Rocket Power: Beach Bandits

Rocket Power: Beach Bandits is a 2002 Adventure video game based on the television series Rocket Power, which premiered on Nickelodeon in 1999. It was released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance. An Xbox version was planned for release but was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Rocket Power: Beach Bandits
North American GameCube cover art
Developer(s)Evolution Games (PS2, NGC)
Helixe (GBA)
Publisher(s)THQ
Producer(s)Justin Green
Designer(s)Shane Collier
Programmer(s)Sean Hammond
Artist(s)Sean Eustace
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
GameCube
Game Boy Advance
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • NA: September 20, 2002
  • PAL: October 25, 2002
GameCube
  • NA: September 24, 2002
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: October 19, 2002
Genre(s)Adventure, sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Plot

The gang are just about to start their summer vacation when they realize all of the sand in Ocean Shores has been taken away by a mysterious criminal. After investigation, they find out a company called Golem Industries has stolen all of the sand and the gang decide to go about stopping them.

They end up going to the lakes, where they discover that the water from there has also been stolen by Golem Industries. The water is found out to be used to ship electricity to a secret base. The gang end up destroying the water plants, and after a confrontation with the "Barramundi Bot", they return to Ocean Shores.

They eventually arrive at "Wishing Waters", the location of the secret base, which is revealed to be a giant robot factory underneath a water park controlled by a sentient supercomputer. Sam hacks into the computer's programming to build a robot to gain access to robot only areas. After exploring most of the base, they come into contact with "Cyrax", the supercomputer controlling the factory. Cyrax destroys the robot thereafter. After Team Rocket Power destroys all of Cyrax's computer chips with skateboards, Cyrax promptly explodes and the gang gets away. After coming back to Ocean Shores for a second time, the gang challenges Lars to a downhill dirt track race, and after winning manage to convince Lars to give them the secret location to Golem Industries' headquarters.

Once they make it inside the base, they find a massive earthquake machine that Golem Sr, the owner of Golem Industries is controlling. In the cutscene that follows, Golem turns the machine on, and after the base rumbles a pipe knocks into him, sending him into a pool of lava. Golem then comes out of the lava and is revealed to be a robot. The gang confront Golem and destroy him.

After the gang returns to Ocean Shores for a final time, they find out that the mastermind behind the entire plan has been Eric Golem Jr, the alleged son of Golem Sr. He threatens to destroy all of Ocean Shores with a giant tsunami machine. In order to stop this, the gang challenges Eric to a final set of race challenges. After the third battle however, Eric quits the challenges and runs to the control room, prompting Otto to race him via hoverboard to get to the control room before he does. After winning, the base is destroyed. During the final scene, the gang forgives Eric for everything that he has done, and says that he should make some friends that are human.

Reception

Rocket Power: Beach Bandits received "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2][3] GameRankings scores it 61.00% for the Gamecube version.[1] IGN gave the GameCube version a 5 out of 10, writing, "It's for kids. Does that mean it has to be mediocre?"[7]

References
  1. "Rocket Power: Beach Bandits for Gamecube". Game Rankings. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  2. "Rocket Power: Beach Bandits for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. "Rocket Power: Beach Bandits for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  4. "Review: Rocket Power: Beach Bandits (PS2)". GamesMaster. Future Publishing. 2003.
  5. Tha Wiz (October 18, 2002). "Rocket Power Beach Bandits - GC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  6. Lafferty, Michael (October 22, 2002). "Rocket Power Beach Bandits - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  7. Casamassina, Matt (September 26, 2002). "Rocket Power: Beach Bandits (GCN)". IGN. Ziff Davis.
  8. "Rocket Power: Beach Bandits (GC)". Nintendo Power. Vol. 162. Nintendo of America. November 2002. p. 224.
  9. Arushan, Zosha (October 25, 2002). "Rocket Power: Beach Bandits (GC)". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  10. "Rocket Power: Beach Bandits". Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine. Future Publishing. 2002.
  11. Bemis, Greg (November 20, 2022). "'Rocket Power: Beach Bandits' (GCN) Review". Extended Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
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