Global InformationRocky Interactive Horror Show information
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| Developer(s) | On-Line Entertainment Transylvania Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | On-Line Entertainment |
| Producer(s) | Andy Leighton Michael Hodges Peter Donebauer |
| Designer(s) | Clement Chambers Joe Fisher |
| Programmer(s) | Jon Mullins Marcus Hamilton Sebastian Haig |
| Artist(s) | Mark Khan Wayne Kresil |
| Writer(s) | Richard O'Brien |
| Composer(s) | Andrew Hewson Simon Kidman |
| Series | The Rocky Horror Show |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Rocky Interactive Horror Show is a point-and-click adventure game developed by On-Line Entertainment in conjunction with Transylvania Interactive and published by On-Line exclusively for Microsoft Windows.[3] A spiritual successor to CRL Group's 1985 video game adaptation,[4] it is the second video game to be released and based upon Richard O'Brien's musical of the same name, who is also a member of the cast.[5] Following the plot from 20th Century Fox's 1975 musical horror comedy film of the same name, the player assume the role of either Brad Majors or Janet Weiss in order to rescue one of the two playable characters, who has been transformed into stone by Dr. Frank-N-Furter's Medusa Transducer, within a set time limit before the mansion becomes a spaceship and takes off to the planet Transsexual Transylvania.[1][6]
Taking over four years to create and developed as a joint production through Transylvania Interactive with On-Line,[3] Rocky Interactive Horror Show was originally announced in 1995 and began as a project intended for both the Atari Jaguar CD and PC, which were planned to be published by Atari Corporation and Atari Interactive respectively,[7][8][9][10] however due to the commercial failure of the Atari Jaguar platform in the market and the closure of the then-newly formed PC publishing division as a result of Atari Corp. merging with JT Storage in 1996,[11][12][13][14] left the Jaguar CD version unreleased and the PC version shelved until it was released by On-Line for Windows in 1999.[15] Series creator Richard O'Brien was heavily involved in its production, in addition of casting himself as one of the in-game characters.[6]
Upon its release, Rocky Interactive Horror Show garnered mixed reception from critics who gave praise to multiple aspects such as the humor, campiness and surreal nature, with many singling out the audio as the game's most strong point, but was criticized for the clumsy user interface, gameplay, presentation and outdated visuals. A PlayStation conversion was announced and planned to be published alongside the Windows version, but it never released for unknown reasons.[6][16]
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...the recently formed PC division, Atari Interactive, has been completely liquidated.
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