., Ltd. was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955, that merged with another prominent Japanese toy company, Tomy Co., Ltd., on March 1, 2006 to form Takara Tomy, also known in English as TOMY Company Ltd....
in Japan) and was released for the PlayStation in Europe on March, 1998, in North America on March 31, 1998 and in Japan on March 18, 1999.
Premise
In the game, the player assumes the role of a blonde haired boy named Callum Clockwise armed with a toy gun that shoots bubbles, in a mission through six worlds to rescue his fatherFather
A father, Pop, Dad, or Papa, is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring. The adjective "paternal" refers to father, parallel to "maternal" for mother...
from the master of time, Chronon. Every two worlds, your three tries get reset. This makes it very difficult for the player to get to the "Checkpoint", as this game is quite challenging according to the players.
Reception
The game was very badly received by critics and gamers alike. The main criticisms leveled at the game was a relentlessly problematic camera, and loose controls, forcing the player to predict where they will land when jumping off of an object. Many critics said, that "It was either Travelers Tales, being lazy when making it, or it just wasn't their best game they created." 3D platform games were in vogue at the time, following the success of Super Mario 64Super Mario 64
is a platform game, published by Nintendo and developed by its EAD division, for the Nintendo 64. Along with Pilotwings 64, it was one of the launch titles for the console. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, and later in North America, Europe, and Australia. Super Mario 64 has sold over...
, Crash Bandicoot in 1996 (which was marked one of the best games of the year), and Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a platform video game published by Fox Interactive and developed by Argonaut Software for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and GameBoy Color. It was released on September 29, 1997 in the North America...
the previous year. Rascal was perceived by many as a half-hearted attempt to jump on this bandwagon, but it failed to perform as well as expected, although it was praised for its graphics.