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Post by Discoalucard on Aug 16, 2015 21:00:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 21:09:18 GMT -5
YESSSSS! I remember this game from when I was a kid---and they have a cabinet for it at the local barcade. Oh, happy memories...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 22:12:00 GMT -5
Might Nintendo's Mach Rider from two years prior be a more apt comparison? I daresay Roadblasters could be considered a knock-off.
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Post by Elvin Atombender on Aug 17, 2015 3:51:11 GMT -5
I wonder if you can still win a T-Shirt when you beat the final level:
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Post by Allie on Aug 17, 2015 9:38:23 GMT -5
I wonder if you can still win a T-Shirt when you beat the final level: I'd be impressed with anybody who could convince Warner Bros. to print out new batches of RoadBlasters T-Shirts.
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Post by Weasel on Aug 17, 2015 11:28:28 GMT -5
Did anybody ever win those? I can't find even a photo of one of the shirts. I know there were similar contests in other games, and there's a dip switch to disable the contest messages...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2015 11:32:44 GMT -5
I know there were similar contests in other games... Call Apogee, say Aardwolf!
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Post by Weasel on Aug 17, 2015 11:56:44 GMT -5
Well, Atari Games specifically, I mean. I know there was a contest in KLAX, I suspect there may have been similar shirts for other games around that time like Steel Talons, STUN Runner, possibly the Hard Drivin' games, maybe also Gauntlet?
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Post by Allie on Aug 17, 2015 12:05:54 GMT -5
Well, Atari Games specifically, I mean. I know there was a contest in KLAX, I suspect there may have been similar shirts for other games around that time like Steel Talons, STUN Runner, possibly the Hard Drivin' games, maybe also Gauntlet? For some reason, I think it would be hilarious if it turned out, that at the time, every game they advertised a t-shirt give-away for, it was actually just plain white Fruit of the Loom t-shirts Atari Games was sending out.
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Post by Leona Phoenix on Aug 17, 2015 16:02:24 GMT -5
I remember some magazine (EGM or PSM, I think) calling the Atari Collection version garbage, with a lone screenshot of the player blowing up. Sounds like the reviewer was just bad at it.
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Aug 17, 2015 21:31:04 GMT -5
The game has a "1986, 1987" date on the title screen, so it seems it was ready in 1986 but actually released later (all info I've found has 1987 as release year, although they don't report a specific date). So the opening digression about arcade racing games in the second half of the '80s may not make much sense when applied to this game; RoadBlasters was probably in development at the same time as OutRun but the latter just came first (September 1986).
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Post by Weasel on Aug 17, 2015 21:41:03 GMT -5
The game has a "1986, 1987" date on the title screen, so it seems it was ready in 1986 but actually released later (all info I've found has 1987 as release year, although they don't report a specific date). So the opening digression about arcade racing games in the second half of the '80s may not make much sense when applied to this game; RoadBlasters was probably in development at the same time as OutRun but the latter just came first (September 1986). I suppose it'd make more sense if I were talking about Pole Position instead.
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Post by Startling on Aug 21, 2015 9:25:20 GMT -5
I'm sure Atari meant to tie this game to Road Blaster, anything else would be silly. Cool concept, but unfortunately the game's a bit busted when played seriously.
Just a thought: legend has it that Hard Drivin' was almost shelved because Atari was afraid the asking price was too high... then Winning Run happened. Honestly, Winning Run is a better game to play too, even if it isn't quite as creative.
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