Rocket: Robot on Wheels
Rocket: Robot on Wheels — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Rocket: Robot on Wheels on?
- Rocket: Robot on Wheels was released on Nintendo 64.
- When did Rocket: Robot on Wheels release?
- Rocket: Robot on Wheels was first released on October 31, 1999.
About Rocket: Robot on Wheels
First-time Nintendo 64 developer Sucker Punch Studios jumped onto the scene with a highly original 3D platformer. The design philosophy behind the title is simple -- rather than build the platformer around the main character, the software house opted instead to focus on the interactivity of the 3D environments he travels. To that end, Rocket employs an advanced physics engine which allows the main character, a lovable unicycle-based robot named Rocket, to travel and experiment with colorful, platform-esque worlds with realistic gravity and inertia. Every object has its own set of lifelike attributes that must be "weighed" into consideration when solving puzzles.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64
- Developer
- Sucker Punch Productions
- Publisher
- Ubi Soft Entertainment
- Game modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Action, Comedy, Open world
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL release | $97 | $260 | — |
How often it sells
- Loose: about 3 times a week
- Complete: about 2 times a month
- Sealed: about 2 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $5.95 in Jan 2007, $75 five years ago, and $91 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2007 | $5.95 | — |
| Jan 2008 | $7.59 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $13.97 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $7.13 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $8.50 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $9.98 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $8.25 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $10.76 | $40 |
| Jan 2015 | $17.30 | $50 |
| Jan 2016 | $17.88 | $40 |
| Jan 2017 | $24 | $40 |
| Jan 2018 | $21 | $44 |
| Jan 2019 | $18.20 | $47 |
| Jan 2020 | $36 | $47 |
| Jan 2021 | $43 | $200 |
| Jan 2022 | $75 | $242 |
| Jan 2023 | $73 | $326 |
| Jan 2024 | $58 | $211 |
| Jan 2025 | $74 | $200 |
| Jan 2026 | $89 | $250 |
| Oct 2026 | $91 | $270 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 17 November 1999 | NUS-NSUE-USA | NUS-01A-02 |
| Europe / PAL | 17 December 1999 | NUS-NSUP-EUR | — |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1999
- Authenticity
- Med
A physics-driven platformer, and one of the pricier cartridges of its era.
Rocket: Robot on Wheels is a 3D platformer from Sucker Punch Productions, published by Ubi Soft, in which you control a robot named Rocket in a cartoony theme park. Its puzzles are built on physical properties such as mass, inertia and friction. Sucker Punch's founders had left Microsoft to form the studio and chose to make a game for the Nintendo 64. It came out in North America in November 1999 and PAL regions in December 1999.
Reviews were split. One review called its realism well worth any gamer's time, while another found its interface far more challenging than its puzzles. Nintendo Power's twentieth-anniversary issue ranked it the eighteenth best Nintendo 64 game of all time.
What the press said at the time
| GameRankings (aggregate) | 82% | |
| AllGame | 3/5 | |
| CNET Gamecenter | 8/10 | |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 7.125/10 | |
| Game Informer | 8/10 | |
| GameFan | (L.B.) 92% / (J.W.) 88% | |
| GameSpot | 7.6/10 | |
| Hyper | 84% | |
| IGN | 9/10 | |
| N64 Magazine | 88% | |
| Next Generation | 3/5 | |
| Nintendo Power | 8.4/10 |
“In the first level alone you'll play tic-tac-toe with a chicken, race in a dune buggy, and design your own roller coaster. That's more gameplay variety than some developers put in an entire game.”
“Sucker Punch should be proud; it seems, finally, that it's not only Nintendo and Rare who can produce excellent 3D platformers.”
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.
Before you buy
This cart sits well above the library median, so fake risk is moderate: ask for a photo of the circuit board, which is the reliable check, because a cart that boots proves nothing. PAL copies cost about the same as the North American cart. A complete copy costs about three times the loose price, and sealed copies cost more again.
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