Road Burners

Description

A highly detailed motorcycle racing game in Washington D.C., London, Paris, Las Vegas, or the Isle of Man.

Road Burners was produced by Atari Games in 1999.

Atari Games released 88 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Atari Games was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari Games during the time period Road Burners was produced include: Area 51: Site 4, California Speed, Vapor TRX, Gauntlet Legends, Area 51/Maximum Force Duo, San Francisco Rush 2049, War: Final Assault, Hot Rod Rebels, Mighty Mouse, and Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

Specs

Name	Road Burners
Developer	Atari Games (United States)
Year	1999
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9333
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: VGA Resolution Color: Color 27-inch VGA display
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	8
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Motorcycle Controls: Throttle, Brake Motorcycle Steering (tilt left, tilt right)
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Environmental/Cockpit
PCB	Road Burners PCB Image

Game Introduction

Ride a motorcycle at speeds over 200MPH while avoiding obstacles. Control steering using handles or by leaning the motorcycle seating. Six hot motorcycles to ride and ten unique riders to choose from with unique rider specific stunts. Five challenging tracks with reverse play on each makes for new and different race experience. Shortcuts over, under, and around the cities.

Game Play

The player score is based upon the distance accumulated in the time limit. Pass checkpoints to earn additional time.

Road Burners KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 5.00 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 5.00

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 5.00

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	5.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Information

The side art portays two motorcycles in front of Paris' Eiffel Tower, with flames surrounding the bikes. The game was available in single or dual players models, which could be linked for up to eight simultaneous players.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Road Burners Census

There are 14,753 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).

Common - There are 26 known instances of this machine owned by Road Burners collectors who are active members. Of these, 23 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Road Burners machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Road Burners circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Road Burners.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Road Burners Manual - Road Burners Manual — **Road Burners Manual**
(80 pages, 4.1 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Standard

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