RoadBlasters
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- Not to be confused with Data East's Road Blaster.
RoadBlasters | |||||||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: Tengen | |||||||||||||||
Developer: Tengen, Sterling Silver Software | |||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Atari Games | |||||||||||||||
Genre: Racing | |||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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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.
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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 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
- Programmed by: Sterling Silver Software
- Sound by: Earl Vickers
Magazine articles
- Main article: RoadBlasters/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: RoadBlasters/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 190
- ↑ ACE, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-08), page 86
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 37
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 171
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 22
- ↑ Famitsu, "1992-03-06" (JP; 1992-02-21), page 39
- ↑ Hippon Super, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-04), page 82
- ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 77
- ↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 128
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 115
- ↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 65
- ↑ MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 49
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 144
- ↑ Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 30
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