Roland’s Ratrace
Roland Rat, star of British breakfast TV in the 80s, is late for work and his
car won’t start so you must control Roland and guide him through the sewers of
London within a time limit or face getting the sack. To make problems worse,
his friends have been kidnapped and must be rescued. The game is a flick-
screen platform game with various levels of platforms on each screen connected
by ladders and stairs. On the edge of each screen are various exits as well as
some exits which go into the screen. Roland must collect pieces of a door and
a key to open a large door at the end of the sewer which contains the Inner
Sanctum containing his friends.
Roaming the sewers are wellington boots and if they touch Roland then he loses
part of an energy bar and when it reaches zero then it is game over. Various
food stuffs can be collected to increase the bar. As well as avoiding the
boots, Roland can fire a glue gun which holds the boots for a short space of
time but be careful as Roland can also get stuck. Each use decreases a bar but
two glue packs can be found to top the bar up. On the bottom level on each
screen, a train occasionally appears and can be caught with the glue gun, and
when boarded can take Roland the length of the sewer.
Roland’s Ratrace