Cel Damage

Cel Damage

Developer(s)	Pseudo Interactive Finish Line Games (HD)
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts Play It! (Overdrive) Finish Line Games (HD)
Platform(s)	Xbox GameCube Cel Damage Overdrive PlayStation 2 Cel Damage HD PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Xbox One
Release date(s)	Xbox NA: November 14, 2001 EU: May 3, 2002 GameCube NA: January 7, 2002 EU: May 3, 2002 PlayStation 2 EU: December 12, 2002 PS3, PS4, PS Vita NA: April 22, 2014 PAL: May 14, 2014 Xbox One WW: March 11, 2016
Genre(s)	Vehicular combat
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Review scores
Publication	Score
Publication	GC	PS2	PS4	PS Vita	Xbox
AllGame	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EGM	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.67 / 10
Eurogamer	N/A	5 / 10	N/A	N/A	N/A
Game Informer	5 / 10	N/A	N/A	N/A	5 / 10
GamePro		N/A	N/A	N/A
Game Revolution	N/A	N/A		N/A	C−
GameSpot	5.7 / 10	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.7 / 10
GameSpy	60%	N/A	N/A	N/A	61%
GameZone	7.9 / 10	N/A	4.5 / 10	N/A	6.5 / 10
IGN	6.3 / 10	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.5 / 10
Nintendo Power	3.2 / 5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OXM (US)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.8 / 10
Aggregate scores
GameRankings	64%	51%	59%	60%	66%
Metacritic	67 / 100	N/A	58 / 100	58 / 100	65 / 100

Cel Damage is a vehicular combat video game for the Xbox and GameCube, developed by Pseudo Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. The game was first released for Xbox on November 14, 2001, and for GameCube on January 7, 2002, in North America respectively. In Europe, the game launched for both consoles on May 3, 2002. A PlayStation 2 port, entitled Cel Damage Overdrive, was released by Play It! on December 12, 2002 in Europe only. A high-definition remake, developed and published by Finish Line Games, and titled Cel Damage HD, was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on April 22, 2014 in North America and May 14, 2014 in the PAL region. An Xbox One port followed worldwide, via the Xbox Games Store, on March 11, 2016.

Cel Damage is a cartoony take on vehicular combat games, like those from the Twisted Metal series. The story focuses on six cartoon characters from a fictional cartoon show called "Cel Damage". The characters annihilate each other to the delight of TV audiences and, since they are cartoons, instantly regenerate. The player battles through thirteen different levels and three game modes. Weaponry for Cel Damage includes cartoon staples like vacuum nozzles and portable holes, mundane weaponry like chainsaws and baseball bats, and items like freeze rays, giant springs, and portable nuclear devices.

Cel Damage is a vehicle shooter in which players compete against one another using weapons to either gain smack points or stop other opponents from achieving their goal, depending on the game mode. Weapons include black holes, boxing gloves, grenades, chainsaws, baseball bats, chain guns, axes, and freeze rays. The three game modes are Smack Attack, in which players attack other players and/or computer players to gain a certain number of points first; Gate Relay, in which players race to checkpoints; and Flag Rally, in which players race to collect flags. Smack Attack is the only mode not initially locked (except in the PlayStation 2 version). Additional characters and areas are also unlockable in the game. The HD re-release in 2014 contained small differences from the original such as including life-bars and altering the method to unlock certain items, but otherwise contains the same content with a few new weapons and a new stage.

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