Rebel Trucker: Cajun Blood Money is a driving game featuring racing and simulation elements, developed by 3Romans and published by Global Star Software for Windows in 2003. Set in Louisiana, the game uses the roads, highways, and surroundings of New Orleans as the backdrop for a trucking adventure with a deliberately brazen tone, where legitimate work and smuggling go hand in hand.
The protagonist is Keri Thibodeaux, a young Cajun trying to make his way as a truck driver. His jobs bring him into contact with the Stromboli brothers and local mafia operations, while federal agents and police officers complicate his routes. The story unfolds primarily through the "Stromboli Import Export Trucking" mode, featuring missions involving smuggling, bribery, and confrontations. Certain decisions influence the plot's progression, though the game also adopts a caricatured view of crime and the American South.
The game begins with certification tests that teach the basic c...
Rebel Trucker: Cajun Blood Money is a driving game featuring racing and simulation elements, developed by 3Romans and published by Global Star Software for Windows in 2003. Set in Louisiana, the game uses the roads, highways, and surroundings of New Orleans as the backdrop for a trucking adventure with a deliberately brazen tone, where legitimate work and smuggling go hand in hand.
The protagonist is Keri Thibodeaux, a young Cajun trying to make his way as a truck driver. His jobs bring him into contact with the Stromboli brothers and local mafia operations, while federal agents and police officers complicate his routes. The story unfolds primarily through the "Stromboli Import Export Trucking" mode, featuring missions involving smuggling, bribery, and confrontations. Certain decisions influence the plot's progression, though the game also adopts a caricatured view of crime and the American South.
The game begins with certification tests that teach the basic controls. Afterward, a job board allows players to choose from three types of work. "Vieux Carré Routes" offers short-distance pickup and delivery jobs with time limits. "AAA Long Hauls" focuses on long-distance road trips: players must transport goods while managing rest stops, fuel, and weigh stations, all while adhering to transport regulations. Meanwhile, the Stromboli missions blend time-trial driving with criminal action, featuring the police and FBI as threats. The manual also mentions collectibles and rewards within this mode.
The experience revolves around driving trucks and meeting objectives under pressure, but the focus shifts depending on the assignment: some tasks reward speed, while others prioritize route planning and the management of a trucker's responsibilities. The game attempts to combine transport simulation with arcade-style driving, rather than limiting itself to traditional racing. However, reviews from the time pointed out unpolished controls and physics, as well as numerous technical issues, making the game's concept more curious than refined.
With its peculiar mix of commercial deliveries, long hauls, and jobs for the mafia, Rebel Trucker: Cajun Blood Money offers an eccentric take on the trucking genre. It is a title for those curious about PC oddities from the early 2000s and games that attempted to blend road simulation with a crime-driven plot.
