Road Blaster

41 Years old Arcade Video game Data East Corp. [Japan]

Road Blaster © 1985 Data East Corp.

Your mission is to seek out a gang of bikers who attacked and killed your wife. You are behind the wheel of a supped-up sports car, weaving in and out of traffic and other obstacles while in pursuit of the bikers.

TECHNICAL

This game uses a laser disc.

Film Produced by Toei Animation Co., Ltd.

TRIVIA

Road Blaster was released in August 1985.

The player's car makes a cameo in Double Dragon as soon as the garage door opens in the beginning of the game.

STAFF

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Game Staff
Producer & Director : Yoshihisa Kishimoto (Yoshi Kishimoto)
Programmers : Shintaro Kuma
Sound Programmers : Hironobu Mohre, Masa Yoshihara
Engineers : Takatoshi Kato, Junichi Nabe

Picture Staff
Producer : Shuichi Sato, Tadao Okubo
Co-Producer : Kenkichi Matsushita
Director : Hideki Takayama
Chief key Animato r: Yoshinobu Inano
Background Design : Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
Animators : Baik Nam Yeul, Shinichi Imaguma, Shigeo Matoba, Kim Dae Jung, Kaoru Shinbo
Xerox & Paint : Yoshihiro Maeda, Yoshiaki Okada
Camera : Toshiharu Takei
Editor : Shinichi Fukumitsu
Music Director : Michael K. Nakamura
Sound Effects Editor : Kenichi Mori

PORTS

CONSOLES

Sega Mega-CD (dec.18, 1992) Road Blaster FX [Model T-32124]

Sega Mega-CD (1993) "Road Avenger [Model 4603-50]"

Sega CD (1993) Road Avenger [Model T-6207]

Sega Saturn (oct.20, 1995) "Interactive Movie Action - Thunder Storm & Road Blaster [Model SLPS-00094~5]"

Sony PlayStation (oct.20, 1995) "Interactive Movie Action - Thunder Storm LX-3 & Road Blaster [Model T-20701G]"

COMPUTERS

MSX (1986) by Nippon Victor.

PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (may.4, 2009)

Sharp X68000 (may.4, 2009)

OTHERS

Pioneer LaserActive (1995) Road Prosecutor [Model PEASU1033]

Pioneer LaserActive (jan.25, 1995) Road Blaster [Model PEASJ1033]

Apple iPhone/iPod(jan.15, 2011) "Road Blaster [Model 338399795]"

Apple iPhone/iPod (mar.16, 2011) "Road Blaster HD [Model 418262266]"

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).