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Road Rash: Jailbreak for PlayStation 1
Road Rash: Jailbreak for PlayStation 1 combines motorcycle racing with fighting on public roads. You join a gang and work your way up to free the imprisoned biker Spaz. A good finish brings progress, but rivals watch more than their racing line along the way. You can punch, kick and use weapons while steering through traffic and corners. Look too long at an opponent beside you and it is easy to miss the vehicle blocking the road ahead.
The different event types change your role. In Five-O, you ride a police motorcycle and try to stop offenders. Time Trial lets you chase a better time without going through the gang storyline. Two players can work together on a sidecar: the driver chooses the line while the passenger handles attacks. The regular fights call for short combinations of blows and the right moment to use a weapon without upsetting your own motorcycle's balance.
Two players can play locally using two controllers. Side Car Vs. has two sidecar teams race against each other simultaneously, with up to four human participants. Three or four players require the same number of controllers and a Multitap in controller port 1. Saving is done through the options screen onto a Memory Card in slot 1; this stores progress in Jailbreak, Five-O and Side Car Co-op, among other things, or your Time Trial records.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
The product photograph shows Road Rash: Jailbreak for PlayStation 1. This description covers that edition, not the first Road Rash.
Manual
The manual is missing from this copy of Road Rash: Jailbreak for PlayStation 1. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of Road Rash: Jailbreak
Electronic Arts released Road Rash: Jailbreak for PlayStation in 2000. EA Redwood Shores worked on this follow-up in a series whose motorcyclists had been fighting on public roads since the Mega Drive era. The earlier PlayStation game Road Rash still used the digitised presentation of the 3DO edition; Road Rash 3D then took a different step towards three-dimensional motorcycle racing. Jailbreak continued that console line and gave fighting a major role again, alongside a separate story about the imprisoned Spaz.
The campaign linked winning races to your position within a biker gang. Five-O provided the opposite perspective, putting you on the police side. Those two viewpoints used the same combination of speed and direct confrontation for different goals. The sidecar also added cooperation that began with the controls: one participant could concentrate on driving while the other handled the fighting. With two sidecars, there was also room for four local players.
That structure makes Jailbreak a game in its own right, rather than merely new packaging for the first Road Rash. The fighting combinations, police assignments and sidecars belong to this PlayStation edition. A game of the same name also appeared for Game Boy Advance in 2003, developed by a different team with a different technical implementation. The edition shown in the product photograph is the PAL version for PlayStation 1. This description therefore covers Jailbreak, even when the product title shortens the name to Road Rash.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Road Rash for PlayStation 1 also lets you punch and kick opponents while trying to find a fast route along public roads. That earlier game uses digitised motorcyclists and film sequences around its races. Jailbreak has a different three-dimensional implementation and a campaign about freeing Spaz. Dividing your attention between traffic and a nearby rider remains familiar, but police assignments and controllable sidecar teams change what you do in an event.
Road Rash 3D for PlayStation 1 shares motorcycles, public roads and fighting with Jailbreak. It is the series' earlier three-dimensional step on this console, emphasising routes and speed through its road network. Jailbreak puts fighting combinations and different roles more firmly in the foreground. You also get the sidecar division between driver and fighter. Both remain racing games where an opponent right beside you can suddenly become more important than the next corner.
Carmageddon for PlayStation 1 shares the idea that obstructing a competitor is part of the event. There you ram cars through more spacious environments, collect bonuses and try to earn time. Jailbreak stays closer to motorcycle racing on public roads, with close-range punches and kicks. Both demand constant switching between looking ahead and attacking; the smaller space between two motorcycles makes the fight more immediate here than the run-up to a car collision.
Jet Moto for PlayStation 1 also features races where the rider's position and balance determine how you negotiate a corner. Its hovering, motorcycle-like vehicles travel over water and land and use magnetic grapple points for tight turns. Jailbreak uses ordinary roads, traffic and fights with other motorcyclists. The similarity is maintaining speed as your vehicle responds to your chosen line; the main differences are the terrain and the absence of fistfights in Jet Moto.
Moto Racer for PlayStation 1, like Jailbreak, has you steer motorcycles through corners and look for space to overtake. Its mix of road racing and off-road events shifts the focus towards track knowledge, speed and jumps. Jailbreak links overtaking to attacks on other riders and traffic on public roads. Both provide a direct view behind the motorcycle, but in Jailbreak you must judge an opponent's weapon range as well as the road and braking point.
