Roll Away (1998)
Android · PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable
3.68 from 57 ratings
155 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 35 backlogged · 26 wish listed
Details
- Developers
- Game Design Sweden AB
- Publishers
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Platform, Puzzle
- Themes
- Fantasy
Release dates
- Jul 10, 1998 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation
- Nov 27, 1998 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation
- May 27, 1999 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation
- Nov 29, 2007 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
- Nov 29, 2007 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
- Feb 10, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
- May 05, 2011 (Europe) Android
Rating distribution
5 stars
9
4 stars
23
3 stars
23
2 stars
2
1 star
0
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status timebias Apr 21, 2025
Finally getting round to playing some of the old PS1 games that I've amassing over recent years. The first on my list, for some reason, is Kula World, a.k.a. Roll Away. (I'm playing the PSN version using DuckStation – I'm glad I splurged on a load of games before Sony closed the PS Store for PSP, as physical …
Finally getting round to playing some of the old PS1 games that I've amassing over recent years. The first on my list, for some reason, is Kula World, a.k.a. Roll Away. (I'm playing the PSN version using DuckStation – I'm glad I splurged on a load of games before Sony closed the PS Store for PSP, as physical copies of this are really expensive now.) This was one of those games that I never owned during its generation, despite enjoying and frequently replaying the demo.
Despite a few odd design choices (such as the inability to press Down to move backwards, for which I can think of no justification unless there was some technical reason for it), I think this holds up quite well. I realised how spoilt I've become by modern design and QOL practices when I got confused about how to save my progress – until I checked the manual and read that I needed to reach a save point to do so.
After a little more than an hour of playing, I'm up to level 21 of over 200.
(It was interesting to check the credits on MobyGames; for a couple of the core team members, this seems to have been the first credit of notable careers.)
