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RoadBlasters
Sign in to saveRoadBlasters is a 1987 vehicular combat video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades. The player navigates an armed sports car through 50 different rally races, getting to the finish line before running out of fuel. Ports were released for a variety of home systems by Tengen and U.S. Gold.
Game data
- Released
- 1987-01-01
- User rating
- 3.38 / 5
- Genres
- Racing
- Platforms
- NES, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST, Atari Lynx, Genesis
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Game details · IGDB
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 comp…
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Shooter, Racing, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari Lynx, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Atari Games, Atari Games
- Publisher
- Tengen, Mindscape, Inc., U.S. Gold, Atari Games
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- publication date
- 1990-01-00
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RoadBlasters is a 1987 vehicular combat video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades. The player navigates an armed sports car through 50 different rally races, getting to the finish line before running out of fuel. Ports were released for a variety of home systems by Tengen and U.S. Gold.
==Gameplay== thumb|left|Arcade version screenshot The objective is to complete all 50 rallies without running out of fuel. The player's car is equipped with a cannon that can be used to destroy enemy vehicles and roadside gun turrets for extra points. A scoring multiplier is set to 1 at the start of each rally. Each time the player successfully strikes a target, the multiplier increases by one, up to a maximum multiplier of 10. After missing a target, the multiplier drops by 1.