RoadBlasters

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

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RoadBlasters

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Tengen

Developer: Tengen, Sterling Silver Software

Licensor: Atari Games

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: Atari Games

Genre: Racing^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-02-28^[1]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[2]	T-48023
US	1991-08^[3]		301032-0150

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Amstrad CPC Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 Lynx Nintendo Entertainment System ZX Spectrum

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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 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

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[4]

ACE (UK)

NTSC-U

50

^[5]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[6]

Cool Gamer (RU)

40

^[7]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[8]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[9]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[10]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

49

^[11]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-U

49

^[12]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[13]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

57

^[14]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

72

^[15]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

39

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[17]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

39

^[18]

Video Games (DE)

65

^[19]

	56
Based on 16 reviews

RoadBlasters

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)

Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1991-06-27

Page

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 148
↑ 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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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-03.pdf_p148-2] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 148

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p42-3] GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42

[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 190

[:File:ACE_UK_54.pdf_p86-5] ACE, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-08), page 86

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-03.pdf_p37-6] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 37

[7] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 171

[:File:EGM_US_029.pdf_p22-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 22

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0168.pdf_p39-9] Famitsu, "1992-03-06" (JP; 1992-02-21), page 39

[10] Hippon Super, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-04), page 82

[:File:Joypad_FR_004.pdf_p77-11] Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 77

[:File:Joystick_FR_023.pdf_p128-12] Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 128

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-05.pdf_p115-13] Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 115

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p65-14] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 65

[:File:MegaTech_UK_06.pdf_p49-15] MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 49

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-16] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-17] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[18] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 144

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-02.pdf_p30-19] Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 30

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RoadBlasters

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Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References