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Revision as of 14:24, 12 March 2020

Not to be confused with Data East's Road Blaster.

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RoadBlasters
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Tengen
Developer:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Atari Games
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-48023
Sega Mega Drive
US 		301032-0150
Non-Sega versions

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RoadBlasters (ロードブラスターズ) is an arcade game developed by Atari Games which was brought to, among other consoles, the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. It was not released in Europe.

Gameplay

In Road Blasters, you drive a car armed with various weapons, and need to travel across various tracks shooting enemy cars while avoiding obstacles without running out of fuel. Players can crash as often as they like, but this will also lead to a loss of fuel, so it is not recommended. The car automatically accelerates, and A fires.

Versions

On the Mega Drive, Road Blasters is very similar to its arcade counterpart, however some palettes are different for unknown reasons, and all digitised speech is missing. The graphics were also altered for the lower resolution display of the Mega Drive console (320x224 vs. the arcade's 336x240), however the core gameplay remains in-tact, and is generally considered to be amongst the most accurate home conversions of the game.

'July' and 'October' builds of the final retail release exist; differences are and release information is unknown.

Production credits


Magazine articles

Main article: RoadBlasters/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: RoadBlasters/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 [2]
65 [3]
70 [4]
40 №1992-03, p82
49 [5]
57 [6]
72 [7]
39 №18, p67
Sega Mega Drive
 57
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[8]
ACE (UK) NTSC-U
50
[2]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[9]
Cool Gamer (RU)
40
[10]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[12]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[13]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
49
[14]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-U
49
[5]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
65
[15]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
57
[6]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
72
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC
39
[17]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
70
[18]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
39
[19]
Video Games (DE)
65
[20]
Sega Mega Drive
 56
Based on
16 reviews

RoadBlasters

Mega Drive, US
RoadBlasters MD US Box.jpg
Cover
RoadBlasters MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, US (cardboard)

RoadBlasters MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
RoadBlasters MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
RoadBlasters MD JP CartTop.jpg
RoadBlasters MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
RoadBlasters MD JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1991-06-27 Page

References

  1. ↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ACE, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-08), page 86
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 35 (37)
  4. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 128
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 65
  7. ↑ MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 49-51 (49)
  8. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 190
  9. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 37
  10. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 171
  11. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 22
  12. ↑ Famitsu, "1992-03-06" (JP; 1992-02-21), page 39
  13. ↑ Hippon Super, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-04), page 82
  14. ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 77
  15. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 115
  16. ↑ MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 49
  17. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
  18. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  19. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 144
  20. ↑ Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 30
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