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The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home is a racing video game published by SouthPeak Interactive that was released for the PlayStation in 1999. The game was later released for Game Boy Color and Microsoft Windows in 2000. It is based on the television show, The Dukes of Hazzard. Waylon Jennings, James Best, Ben Jones, Sonny Shroyer, and Tom Wopat reprised their characters by providing their voices to the PC and PlayStation versions of the game. A sequel titled The Dukes of Hazzard II: Daisy Dukes It Out was released in 2000.

The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home
North American PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)Sinister Games (PS/PC)
Spellbound (GBC)
Publisher(s)SouthPeak Interactive (US)
Ubi Soft (EU)
SeriesThe Dukes of Hazzard
Platform(s)Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 30, 1999
  • EU: 2000
Windows
  • EU: June 9, 2000
  • NA: October 10, 2000
Game Boy Color
  • NA: November 7, 2000
  • EU: 2000
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay


The player plays as Bo and Luke Duke who is racing to pay off the Duke farm. The player must play through missions that include Bo and Luke outrunning Rosco and Enos, and saving their cousin Daisy Duke from Black Jack Perril who wants revenge on their uncle Jesse Duke.


Reception


The Game Boy Color version received "favorable" reviews, and the PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, while the PC version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to video game review aggregator GameRankings.[1][2][3]

Chris Carle of IGN said of the PlayStation version, "The missions can get tedious, even though some are truly challenging. The stunt physics are fun and the various vehicles are a hoot. All in all, it is a decent ride while it lasts." Carle also criticized the game's cutscenes: "The characters look downright goofy. Uncle Jesse resembles Dr. Zaius from Planet of the Apes and Luke Duke could easily be on display at your local zoo."[20]

Scott Steinberg of the same website praised the PC version's three multiplayer modes, but also said, "It's hard to decide which is worse, primitive 3D visuals, ugly ass rendered movies or the non-interactive backgrounds. Thank heaven the vehicle models don't suck." He also praised the soundtrack, voice-overs and Waylon Jennings' narration, but criticized the game's sound effects, as well as the gameplay, stating that the General Lee "turns like a concrete mixer. If you can keep it in a straight line for more than fifteen seconds, you might enjoy the varied styles of play."[19]

Craig Harris said of the Game Boy Color version, "The graphics [...] are downright hideous. Everything about the imagery -- cars, land texture, buildings, cutscene characters -- have an ugly, dithered and blocky construction, and it makes the game that much more difficult to look at when driving around Hazzard County. [...] The game doesn't offer anything more than just driving levels, but the missions vary enough to continue through the adventure to the very end of the tale in Hazzard County."[18]

Adam Pavlacka of NextGen's April 2000 issue called the PlayStation version "A mediocre racing game that survives on the license alone. Barely."[22] Eight issues later, Kevin Rice called the PC version "Just a bad ol' game, never meanin' no harm, but with gameplay like this, it winds up doing plenty."[21]

The D-Pad Destroyer of GamePro said of the PlayStation version, "Fans of the Dukes will get into this game just because they get to drive the General Lee and outmaneuver Roscoe and Cletus. Others should give the game a rent first, because the sub-par graphics and the funky controls will turn off most hardcore driving-game fans. Racing For Home just doesn't beat all you ever saw."[26][lower-alpha 2] However, GameZone gave the PC version five out of ten, saying, "There is some fun to be had watching the cut-scenes, which are just as poorly acted as their syndicated inspiration. Outside of that, I find it very hard to recommend this game to anyone other than racing fans who still own their Dukes of Hazzard Underoos. The rest of you should steer clear. (No pun intended.)"[27]

The game sold more than 400,000 units.[28]


Notes


  1. In GameFan's viewpoint of the PlayStation version, three critics gave it each a score of 85, 52, and 60.
  2. GamePro gave the PlayStation version two 3.5/5 scores for graphics and control, 4.5/5 for sound, and 4/5 for overall fun factor.

References


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  7. Ham, Tom (December 17, 1999). "The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (PS)". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
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  10. Goldsmith, Tom (July 31, 2000). "[The] Dukes Of Hazzard: Racing For Home (PC)". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on March 29, 2001. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  11. Taylor, Martin (June 10, 2000). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (PSOne)". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on January 7, 2001. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  12. "The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (PS)". Game Informer. No. 83. March 2000.
  13. Weitzner, Jason "Fury" (February 2000). "The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (PS)". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 2. Shinno Media. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  14. Mylonas, Eric "ECM"; Ngo, George "Eggo"; Rodriguez, Tyrone "Cerberus" (February 2000). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard [Racing for Home] (PS)". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 2. Shinno Media. p. 12. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  15. Boss Hogg (January 2000). "The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home Review (PS)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  16. Wolpaw, Erik (October 6, 2000). "The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home Review (PC)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  17. Gerstmann, Jeff (December 27, 1999). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home Review (PS)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  18. Harris, Craig (November 30, 2000). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (GBC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  19. Steinberg, Scott (October 10, 2000). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  20. Carle, Chris (January 6, 2000). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard - Racing for Home (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  21. Rice, Kevin (December 2000). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (PC)". NextGen. No. 72. Imagine Media. p. 145. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  22. Pavlacka, Adam (April 2000). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home (PS)". NextGen. No. 64. Imagine Media. p. 89. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  23. "The Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home". Nintendo Power. Vol. 143. Nintendo of America. April 2001.
  24. MacDonald, Mark (February 2000). "The Dukes of Hazzard [Racing for Home]". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 3, no. 5. Ziff Davis. p. 93. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
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  26. The D-Pad Destroyer (December 17, 1999). "[The] Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 28, 2004. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  27. Kemuel (October 16, 2000). "The Dukes of Hazzard--Racing for Home Review on PC". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 16, 2005. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  28. "Mia Hamm Soccer 64, The Dukes of Hazzard and The Flintstones Bedrock Bowling Headline SouthPeak Interactive's Lineup for E3 2000". southpeak.com. May 11, 2000. Archived from the original on June 21, 2000. Retrieved July 3, 2022.




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