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Rocket Riot

Get ready for Rocket Riot, an action-packed, side-scrolling, 8-bit shooter where the rockets and the fun never stops! With over 200 levels and over 300 characters, blowing things up has just reached a new…

100 17 June 2009

Rocket Riot is an arcade developed by Codeglue, released 17 June 2009 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Rocket Riot is

Rocket Riot is an arcade game developed by Codeglue and released in 2009. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rocket Riot is a downloadable video game developed by Dutch company Codeglue and Coin-Op Interactive for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade and Windows via Windows Phone 7, Steam, and Windows 10. The title is published by THQ and was released on June 17, 2009. A version for iOS was developed by Chillingo and published on November 10, 2011. On October 19, 2016, the game released on Steam and Windows 10.
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How it plays

Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 24 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Rocket Riot holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 33 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8400. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Rocket Riot launched on 17 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine and The Sims 3. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine, The Sims 3.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rocket Riot yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Quick answers

Rocket Riot — frequently asked questions

When did Rocket Riot come out?
Rocket Riot was released on 17 June 2009 for Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Rocket Riot?
At minimum, Rocket Riot needs Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 graphics, 400 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Rocket Riot?
The PC version needs about 0.4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("400 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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