<s>
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
is	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
video	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Rocket	O
Science	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
SegaSoft	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
was	O
well-reviewed	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
burdened	O
by	O
a	O
general	O
lack	O
of	O
pre-release	O
press	O
coverage	O
,	O
steep	O
hardware	O
requirements	O
,	O
and	O
extensive	O
delays	O
of	O
a	O
patch	O
which	O
added	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
play	O
,	O
which	O
together	O
led	O
to	O
poor	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
diehards	O
have	O
created	O
workarounds	O
for	O
this	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
a	O
custom	O
modified	O
registry	B-Protocol
key	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
,	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
became	O
a	O
PC	O
title	O
because	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
designer/lead	O
programmer	O
Sean	O
Callahan	O
,	O
"	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
and	O
longer	O
lead	O
times	O
forced	O
the	O
switch	O
to	O
PC	O
as	O
the	O
initial	O
platform.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
still	O
slated	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
appeared	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
eventually	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
remake	O
attempts	O
have	O
come	O
and	O
gone	O
since	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
such	O
project	O
to	O
see	O
any	O
progress	O
used	O
the	O
original	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Tournament	I-Operating_System
game	O
as	O
a	O
foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
ill-fated	O
project	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
3	I-Application
community	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
project	O
was	O
put	O
together	O
modding	O
Unreal	B-Application
Tournament	I-Application
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
by	O
independent	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
using	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
4	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Burn	O
Ward	O
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
Burn	O
Ward	O
announced	O
on	O
their	O
Facebook	O
page	O
that	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
remake	O
has	O
been	O
halted	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
single	O
dev	O
,	O
remake	O
was	O
made	O
using	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
,	O
The	O
game	O
has	O
two	O
new	O
maps	O
remade	O
from	O
the	O
old	O
game	O
with	O
new	O
physics	O
and	O
similar	O
style	O
,	O
The	O
game	O
also	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
levels	O
and	O
is	O
still	O
being	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
had	O
very	O
high	O
hardware	O
demands	O
for	O
1996	O
:	O
at	O
least	O
a	O
90mhz	O
"	O
Pentium	O
"	O
grade	O
CPU	O
,	O
and	O
recommended	O
120mhz	O
or	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six-person	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
multiplayer	O
was	O
advertised	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
box	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
a	O
quirk	O
of	O
the	O
installer	O
supplied	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
specific	O
DirectX	B-Application
3	O
component	O
(	O
d3dhalf.dll	O
)	O
must	O
be	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
\System	O
directory	O
(	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
ME	O
and	O
before	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
complete	O
normal	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
file	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
directory	O
of	O
the	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
CD	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
provided	O
on	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
fansites	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
many	O
general	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
DirectX	B-Application
troubleshooting	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
installer	O
also	O
fails	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	O
and	O
XP	O
systems	O
,	O
requiring	O
either	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
installed	O
,	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
runs	O
without	O
reported	O
problems	O
under	O
these	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
custom	O
installer	O
with	O
the	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
patch	O
introduces	O
input	O
lag	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
10	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
averted	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
executable	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
from	O
the	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
Rocket	O
Science	O
's	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
manages	O
,	O
in	O
one	O
fell	O
swoop	O
,	O
to	O
nearly	O
erase	O
the	O
memory	O
of	O
such	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
dog-eggs	O
as	O
Loadstar	B-Application
,	O
Cadillacs	B-Application
and	I-Application
Dinosaurs	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Wingnuts	B-Application
with	O
its	O
surprising	O
mix	O
of	O
style	O
,	O
humor	O
,	O
and	O
fun.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
Coffey	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
There	O
's	O
little	O
not	O
to	O
like	O
about	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
noted	O
that	O
despite	O
the	O
box	O
art	O
promising	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
multiplayer	O
,	O
the	O
feature	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
despite	O
inserts	O
saying	O
that	O
a	O
patch	O
to	O
fix	O
this	O
problem	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
SegaSoft	O
website	O
,	O
the	O
linked	O
page	O
only	O
gave	O
further	O
excuses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
PC	O
Data	O
,	O
which	O
tracked	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
sales	O
of	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
reached	O
nearly	O
3,000	O
copies	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
February	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Wired	O
,	O
John	O
Alderman	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
Rocket	O
Science	O
's	O
Obsidian	B-Application
both	O
"	O
failed	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
sales	O
needed	O
to	O
justify	O
costs	O
"	O
,	O
despite	O
a	O
high	O
level	O
of	O
pre-release	O
excitement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
's	O
1996	O
"	O
Best	O
Action	B-Application
Game	I-Application
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Quake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Rocket	B-Device
Jockey	I-Device
accomplished	O
the	O
impossible	O
:	O
it	O
brought	O
us	O
a	O
completely	O
original	O
gaming	O
experience	O
by	O
breathing	O
new	O
life	O
into	O
two	O
game	O
genres	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
done	O
to	O
death	O
,	O
first-person	O
action	B-Application
and	O
racing	O
combat.	O
"	O
</s>
