Lost In Translation/Revolution X

About The Game
Revolution X is a first-person arcade video game shoot-em-up featuring the multi-platinum selling American rock band Aerosmith.

It's 1996 and the US have been taken over by the New Order Nation. The group, led by their commander Mistress Helga, have declared war on youth culture, banning music, TV and video games in the process. Meanwhile at a gig in Los Angeles, members of Aerosmith are captured by the NON. With a machine gun in your hand and the strongest weapon of them all, music, it is your task to end the regime of the New Order Nation and free the Aerosmith members.

Remember... MUSIC IS THE WEAPON!

Trivia
Released in March 1994.

The game was originally called 'Generation X', until it was realised Marvel owned the copyright to that name (listen to the opening sequence to hear the game being referred to by it's original title).

Several subtle in-jokes appear in the game that lead many to believe that the programmers were massive fans of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, although had difficulty recalling it in detail:
 * 1) When the final boss loses limbs, he sometimes says 'Just a flesh wound' a quote from the Black Knight scene.
 * 2) The subtitles in the credits, including 'Why not try a holiday in Norway this yer?' are often slight misquotes of those in the film credits.
 * 3) 'Llamas trained by Nicholas Petro.' Llama jokes a plenty in the TV series and film credits, but moose trainers were included by name in the film. Nicholas is of course the brother of George N. Petro.
 * 4) The dramatic music change and pallet swap of the final credit screen is a nod to the Holy Grail joke where the credit writers were sacked and replaced with another team 'at great expense and at the last minute' who did things in a different way.

This game features four Aerosmith songs : 'Eat the Rich', 'Sweet Emotion', 'Toys in the Attic' and the ending song 'Walk This Way'.

Updates
Rev. 1.0 has an extra area added located in the Pacific Rim Stage.

"Trog"!
To see one of the Trogs, you must destroy the black cat on the brick wall. After having doing so, you'll notice a palm tree behind the brick wall. Quickly blast the palm tree with a CD. If you are successful, Trog will pop out of the tree and waddle his way across the brick wall. He will gain speed back and forth like the cat. If you shoot him a certain amount of times, you will have access to yet another hidden area in the game.

The reason behind "Trog"'s inclusion? After having such a harrowing time with the Trog project, Petro and Haeger wanted to have an opportunity to blow him away repeatedly in their offices!

Staff

 * Directed & Produced By:
 * George N. Petro
 * Jack E. Haeger (JEH)


 * Design & Software:
 * George N. Petro
 * Bill Dabelstein
 * Warren Davis (WBD)
 * Jake Simpson (JMS)
 * Mike Lynch


 * Design & Graphics:
 * Jack E. Haeger (JEH)
 * Steve Beran
 * Martin Martinez (MAM)
 * John Vogel (JCV)
 * John Newcomer
 * Eric Kinkead


 * Music & Sound:
 * Chris Granner


 * DCS Sound System:
 * Matt Booty
 * Ed Keenan
 * Rk140


 * Guitar Solos:
 * Vince Pontarelli


 * Executive Producers:
 * Neil Nicastro
 * Ken Fedesna


 * Sales:
 * Joe Dillon

Cast

 * Aerosmith:
 * Steven Tyler (Vocals)
 * Joe Perry (Guitar)
 * Brad Whitford (Guitar)
 * Tom Hamilton (Bass)
 * Joey Kramer (Drums)


 * Headmistress Helga / Cage Dancer:
 * Kerri Hoskins


 * Nonboys:
 * Steve Beran


 * Skate Troopers / Everdrones:
 * Jack E. Haeger (JEH)


 * Berzerkers:
 * John Larrieu


 * Yellow Jackets / Nomatives:
 * Sal Divita


 * Non Ninjas:
 * Tony Marquez


 * Kemmitechs:
 * John Vogel


 * Vocalizations:
 * Sam Bennett
 * Chris Granner
 * Steve Ritchie
 * Vince Pontarelli
 * Paul Heitsch
 * George N. Petro
 * Jack E. Haeger (JEH)
 * Steve Beran
 * Kevin Greenwood


 * Cabinet Graphics:
 * Nick Erlich
 * Jack E. Haeger (JEH)
 * Steve Beran
 * Paul Barker


 * Cabinet Design:
 * Matt Davis
 * Bob Bedsole
 * Ted Valavanis


 * Gun Design:
 * Dennis Gibbons
 * Jack E. Haeger (JEH)
 * Dave Pallotto
 * Ted Valavanis


 * Hardware:
 * Steve Correll
 * John Lowes
 * Ray Macika


 * Hardware Support:
 * Cary Mednick
 * Pat Cox
 * Dr. Sheridan Oursler.PhD.Msc
 * Al Lasko


 * Costumes:
 * Cindy Maniates


 * Hair & Make-up:
 * Sher Williams
 * Tina Gazaldo


 * Custom Props:
 * Mark Runyan


 * Model Builders:
 * Rodney Carter
 * Dean Milano


 * Guitars & Drums:
 * The Musicians Network
 * Curt Eisenberg
 * David Katzma


 * Catering:
 * Rich Christian


 * Video Documentation:
 * Jim Greene
 * Art Tianis
 * Jim Tianis
 * Joan Faux
 * Tal Lekberg


 * Photographer:
 * Bryan Friedman


 * Midway Sales:
 * Rachel Davies
 * Bob Lentz
 * Lenore Sayers


 * Marketing:
 * Rebecca Ellis
 * Joe Hartmann
 * Roger Sharpe
 * Christa Woss


 * Game Testers:
 * Mike Vinikour (MXV)
 * Jason Defillippo (Thor)
 * Eddie Ferrier (CPU)


 * Aerosmith International Fan Club President:
 * Juan Sirrakah


 * Llamas Trained By!:
 * Nicholas Petro

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Nintendo Super Famicom (1994)
 * Sega Mega Drive (1994)
 * REAL 3DO (?)
 * Sega Saturn (1996)
 * Sony PlayStation (1996)


 * Computers :
 * PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (1995)