RoadBlasters

Not to be confused with Data East's Road Blaster.

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RoadBlasters

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Tengen

Developer: Tengen, Sterling Silver Software

Licensor: Atari Games

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: Atari Games

Genre: Racing^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-02-28^[1]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[2]	T-48023
US	1991-08^[3]		301032-0150

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Amstrad CPC Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 Lynx Nintendo Entertainment System ZX Spectrum

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RoadBlasters (ロードブラスターズ), alternatively titled Road Blasters, is an arcade game developed by Atari Games which was brought to, among other consoles, the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. It was not released in Europe.

Gameplay

In RoadBlasters, the player drives a car armed with various weapons, and needs to travel across various tracks shooting enemy cars while avoiding obstacles without running out of fuel. Players can crash as often as they like, but this will also lead to a loss of fuel, so it is not recommended. The car automatically accelerates, and fires.

Versions

On the Mega Drive, RoadBlasters is very similar to its arcade counterpart, however some palettes are different for unknown reasons, and all digitised speech is missing. The graphics were also altered for the lower resolution display of the Mega Drive console (320x224 vs. the arcade's 336x240), however the core gameplay remains in-tact, and is generally considered to be amongst the most accurate home conversions of the game.

'July' and 'October' builds of the final retail release exist; differences and release information are unknown.

Production credits

Programmed by: Sterling Silver Software
Sound by: Earl Vickers

Magazine articles

Main article: RoadBlasters/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: RoadBlasters/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[4]

ACE (UK)

NTSC-U

50

^[5]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[6]

Cool Gamer (RU)

40

^[7]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[8]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[9]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[10]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

49

^[11]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-U

49

^[12]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[13]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

57

^[14]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

72

^[15]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

39

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[17]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

39

^[18]

Video Games (DE)

65

^[19]

	56
Based on 16 reviews

RoadBlasters

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)

Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	ec6cd5f0
MD5	4e3a0867656de0c1a6ede6fb0b962aef
SHA-1	927cdb93e688152f2ff9a89a1b22cd6517ada652

512kB

1991-07

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32	a0015440
MD5	9da9f6396e9f2eb34eff3a6dbe573ba4
SHA-1	7127e76ea33512d14cd78e6cac72ff8578454e1e

512kB

1991-10

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	e4ef86b9
MD5	2bf4c58157d0fdb8610e08df308d39e1
SHA-1	b53c65a7c11bda45b001b6c3c3e636d92f166404

512kB

1991-06-27

CD-R disc^[20]

Page

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 148
↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 190
↑ ACE, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-08), page 86
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 37
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 171
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 22
↑ Famitsu, "1992-03-06" (JP; 1992-02-21), page 39
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-04), page 82
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 77
↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 128
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 115
↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 65
↑ MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 49
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 144
↑ Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 30
↑ Hidden Palace: RoadBlasters (Jun 27, 1991 prototype)

RoadBlasters
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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-03.pdf_p148-2] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 148

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p42-3] GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42

[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 190

[:File:ACE_UK_54.pdf_p86-5] ACE, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-08), page 86

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-03.pdf_p37-6] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 37

[7] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 171

[:File:EGM_US_029.pdf_p22-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 22

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0168.pdf_p39-9] Famitsu, "1992-03-06" (JP; 1992-02-21), page 39

[10] Hippon Super, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-04), page 82

[:File:Joypad_FR_004.pdf_p77-11] Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 77

[:File:Joystick_FR_023.pdf_p128-12] Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 128

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-05.pdf_p115-13] Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 115

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p65-14] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 65

[:File:MegaTech_UK_06.pdf_p49-15] MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 49

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-16] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-17] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[18] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 144

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-02.pdf_p30-19] Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 30

[https:.2F.2Fhiddenpalace.org.2FRoadBlasters_.28Jun_27.2C_1991_prototype.29-20] Hidden Palace: RoadBlasters (Jun 27, 1991 prototype)

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RoadBlasters

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Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References