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Road Blasters

Road Blasters - Japanese Title

Road Blasters - marquee

Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1987
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Racing
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
  • 19-inch Electrohome G07
Conversion Class: Atari System I
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 1
Gameplay: Single
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:
  • Steering: X/Y-directional yoke with common triggers and thumb buttons [Fire|Special]
  • Pedals: 1 [Gas]

Sound: Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)

Road Blasters


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Road Blasters Description

Futuristic driving game where you have to shoot opponents and collect fuel globes. Collect power-up weapons by catching them from above. Shortly after its release, you could win a free Atari T-shirt by completing all 50 levels. Digitized speech, effects and music throughout.

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Cabinet Information

The upright game is housed in an Atari System 1 cabinet. Its side art has Atari written down both sides. The large sit-down version has a plastic lens over the monitor which enlarges the screen to make it seem like a 25-inch CRT.

Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

Shoot cars using a single shot instead of holding down the fire button to increase the bonus multiplier.

Crash into roadside cannons instead of shooting them for 8000+ points. This will greatly increase reserve fuel, which is awarded at the end of a rally based on score.

Conversion

With a simple change of the daughter board and the control panel, this game can be converted to other System 1 games in the upright cabinet.

Game Play

Similar to (but not compatible with) STUN Runner. Power-ups include UZ cannon, cruise missile, electro-shield, and nitro injector.

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Very Common - There are 122 known instances of Road Blasters owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 101 of them are original dedicated machines, 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 18 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,121 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 53 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 5 VAPS members currently looking for Road Blasters.

For Sale - There are 14 VAPS members with Road Blasters machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

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Manuals

  1. Assembly and Maintenance Procedures  4 Pages, 360 KB File.
  2. Assembly and Maintenance Procedures  4 Pages, 360 KB File.
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