Thunder Storm & Road Blaster

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Thunder Storm
Road Blaster

Thunder Storm & Road Blaster

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Ecseco Development

Developer: Ecseco Development

Licensor: Data East, Ecseco Development

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: Data East

Game total: 2

Genre: Compilation, Interactive Movie Action (インタラクティブムービーアクション)^[1], Action^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-10-20^[2]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[3]	T-20701G

Non-Sega versions
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Thunder Storm & Road Blaster (サンダーストーム＆ロードブラスター) is a Sega Saturn compilation containing two Data East LaserDisc arcade games, Thunder Storm LX-3 and Road Blaster, each on a separate disc. Both titles are full-motion video games that were previously released on the Mega-CD.

Games included

Thunder Storm LX-3 (Cobra Command)
Road Blaster (Road Avenger, Road Prosecutor)

Gameplay

Thunder Storm LX-3

The game is a rail shooter played over a full-motion video backdrop. The player's helicopter flies itself through numerous missions, with the player controlling a targeting cursor with the D-Pad. Belligerents are highlighted in yellow rectangles. The helicopter can fire its twin Vulcan guns with or its missiles with . Both weapons have unlimited ammunition and can be fired simultaneously. The Vulcan guns shoot faster and can be fired continuously by holding the button down, but they overheat rapidly when used. The player is also cued, via an arrow in the cockpit and a voice cue, to hold the D-Pad in a direction to steer the helicopter. If the player fails to shoot down an enemy or move the helicopter in time, a short animated sequence depicts the Cobra helicopter being destroyed and the player loses a life.

There are four selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Excellent), with higher difficulty levels demanding quicker response times. On Excellent difficulty, enemies are not highlighted by rectangles and arrows do not appear in the cockpit to indicate the direction that the player must move in. The player can also set the starting lives (3, 5, or 7) in the options prior to starting the game. The game awards an extra life at 20,000 points.

Stages

	Mission 1

	Mission 2

	Mission 3

	Mission 4

	Mission 5

	Mission 6

	Mission 7

	Mission 8

	Mission 9

	Mission 10

Road Blaster

The player controls a car that drives through each stage automatically. At certain points, an arrow appears on the screen to prompt the player to turn the car by holding or in order to avoid a hazard. Icons in the dashboard occasionally instruct the player to brake the car with or activate its turbocharger with . The car must sometimes ram another vehicle in front of it by moving a crosshair across the screen with or , which targets the vehicle, while engaging the turbo. If the player fails to perform an action when cued, the car crashes and the player loses a life. Each action is also accompanied by an auditory cue.

There are four selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Excellent), with higher difficulty levels demanding quicker response times. On Excellent difficulty, arrows do not appear to indicate the direction that the player must turn and icons do not appear to indicate that the player must accelerate or brake (though the sound cues remain). The player can also set the starting lives (3, 5, or 7) in the options prior to starting the game. The game awards an extra life at 20,000 points.