Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (2024)

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, also known as "SARPBC" or "Battle-Cars," is a battle-themed arena game that involves car racing and the game of soccer, was created by Psyonix and was released on 2008-10-09 for the PlayStation 3.

It is the predecessor to Rocket League.

Gameplay[]

The player controls a Battle-Car which they use to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal on a pitch, known in-game as an arena.

The game can be played by one or more players, locally or online.

Official synopsis[]

"Take matters into your own hands in this visceral, high-octane, physics-based vehicle sports game that lets you choose one of a variety of high-flying cars equipped with huge rocket boosters. Soar high into the air to score amazing aerial goals, perform incredible saves using the vehicles' acrobatic abilities, and even demolish enemy players at supersonic speeds! Every point is immensely satisfying when you must propel your entire car at just the right angle and speed to send the ball flying into the goal, compared to most sports games that have you "Press X to Shoot!" Take on players from around in the world in ranked, unranked, and organized team matches. Battle your buddies in local split-screen, or challenge the world together in online split-screen mode. Hone your skills offline against a tournament of computer-controlled opponents or by conquering twenty unique, challenging mini-games."^{[citation needed]}

Battle-Cars[]

Image	Name	Notes
	Octane	Available by default.
	Marauder	Available by default.
	Zippy	Unlocked by obtaining at least one star in the Scavenger, Striker, Powerslide, and Sweeper mini-games, or playing a ranked match on each of the three original arenas.
	Renegade	Unlocked by obtaining at least one star in the Combustible, Multi-Ball, Volley, and Stalkers mini-games, or scoring 10 goals in ranked matches. In the sequel Rocket League, its name was changed to Harbinger for legal reasons.
	Aftershock	Unlocked by obtaining at least one star in the Unbalanced, Breakaway, Colorblind, and Cubic mini-games, or getting 15 saves in ranked matches.
	Backfire	Unlocked by obtaining at least one star in the Time Warp, 8 Ball, Unfair, and Keeper mini-games, or getting the Hat Trick award in three ranked matches.
	Scarab	Unlocked by obtaining at least one star in the Domination, Territory, Sandstorm, and Airborne mini-games, or getting 25 wins in ranked matches.

Arenas[]

• Urban
• Utopia
• Wasteland
• Cosmic (added December 2008)
• Galleon (added August 2009)
• Stadium (added August 2009)

Easter Eggs in Rocket League[]

• On the title screen, entering the Konami code will replace the Rocket League logo with the SARPBC logo and the SARPBC theme will play.

• Sony: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, cross (X), circle (O), options
• Xbox: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start
• PC: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter
• Nintendo: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, +

• The Accelerato rocket boost plays the instrumental SARPBC theme.
• The balls from the Urban, Utopia and Wasteland arenas are available as antennas.
• The Galleon arena appears in AquaDome arena as a wreck in the background. It also appears in the Rocket Pass 6 trailer.
• The Renegade battle-car appears in Farmstead arena as a wreck in the background.
• The SARPBC-10 antenna available during the Anniversary Event has the SARPBC logo.
• The Floppy antenna available from Rocket Pass 6 has "SARPBC 2" written on it's label, which is a reference to Rocket League itself, because it is the successor to SARPBC. ^{[citation needed]}
• In the Rocket Pass Season 1, the OGBP topper is the boost pad from SARPBC, the Rocket League Legacy goal explosion and boost uses balls from SARPBC.
• In Season 2, a SARPBC player anthem can be unlocked through free season challenge (wins 250 matches).
• The old Marauder battle-car appears in Deadeye Canyon arena as a wreck in the background.
• The chorus of Rocket League Theme sounds like (muffled) "Supersonic, Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars..."

Gallery[]

References[]

External links[]

• Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars on the Psyonix website
• Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars on the Psyonix forums