An animated laserdisc game where you play a sports car-driving avenger who is chasing after the gang of bikers that killed his wife.
Road Blaster was produced by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan in 1985.
Nihon Bussan/AV Japan released 59 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Nihon Bussan/AV Japan was based in United States.
Other machines made by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan during the time period Road Blaster was produced include: Karate Master, Karate Dou, Cobra Command, Karate Champ - Player Vs Player, Haro Gate Ball, Ring King, Performan, Metal Clash, Last Mission, and Kyoukou Toppa
Name | Road Blaster |
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Developer | Nihon Bussan/AV Japan (United States) |
Year | 1985 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 9331 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Adventure |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Gameplay is very similar to Data East's Cobra Command except for the fact that it substitutes cars instead of helicopters.
Overall Like |
2.00 |
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Fun (Social) | -1.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 2.00 |
Collector Desire | 5.00 |
Gameplay | 2.00 |
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Graphics | 4.00 |
Originality | 3.00 |
Sound/Music | -1.00 |
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It was produced only as a conversion kit by Data East for Begas Battle game cabinets. The kits were never released to arcades by Data East.
The game is also known as Road Avenger.
There are 15,167 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,329 machines (6,975 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 9 known instances of this machine owned by Road Blaster collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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