Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery

Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery
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 19, 2000; JP: June 13, 2002;
Genre(s)	Racing, Simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

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. It received some acclaim from online game review sources,^[2] but was lost at retail during Mattel's exit of the Video Games business as a result of their failed acquisition of The Learning Company.

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

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	67%^[3]

Review scores
Publication	Score
CNET Gamecenter	6/10^[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	3/10^[5]
EP Daily	8.5/10^[6]
Famitsu	23/40^[7]
GameFan	68%^[8]^[a]
GameSpot	6.7/10^[9]
IGN	7.5/10^[2]
Next Generation	^[10]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	^[11]

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[3] Emmett Schkloven of NextGen said that the game was "Neither a monster nor a must-have, but a quick and entertaining diversion nonetheless."^[10] In Japan, where the game was ported and published by Syscom as part of the World Greatest Hits Series on June 13, 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 23 out of 40.^[7]

Notes

^ In GameFan's viewpoint of the game, three critics gave it each a score of 60, 72, and 71.

References

^ "TYCO R/C ASSAULT WITH A BATTERY". PSX Data Center. Archived from the original on February 1, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Perry, Douglass C. (September 15, 2000). "Tyco R/C: Assault With A Battery". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Tyco R/C: Assault with a Battery for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
^ Hicks, Cliff (October 11, 2000). "Tyco R/C: Assault With a Battery". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on December 5, 2000. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
^ Kennedy, Sam (November 2000). "Tyco RC [sic]" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 136. Ziff Davis. p. 262. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ Steinberg, Scott (September 21, 2000). "Tyco R/C Assault with a Battery". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions, Inc. Archived from the original on July 14, 2002. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "World Greatest Hits シリーズ Vol.5 タイコR/C". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ Weitzner, Jason "Fury"; Van Stone, Matt "Kodomo"; Ngo, George "Eggo" (November 2000). "Tyco R.C. Racing [sic]". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 11. BPA International. p. 26. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
^ Lopez, Miguel (September 21, 2000). "Tyco RC Assault with a Battery [sic] Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on December 9, 2004. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Schkloven, Emmett (December 2000). "Tyco R/C: Assault With a Battery". NextGen. No. 72. Imagine Media. p. 135. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
^ Kennedy, Sam (November 2000). "Tyco RC [sic]: Assault with a Battery". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 38. Ziff Davis. p. 170. Retrieved November 11, 2023.