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Road Blasters
Released in 1987
Developer: Atari
Manufacturer: Atari
Distributor: Atari




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Game Summary
Finish each course and shoot enemies en route before running out of fuel.
Hardware Info
Controls: Steering / Pedal(s)
Horizontal-mounted
Raster monitor
336 x 240 Resolution
Colors: 1024
Color
Additional Hardware Info (from Mame)
MC68010
cpu
@ 7 Mhz
M6502
cpu
@ 1 Mhz
YM-2151
audio
@ 3 Mhz
Pokey
audio
@ 1 Mhz
TMS5520
audio
Hardware Platform
Atari System 1
Mame ROMs
roadblst, Road Blasters
Game Details
Simple goal of getting to end of each of fifty levels and destroying enemies along the way (actually, some easier levels could be warped over for bonus points). Extra fuel added to your tank at end of each course, with amount based on points scored. Consecutive hits gave scoring multipliers. In addition to standard gun, ships drop bonus weapons/items such as cannons, cruise missiles, electroshields, and nitro boosters. In addition to cars, dangers included turrets, mines, motorcycles, buggies, and at later levels, trees in the middle of the road. You had infinite lives, but fuel would continue to drop as your penalty while waiting for a new car to appear.
Puddles on the road could let you make controlled spins.
Versions of this game appeared for the Sega Genesis, Atari Lynx, and (rumored) the PC. Also found in a Playstation CD collection.
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This game page was created 8/3/1998 12:00:00 AM and last updated 6/26/2000 8:50:41 PM