Senile Team
Encyclopedia
Senile Team is an independent video game developer founded in 2003 and based in Netherlands
. The company is best known for Rush Rush Rally Racing
, a game Senile Team released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sega Dreamcast
.
Beats of Rage, an open source
video game as a tribute to Sega
's Streets of Rage 2
that took 9 months to develop. The game was then modded
and ported
to several other systems and gained popularity, with more than a million copies downloaded.
Rush Rush Rally Racing
started as a project for Sega Dreamcast for a sponsored Lik-Sang Coding Competition in 2006, which was cancelled the same year. However the company continued to develop the game until its release on September 9, 2009 (09/09/09) via video game publisher RedSpotGames
in celebration of Dreamcast's 10th anniversary. The game's design was inspired by the team's personal experience with top down racing game.
In the end, the game received mixed but majorly good reviews. BeefJack.com lauded the gameplay for being challenging, and ultimately fun and rewarding. Good Game called the game challenging and mainly appealing as a retro installment. On the other hand, Die Hard Game Fan called it a "below average game" and while acknowledged decent graphics and good sound, criticized the gameplay, controls, and general appeal.
In the 2010 Gamescom
trade show, RedSpotGames and Senile Team announced that Rush Rush Rally Racing
will be ported for Wii
. The port is expected to have new features. Additionally, Senile Team is currently developing Age of the Beast, a successor to Beats of Rage.
Upcoming
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The company is best known for Rush Rush Rally Racing
Rush Rush Rally Racing
Rush Rush Rally Racing also known as R4 is an Independent developed commercially released videogame developed by Senile Team and published by RedSpotGames in November 2009...
, a game Senile Team released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sega Dreamcast
Sega Dreamcast
The is a 128-bit video game console which was released by Sega in late 1998 in Japan and from September 1999 in other territories. It was the first entry in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Microsoft's Xbox and the Nintendo GameCube.Dreamcast sales were...
.
History
Senile Team is a Dutch independent video game developer founded in 2003. The company made its debut with a beat 'em upBeat 'em up
Beat 'em up is a video game genre featuring melee combat between the protagonist and a large number of underpowered antagonists. These games typically take place in urban settings and feature crime-fighting and revenge-based plots, though some games may employ historical or fantasy themes...
Beats of Rage, an open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
video game as a tribute to Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
's Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 2, known in Japan as , and in Europe as Streets of Rage II with a Roman numeral, is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Sega in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The game is also playable in the game Sonic's Ultimate Sega Genesis Collection...
that took 9 months to develop. The game was then modded
Mod (computer gaming)
Mod or modification is a term generally applied to personal computer games , especially first-person shooters, role-playing games and real-time strategy games. Mods are made by the general public or a developer, and can be entirely new games in themselves, but mods are not standalone software and...
and ported
Computer port (software)
In computer programming, port has a wide range of meanings.A software port is a virtual/logical data connection that can be used by programs to exchange data directly, instead of going through a file or other temporary storage location...
to several other systems and gained popularity, with more than a million copies downloaded.
Rush Rush Rally Racing
Rush Rush Rally Racing
Rush Rush Rally Racing also known as R4 is an Independent developed commercially released videogame developed by Senile Team and published by RedSpotGames in November 2009...
started as a project for Sega Dreamcast for a sponsored Lik-Sang Coding Competition in 2006, which was cancelled the same year. However the company continued to develop the game until its release on September 9, 2009 (09/09/09) via video game publisher RedSpotGames
RedSpotGames
redspotgames is a video game publisher, distributor and promoter based in Munich, Germany. Established in 2005, the company is known for releasing new games for the long discontinued Sega Dreamcast video game system, recently redspotgames have also branched off publishing to digital services such...
in celebration of Dreamcast's 10th anniversary. The game's design was inspired by the team's personal experience with top down racing game.
In the end, the game received mixed but majorly good reviews. BeefJack.com lauded the gameplay for being challenging, and ultimately fun and rewarding. Good Game called the game challenging and mainly appealing as a retro installment. On the other hand, Die Hard Game Fan called it a "below average game" and while acknowledged decent graphics and good sound, criticized the gameplay, controls, and general appeal.
In the 2010 Gamescom
Gamescom
gamescom is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is organised by the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware...
trade show, RedSpotGames and Senile Team announced that Rush Rush Rally Racing
Rush Rush Rally Racing
Rush Rush Rally Racing also known as R4 is an Independent developed commercially released videogame developed by Senile Team and published by RedSpotGames in November 2009...
will be ported for Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
. The port is expected to have new features. Additionally, Senile Team is currently developing Age of the Beast, a successor to Beats of Rage.
Games
- Beats Of Rage – Sega DreamcastSega DreamcastThe is a 128-bit video game console which was released by Sega in late 1998 in Japan and from September 1999 in other territories. It was the first entry in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Microsoft's Xbox and the Nintendo GameCube.Dreamcast sales were...
(2003), ported to various systems - Rush Rush Rally Racing – Sega Dreamcast (2009)
Upcoming
- Rush Rush Rally Racing - PSPPSPPSP most commonly refers to the PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.PSP may also refer to:-Computing and programming:*Corel Paint Shop Pro, a graphics editor...
, Nintendo Wii (2011) - Age of the Beast - Sega Dreamcast