Composer(s) Brad Fuller Cabinet Upright and sit-down CPU 7 MHz Motorola 68010 Mode Single-player video game | Genre(s) Vehicular combat Arcade system Atari System 1 Initial release date 1987 Developers Atari, Atari Games | |
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Display Raster, standard resolution, horizontally orientated Platforms Arcade game, Nintendo Entertainment System Publishers Atari Games, U.S. Gold, Tengen, Mindscape, Atari Corporation Sounds Yamaha YM2151, POKEY, Texas Instruments LPC Speech Chips Similar Tengen games, Racing video games | ||
Roadblasters arcade gameplay
RoadBlasters is an arcade game released by Atari Games in 1987. In RoadBlasters, the player must navigate a sports car through 50 different rally races, getting to the finish line before running out of fuel.
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- Roadblasters arcade gameplay
- Classic game room roadblasters arcade game review
- Gameplay
- Promotions
- Re releases
- References
Classic game room roadblasters arcade game review
Gameplay
The objective of the game is to complete all 50 rallies without running out of fuel. There is no limit to how many vehicles a player can receive to complete a rally, as long as they have fuel. However, the destruction of the vehicle will subtract a small amount from the player's fuel tank. In the arcade, Genesis and Lynx versions, players could start the game at a higher rally, with additional opportunities to jump several levels from time to time. Players can continue their game from where they left off; however, the player has only one chance to complete the 50th and final rally. For completing the final rally the player gets one million points as a bonus. Players can get fuel in four ways: green globes, red globes, a checkpoint, and the rally point.
Each rally features a midway point, denoted by a line on the road which the vehicle crosses. At this point, the amount of fuel in the main tank is restored to what it was at the beginning of the rally (the amount of fuel in the main tank given at the rally's start fluctuates throughout the game). The amount of fuel in the reserve tank, however, is not restored.
When a player gets low on fuel in their main tank, a fuel light will blink on and an alarm will sound on the display. Using up the main tank can mean the vehicle then uses what reserve fuel is stored.
Promotions
A promotional giveaway was accessible on the original arcade version, where players could send in their name and "personalized secret code" after completing rally 50 and receive a free "RoadBlasters" T-shirt. The promotion ended August 31, 1987.
The game had a toy tie-in made by Matchbox. The toys were die-cast cars that could be customized with armor, lasers, machine guns, and rocket launchers and jet engines. There were two factions: Turbo Force and The Motor Lords. There also were play sets such as a mobile command base.
Re-releases
The game appeared on the Sony PlayStation compilation Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 in 1998. It was also released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and PC as part of the Midway Arcade Treasures arcade game compilation.
A direct port can be played in Lego Dimensions via an Arcade Dock in the level "The Phantom Zone."