Jet Grind Radio

Jet Grind Radio is a video game that consists of 3 releases


Jet Grind Radio is a unique action game in which you tag the streets of Tokyo-to. It is notable for being the first game to use cel-shaded graphics.

Plot

You play as roller blading graffiti gang member Beat as you attempt to take over a wacky cell shaded Tokyo-to from rival gangs by tagging the game world and avoiding the over eager police force.  The game begins in the shopping district Shibuya-cho where you must defeat the rival Love Shockers gang.  Other ares include Benten-cho and Kogane-cho where you must paint over the tags of the rival gangs the Noise Tanks and Poison Jam.  The mysterious cult/crime gang the Golden Rhinos also appear and become the new bad guys in the later stages of the game.  The DJ Professor K provides much of the narrative via the pirate radio station Jet Set Radio and gives you heads up on whats going on throughout the game.  Additional roller blading degenerates are met throughout the game and recruited to your gang as playable characters.

Gameplay

Jet Grind Radio has the player controlling a roller blading graffiti artist and so there is the expected array of grind rails, half pipes, wall rides and jumps worked into the game world.  However the layout is not like games such as the Tony Hawk series.  The emphasis in Jet Set Radio is on using the various obstacles and your skating skills to reach taggable objects and then spray paint them in ridiculous, often mid-air style.  Points are pushed more into the background with time limits creating the challenge.  Tagging buses as you grind past them or bill boards as you back-flip over them is a common event.

Soundtrack

Jet Grind Radio's funky and upbeat soundtrack was a big part in helping form the game's distinctive style. New songs were added in the North American and European releases of the game to cover more musical genres and round the soundtrack out.

  • Humming the Baseline - Hideki Naganuma
  • Let Mom Sleep - Hideki Naganuma
  • Moody's Shuffle - Hideki Naganuma
  • Rock It On - Hideki Naganuma
  • Grace and Glory - Hideki Naganuma
  • Sneakman - Hideki Naganuma
  • Sweet Soul Brother - Hideki Naganuma
  • That's Enough - Hideki Naganuma
  • Super Brothers - Guitar Vader
  • Magical Girl - Guitar Vader
  • Miller Ball Breakers - Deavid Soul
  • On the Bowl (A Fargus Remix) - Deavid Soul
  • Up-Set Attack - Deavid Soul
  • Yappie Feet - Deavid Soul
  • Funky Radio - B.B. Rights
  • Mischievous Boy - Castle Logical
  • Yellow Beam - F. Fields
  • 'Bout the City - Reps
  • Everybody Jump Around - Richard Jacques
  • Electric Tooth Brush - Toronto
  • Dunny Boy Williamson Show - Deavid Soul (Japanese Version Only)
  • Just Got Wicked - Cold (North American Version Only)
  • Slow - Professional Murder Music (North American Version Only)
  • Dragula - Rob Zombie (North American Version Only)
  • Improvise - Jurassic 5 (North American and European Versions Only)
  • Patrol Knob - Mixmaster Mike (North American and European Versions Only)
  • Recipe for the Perfect Afro - Feature Cast (European Version Only)
  • Many Styles - O.B. One (European Version Only)
  • Funky Plucker - Semi Detached (European Version Only)

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Game Name Jet Grind Radio
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Original US Release Nov. 1, 2000
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Aliases Jet Set Radio
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The English release of Jet Grind Radio added two new levels and five new songs not found in the Japanese version.  Which of these songs was NOT one of the added songs?
  • Slow
  • Bout The City
  • Improvise
  • Just Got Wicked
  • Dragula

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DJ Professor K
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