RoadBlasters
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| Developer(s) | Atari |
| Publisher(s) | Atari (arcade), U.S. Gold (ports) |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Genre(s) | Racing shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Input | Wheel and pedals |
| Arcade cabinet | Upright and sit-down |
| Arcade system(s) | Atari System 1 |
| Arcade CPU(s) | 7 Mhz Motorola 68010 |
| Arcade sound system(s) | Yamaha YM2151, Atari POKEY, TMS5520 |
| Arcade display | Raster, standard resolution, vertically orientated |
RoadBlasters is an arcade game released by Atari. 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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[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Fuel
Players can get fuel in three ways: green globes, red globes and the between race fill-up. Green globes are on the road, and fill the main gas tank. Red globes are revealed by shooting enemies on the road. After completing each rally, the player is awarded extra reserve fuel determined by how many enemies were destroyed during the level. Each consecutive kill shot increases the multiplier, from 1 up to 10. A miss lowers that multiplier by 1. Whatever the multiplier is at when the finish line is crossed is multiplied by the value of the enemies slain, and that much fuel is awarded.
[edit] Enemies
- Stingers (orange cars)
- Command Cars (purple) - bulletproof bumpers, must be killed by a cruise missile
- Cycles
- Rat Jeeps - comes in from the left, stops, then swerves to the right
- Gun Turrets
- Mines (cannot be killed, only in certain levels)
- Toxic Spills
[edit] Bonus weapons
At various points along the course, a helicopter will come into view and drop a weapon from its underbelly. If the player lines up the car to catch the weapon, the secondary weapon is activated. That weapon is kept until it is used up, the car crashed or another weapon picked up.
- UZ Cannon: a rapid fire gun that does not deplete the multiplier
- Cruise Missile: Detonation eliminates all enemies on the screen. Three missiles are included
- Nitro Inject: Increases the speed of the car from 210 to 298 km/h for a limited distance. Three nitros to a pack
- Electro Shield: Allows the car to drive through any enemy or obstacle uharmed for a short distance. Three to a pack
