Category Archives: Silicon & Synapse

RPM Racing, Super Nintendo

RPM Racing for the SNES is an isometric, split-screen racing game that was developed by Silicon & Synapse (the company that later became Blizzard) and published by Interplay in 1991 in North America, and in 1992 in Japan. I don’t think it was ever given an official European release. The RPM part of the title stands for: “Radical Psycho Machine“.

It is the predecessor to Rock n’ Roll Racing (1993), and the successor to Racing Destruction Set (1984). They apparently took the core logic editor and track editor from Racing Destruction Set and ported it over to the SNES, before customising it with everything else they wanted in the game.

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The Lost Vikings, Super Nintendo

The Lost Vikings is a platform/puzzle game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment), and was originally released for the Super Nintendo by Interplay in 1993.

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Rock n’ Roll Racing, Super Nintendo

Rock n’ Roll Racing is a brilliant isometric, combat-based racing game by Silicon & Synapse – now Blizzard Entertainment – and was first released for the Super Nintendo way back in 1993.

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