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This article details all of the '''''[[Rock Band]]'' downloadable content''' that is available on the [[Xbox Live Marketplace]] (for [[Microsoft Xbox 360|Xbox 360]]) and the [[PlayStation Store]] (for [[Sony PlayStation 3|PlayStation 3]]). All content was released to Marketplace on the date listed, and to the PlayStation store on the Thursday following that date, unless otherwise noted. Tracks marked with ^ are "as made famous by" — in other words, cover versions; all others are "as performed by".
{{Infobox VG
 
|title =
 
|image = [[File:Rock N' Roll Racing Cover.jpg|250px]]
 
|caption =
 
|developer = [[Silicon & Synapse]] (now [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]])
 
|publisher = [[Interplay Entertainment]]
 
|designer =
 
|composer = '''SNES version'''<br />[[Tim Follin]]<br />Geoff Follin
 
|engine =
 
|released = {{vgrelease|JP=1993|NA=June 4, 1993|EU=1993}}
 
|genre = [[Racing game|Racing]]
 
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer]]
 
|ratings = {{vgratings|ESRB=Kids-Adults}}
 
|platforms = [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Sega Mega Drive|Mega Drive/Genesis]], [[Game Boy Advance]]
 
|media = 16-[[megabit]] [[cartridge (electronics)|cartridge]]
 
|requirements =
 
|input = [[Gamepad#Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Gamepad]]
 
}}
 
   
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==Week of [[November 20]], [[2007]]==
'''''Rock N' Roll Racing''''' is a battle-[[racing game|racing]] [[video game]] developed by Silicon & Synapse (now known as [[Blizzard Entertainment]]) and published by [[Interplay Entertainment|Interplay]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] and the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] in [[1993 in video gaming|1993]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rock N Roll Racing Review|url=http://gamefreaks365.com/review.php?artid=1769|publisher=Game Freaks 365|accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref> The [[video game music|background music]] consists of instrumental versions of several [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and [[rock n' roll]] songs, hence the game's title. The game was [[porting|ported]] to the [[Game Boy Advance]] in [[2003 in video gaming|2003]].
 
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'''Metallica Pack'''
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* "Ride the Lightning"
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* "Blackened"
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* "And Justice for All"
   
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'''The Police Pack'''
''Rock N' Roll Racing'' was initially developed as "RPMII", a sequel to the company's SNES game ''[[RPM Racing]]''. At the end of the project, Interplay marketing added licensed music and changed the name to ''Rock N' Roll Racing''. It is also similar in [[gameplay]] to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game ''[[R.C. Pro-Am]]'' developed by [[Rare (company)|Rare]] in [[1988 in video gaming|1988]].
 
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* "Can't Stand Losing You"
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* "Synchronicity II"
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* "Roxanne"
   
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'''Queens of the Stone Age Pack'''
==Game description==
 
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* "3's and 7's"
The game pits four racers against each other, with up to two of them being player-controlled and the rest being [[game artificial intelligence|AI opponents]]. Each race consists of four laps around tracks viewed from an [[isometric projection|isometric]] perspective, which enables players to discern the presence of frequent sloping sections spread throughout the game's various tracks. In addition to navigating the turns, racers must also maneuver hills and dips without falling or jumping over the guard rail at the track's edge.
 
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* "Little Sister"
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* "Sick Sick Sick"
   
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'''Individual Tracks'''
[[Image:RockNRollRacing2.png|256px|thumb|left|A race on the SNES version.]]
 
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* "Fortunate Son" -- Creedence Clearwater Revival ^
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* "Juke Box Hero" -- Foreigner ^
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* "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" -- T-Rex ^
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* "My Sharona" -- The Knack ^
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* "Cherry Bomb" -- The Runaways ^
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* "Joker & The Thief" -- Wolfmother
   
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==Week of [[November 27]], [[2007]]==
While it is a racing game, there is heavy emphasis on attacking competitor's vehicles; since the cars always reappear with full [[health (gaming)|health]] just a few seconds after blowing up, the only "harm" done is falling behind in the race. Players are rewarded with a monetary "attack bonus" each time they provide the finishing blow against another car using their projectile weapons (and a similar "lapping bonus" when they gain a full one-lap lead on an opponent during the race). In accordance with the continual destruction and restoration of the racing vehicles, the tracks are littered with mines and health power-ups, as well as money power-ups. Other hazards include oil slicks, snow drifts, and lava, depending on the planet hosting the race.
 
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'''David Bowie Pack'''
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* "Moonage Daydream"
 
* "Heroes" ^
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* "Queen Bitch" ^
   
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==Week of [[December 4]], [[2007]]==
Players are updated on the race by commentator "Loudmouth Larry" (Larry "Supermouth" Huffman), who makes comments like "The stage is set, the green flag drops!" (or "Let the carnage ''begin!''"), and "Rip: is about to blow!" in an enthusiastic tone at appropriate moments during the race. (There is a slight pause between a character's name and any given phrase, as each name and each phrase is its own sound effect, which can be heard in the F/X screen.)
 
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'''Black Sabbath Pack'''
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*"N.I.B." ^
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*"Sweet Leaf" ^
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*"War Pigs" ^
   
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==Week of [[December 11]], [[2007]]==
Between races, players can spend the money they've earned on more advanced equipment for their vehicle (engines, tires, shocks, and shielding) or on increasing their capacity for the frontal weapon (energy blasts or missiles), rear weapon (slip sauce or mines), and turbo boost (jump jets or nitro boosts), each of which can max out at seven. Despite their limited capacity, every vehicle will have its weapon and boost charges replenished at the completion of each lap in a race. Racers can also buy more advanced car models, and any upgrades already acquired are disregarded when purchasing a new vehicle.
 
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'''Punk Pack'''
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*"Rockaway Beach" -- Ramones
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*"I Fought the Law" -- The Clash
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*"Ever Fallen In Love" -- Buzzcocks ^
   
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==Week of [[December 18]], [[2007]]==
The first three drivers to complete a race are awarded both money and points according to the final standings. Points are required for advancement to the next racing division or the next planet, with two divisions on each planet. A player who has not obtained enough points during a division's racing season must repeat the division, again starting with zero points, but all changes to the player's money and car remain in effect. In two-player mode, when only one player has sufficient points, the character in charge of advancement asks "Leave your loser friend behind?", allowing the leading player to continue alone by removing the other player from the game. The dropped player can continue from that point later by using their most recent password, once the game is reset.
 
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'''Individual Tracks'''
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*"My Iron Lung" -- Radiohead
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*"Buddy Holly" -- Weezer
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*"Brass in Pocket" --- The Pretenders ^
   
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==Week of [[December 25]], [[2007]]==
== Passwords ==
 
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''Note: These songs were released on [[December 25]] on Xbox 360, but were delayed to the following week on PlayStation 3 due to Sony offices being closed for Christmas.''<br />
[[password (video games)|Password]]s are given out at the beginning of each new "racing season" (each planet has its own definition of how many races make up a season, but early advancement will automatically start a new season), and they are located at the bottom of the F/X screen (accessible from the menu between races). These passwords are a complex code, consisting of three 4-digit sections, and they dictate everything about the players' progress: the character used, the vehicle type and color, weapons and parts upgrades, racing planet and division, difficulty setting, and money. The [[Game Boy Advance]] version of the game uses an [[EEPROM]] chip to [[saved game|save]] the player's progress [[Wiktionary:in lieu|in lieu]] of the password system.
 
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'''Individual Tracks'''
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*"Attack" -- 30 Seconds To Mars
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*"The Kill" -- 30 Seconds To Mars
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*"Dirty Little Secret" -- All-American Rejects
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*"Move Along" -- All-American Rejects
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*"Song With A Mission" -- The Sounds
   
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==Week of [[January 1]], [[2008]]==
The password codes only allow the player to save a maximum of $999,990 (six digits); if there are more than six figures in the bank account, the password truncates the leftmost digits over six (e.g. if there's $1,002,000 when the player quits, there will be only $2,000 when using the password to continue later). Due to the two-player password function, it's possible to "cheat" by entering the same password for both players or by entering passwords for players who were at entirely different points in the game. The password with the lowest difficulty setting and on the earliest planet and racing division will be used as the basis for play from then on, which allows for a Warrior-skill character with a maxed-out vehicle to race against Rookie-class [[game artificial intelligence|AI]]s in the Rookie skill mode.
 
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'''Individual Tracks'''
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*"Gimme Three Steps" -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
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*"Hard to Handle" -- Black Crowes ^
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*"Limelight" -- Rush ^
   
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==Week of [[January 8]], [[2008]]==
Though a password generator [[QBASIC]] program exists, the passwords it creates often result in a glitch, causing the player to race on glitchy planets—that exist only as a bug and can crash the game—after racing on Inferno. In the Rookie skill mode, however, they work perfectly, as long as one doesn't try to take the character beyond the third planet using the password.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamewinners.com/snes/RockNRollRacing.htm | title=Rock 'n' Roll Racing cheats, hints, FAQs | publisher=GameWinners.com | accessdate=2008-12-28}}</ref>
 
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*"Number of the Beast" -- Iron Maiden ^
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*"Die All Right!" -- The Hives
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*"Interstate Love Song" -- Stone Temple Pilots
   
 
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== Characters ==
 
===Heroes===
 
The heroes of ''Rock N' Roll Racing'' are the player-selectable characters, who each originate from a different planet.
 
 
* Snake Sanders (Terra)
 
* Tarquinn (Aurora)
 
* Jake Badlands (Xeno Prime)
 
* Katarina Lyons (Panteros V)
 
* Ivanzypher (Fleagull)
 
* Cyberhawk (Serpentis)
 
* [[Olaf the Stout (game character)|Olaf]] from ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'' (Valhalla)
 
* [Baelog the Fierce] from ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'' (billboards, Bogmire)
 
 
There are six characters that are readily selectable, each of which has a +1 enhancement for two of the four skills that are related to how well their vehicle handles: acceleration, top speed, cornering, and jumping. Olaf, from ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'', another Silicon & Synapse game that was in development at the same time, is a hidden character, requiring a code to access him, and instead of two skills, Olaf has three. At the character selection screen (with Talquin showing on the screen), while holding down L, R, and Select, press left then right on the [[d-pad]], and Olaf will appear. There is an eighth character, also hidden, who has no picture or name but has the +1 bonus for all four of the available skills. This character is sometimes called the "Phantom", and he/she/it is only accessible using specially-crafted passwords.
 
 
Many of the characters, location names, etc. take their name or likeness from hard rock music. Snake Sanders is based on [[Whitesnake]] vocalist David Coverdale, Jake Badlands is named for Jake E. Lee, guitarist for a band called [[Badlands]], and Cyberhawk is most likely a reference to the cover art for the [[Judas Priest]] album [[Screaming for Vengeance]].
 
 
===Villains===
 
The villains are the [[game artificial intelligence|AI-controlled]] opponents. Each planet has its own dominant local racer.
 
 
* Viper Mackay (Chem VI)
 
* Grinder X19 (Drakonis)
 
* Ragewortt (Bogmire)
 
* Roadkill Kelly (New Mojave)
 
* Butcher Icebone (Nho)
 
* J.B. Slash (Inferno)
 
* Rip
 
* Shred
 
 
Rip and Shred appear on every planet in 1-player mode. Rip is also in every race in 2-player mode, while the second player displaces Shred as the fourth racer.
 
 
== Music ==
 
Song running order (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis):
 
* "[[Paranoid (song)|Paranoid]]" by [[Black Sabbath]]
 
* "The [[Peter Gunn]] Theme" by [[Henry Mancini]]
 
* "[[Highway Star (song)|Highway Star]]" by [[Deep Purple]]
 
* "[[Radar Love]]" by [[Golden Earring]] (only in the Mega Drive/Genesis version)
 
* "[[Born to Be Wild]]" by [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]
 
* "[[Bad to the Bone]]" by [[George Thorogood]]
 
 
==Reception==
 
''Rock N' Roll Racing'' was awarded Best Driving Game of 1993 by [[Electronic Gaming Monthly]].<ref name="egmbuyersguide1994">{{cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1994 |month= |title=Electronic Gaming Monthly's Buyer's Guide |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url= |accessdate=2009-01-09 |quote= }}</ref>
 
 
== Sequel ==
 
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2009}}
 
[[Image:Rock And Roll 2 pal-front.jpg|thumb|The front cover of ''Rock & Roll Racing 2: Red Asphalt'']]
 
 
A sequel to the original ''Rock N' Roll Racing'' was made for the 32-bit [[PlayStation]] console. The game was sold in Europe as "''Rock & Roll Racing 2: Red Asphalt''" and in the United States as just "''Red Asphalt''".
 
 
It featured an [[Underground comix]] style in the character's profiles & ending-videos, a system to upgrading each character's driving/combat skills similar to RPG games and also contained new Hi-Quality soundtracks of Experimental, Electro-Industrial tendencies.
 
 
The game didn't become as popular as the first, perhaps partly because Interplay was being shut down near the time of its release.
 
 
=== Red Asphalt Gameplay Soundtrack ===
 
 
* "''Wreck''" by Ronald Valdez, I.E.M. Incredible Expanding Mind
 
* "''Trashed''" by Brian Luzietti, Len Arran, skin
 
* "''Dead Ass meth''" and "''Holocaust del Puerco''" - performed by Nature, mixed by Brian Taylor
 
* "''Road Killers''", "''Overkill''", "''Cleaner''", and "''Head Voices''" - composed and performed by Rick Schaffer, Womb Music Studios
 
* "''Intensity''" and "''Slingshot''" - composed and performed by Johann Langlie, Guitar: Curtis Matthewson, Bass: Deon Estus, Drums: Dean Butterworth
 
 
== External links ==
 
* [http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/legacy/index.html ''Rock N' Roll Racing''] in Legacy Games section at [[Blizzard Entertainment]] website.
 
* {{StrategyWiki}}
 
* {{moby game|id=/rock-n-roll-racing|name=''Rock 'n Roll Racing''}}
 
* [http://ade.se/projects/rocknrollracing/ ''Rock N' Roll Racing'' Password Generator].
 
* [http://www.rocknrollracing.org ''Rock N' Roll Racing''], [[Brazil]]ian [[Fansite]].
 
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/red-asphalt''Red Asphalt (RNRR II)''] information at Answers.com
 
 
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Revision as of 03:18, 12 January 2008

This article details all of the Rock Band downloadable content that is available on the Xbox Live Marketplace (for Xbox 360) and the PlayStation Store (for PlayStation 3). All content was released to Marketplace on the date listed, and to the PlayStation store on the Thursday following that date, unless otherwise noted. Tracks marked with ^ are "as made famous by" — in other words, cover versions; all others are "as performed by".

Week of November 20, 2007

Metallica Pack

  • "Ride the Lightning"
  • "Blackened"
  • "And Justice for All"

The Police Pack

  • "Can't Stand Losing You"
  • "Synchronicity II"
  • "Roxanne"

Queens of the Stone Age Pack

  • "3's and 7's"
  • "Little Sister"
  • "Sick Sick Sick"

Individual Tracks

  • "Fortunate Son" -- Creedence Clearwater Revival ^
  • "Juke Box Hero" -- Foreigner ^
  • "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" -- T-Rex ^
  • "My Sharona" -- The Knack ^
  • "Cherry Bomb" -- The Runaways ^
  • "Joker & The Thief" -- Wolfmother

Week of November 27, 2007

David Bowie Pack

  • "Moonage Daydream"
  • "Heroes" ^
  • "Queen Bitch" ^

Week of December 4, 2007

Black Sabbath Pack

  • "N.I.B." ^
  • "Sweet Leaf" ^
  • "War Pigs" ^

Week of December 11, 2007

Punk Pack

  • "Rockaway Beach" -- Ramones
  • "I Fought the Law" -- The Clash
  • "Ever Fallen In Love" -- Buzzcocks ^

Week of December 18, 2007

Individual Tracks

  • "My Iron Lung" -- Radiohead
  • "Buddy Holly" -- Weezer
  • "Brass in Pocket" --- The Pretenders ^

Week of December 25, 2007

Note: These songs were released on December 25 on Xbox 360, but were delayed to the following week on PlayStation 3 due to Sony offices being closed for Christmas.
Individual Tracks

  • "Attack" -- 30 Seconds To Mars
  • "The Kill" -- 30 Seconds To Mars
  • "Dirty Little Secret" -- All-American Rejects
  • "Move Along" -- All-American Rejects
  • "Song With A Mission" -- The Sounds

Week of January 1, 2008

Individual Tracks

  • "Gimme Three Steps" -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • "Hard to Handle" -- Black Crowes ^
  • "Limelight" -- Rush ^

Week of January 8, 2008

  • "Number of the Beast" -- Iron Maiden ^
  • "Die All Right!" -- The Hives
  • "Interstate Love Song" -- Stone Temple Pilots