Jet Set Radio
Editor	Sega
Developer	Smilebit
Release Date	2000
Game Mode	A player
Platform	Dreamcast
Media	GD-ROM
Control	lever

Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio entitled to U.S. due to a U.S. radio station already bearing that name) is a video game console for the Dreamcast from Sega. It was developed by Smilebit , an internal development team at Sega, and released in 2000. After several complaints from Japanese players (bugs and questionable sound quality), Sega released on ¹ January 2001 a new version called De La Jet Set Radio (the equivalent of Jet Grind Radio). It will be available only in Japan and worldwide.

This is one of the few games featuring acts of vandalism that was not controversial. For many, this game is a cult, especially for fans of Sega (but not only). This can be attributed to the fact that the game was a commercial failure, as the Dreamcast, while the critics were very positive.

The game looks like, somehow, to extreme sports games because the player must traverse various street skating by making figures of speech. The main purpose of Jet Set Radio is to tag the streets of the two semi-fictional cities, Tokyo-To (heavily inspired by Tokyo ) and Grind City (incarnation of New York ). The police (part of the game - Tokyo-TB only), rival gangs and the Golden Rhinos, copied from gangsters mafiosi (second part of the game) chasing the band "G-G" (the gang "Rudies" that constitute the choice of the player characters).

History

In Tokyo-To, a city in Asia that Tokyo looks like ... A signal propagates over the buildings and along the tracks at the speed of sound in the streets of the city. This is the Professor K, the sound man, the underground DJ and captain of the pirate station, Jet Set Radio!

Three gangs are fighting on the streets of Tokyo-To. In the West, the Noise Tanks, small strikes, high tech cyber crazy. In the East, Poison Jam, a band of sadistic small decked hideous masks. And in Shibuya-cho in the south, the GGs, who seem to take pleasure in walking on foot across the world. Each gang has its own tag with which he marks his territory. Since the government of Tokyo-To and the Rokkaku conglomerate launched the "21st Century Project," the captain Onishima and police are trying to consolidate their hold on the city. "- Excerpt from the prologue in detail in the game manual

• The first part of the game (The GGs) takes place in Tokyo-To: Beat the form GGs with Gum and Tab (during the game, other members joined them). The GGs take possession of all parts of the city, after beating the other gang graffiti in a war and to evade the police. At the end of Part One, Combo Cube join the GGs and tell their stories, asking their help to find their friend area.
• The second part of the game (Combo Cube) is a flashback and takes place Grind City, USA, where Cube Combo residing Bantam Street, looking corner, gone. The mysterious Golden Rhinos by trying many ways to eliminate suspicions on both Rudies on them. At the end of the second part, Combo Cube-To fly to Tokyo in search of the GGs.
• The third part sees Tokyo-to collapse under the bombing of the Golden Rhinos, who happen to be the illegal armed group Rokkaku, headed by Rokkaku Gouja. The Golden Rhinos are attacking GGs, who nevertheless beat their leader after a new war graffiti. After the game explains that corner was murdered, but with the victory of the GGs, things are back to normal.

Around Game

The game is known for being one of the first, if not the first to use cell-shading , a sort of animated graphics, a special display technique now known, used for games but also for animated films or television series. Another important point is the soundtrack single, real mash-up of electronic music (many derivatives), hip-hop (with a notable appearance of Jurassic 5 ) and Rock. The North American version is seen rewarded with new levels and new music.

Series

Sega had plans to release a sequel to Jet Set Radio, but the development of this title was focused on the Xbox from Microsoft when Sega decided to stop production of Dreamcast. Finally, this sequel titled Jet Set Radio Future was released in 2002. Versions Game Boy Advance Jet Set Radio was born in 2003. It is largely the same game as the Dreamcast except it uses an isometric view.

Characters

Professor K

Popular DJ at the head of the pirate radio station that gave its name to the game, Professor K broadcasts music of all genres and described the news from Tokyo-To. "He knows all of Tokyo-To. However, we, we do not know everything about him. "

The GGs

The GGs are one of two gangs originating with Love Shockers, Shibuya-cho (described as the most fashionable district of Tokyo-To). This is the gang that uses the protagonist, and the player wages war for them. Their rule of life says there are no rules. They have a dog mascot, Potts, who is eventually removed by the Noise Tanks if the player plays against the first Poison Jams.

• Beat the game manual version of the Game Boy Advance Beat explained that was dragged into gang gang before deciding to start his own band. If Beat is not the head of the GGs, it is nevertheless the founder.
• Gum: Gum is both the first girl to join the gang and the first rookie.
• Tab: Tab is the second to be recruited by Beat, after the latter has demonstrated its capabilities at least equal to those of Tab.
• Garam
• Mew
• Yo-Yo
• Combo: Grind City native, is the impressive combo always a ghetto blaster on his shoulder. Before joining the GGs, he lived in Bantam Street Grind City, USA.
• Cube: Cube formed a gang with Combo corner Bantam Street. She and Combo join the GGs in the hope of finding Coin, kidnapped by the Golden Rhinos.
• Piranha
• Slate

The player can also unlock the following characters:

• Love Shocker: GGs competing in Shibuya-cho-looking emo-punk.
• Noise Tank: gang originally from Benten-cho, fans of high-tech equipment.
• Poison Jam: decked out in costumes of fish, these amateur horror films are the prevailing gang Kogane-cho.
• Goji Rokkaku: Group Leader and Rokkaku oyabun Golden Rhinos, the main antagonist of the game
• Pots the Dog: The dog mascot GGs.

Other gangs

• The Love Shockers are the other band originating in Shibuya-cho. They look punk-rock and are described as "disappointed love girls who want to do a little break."
• Poison The Jams are territory Kogane-cho, popular residential area at dusk permanent. They wear costumes of monsters resembling fish poachers.
• The Noise Tanks nightlife district of Benten-cho geeks are suspected to be cyborgs. They are the ones who remove Potts, the dog of GGs, while they fight to Kogane Poison Jams.

Police

The police department of Tokyo-To a figurehead for the master Onishima, small man in a raincoat, armed with a revolver that is not disproportionate reminiscent of the character of Clint Eastwood , Harry Callahan, in the series Dirty Harry. The police have a range of troops very deterrent: single peacekeepers street equipped with batons, patrol cars, police dogs, riot police armed with tear gas grenades, but also paratroopers armed with assault rifles, tank and even helicopter gunships. Its weaponry is more conventional but no less powerful than the Golden Rhinos.

The Golden Rhinos

Mafia-dependent Rokkaku Group, men seek to kill the Gouja GGs using goons with knives and guns, troops or more exotic Arabic as a killer and his whip, jet-packs, and electrocutors a sniper. Gouja Rokkaku, leader of the gang as the group that bears his name, is looking for the "Devil's Contract", a record that-apparently-would invoke the Devil. It turns out ultimately that this story was a hoax.

Soundtrack

• Funky Radio - BB Rights
• Mischievous Boy - Castle Logical
• Just Got Wicked - Cold
• Miller Ball Breakers - Deavid Soul
• On the Bowl - Deavid Soul
• Set-Up Attack - Soul Deavid
• Yapp Feet - Deavid Soul
• Yellow Bream - F-Fields
• Magical Girl - Guitar Vader
• Super Brothers - Guitar Vader
• Grace and Glory - Hideki Naganuma
• Humming The Bassline - Hideki Naganuma
• Let Mom Sleep - Hideki Naganuma

• Rock It On - Hideki Naganuma
• Sneakman - Hideki Naganuma
• Sweet Soul Brother - Hideki Naganuma
• That's Enough - Hideki Naganuma
• OK House - Idol Taxi
• Improvise - Jurassic 5
• Patrol Knob - Mixmaster Mike
• Slow - Professional Murder Music
• 'Bout the City - Reps
• Everybody Jump Around- Richard Jacques
• Dragula - Rob Zombie
• Electric Tooth Brush - Toronto
• Recipe for the Perfect Afro - Feature Cast
• Many styles - one OB

Internal link

• Jet Set Radio Future

• Portal video game

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