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Genre Perspective Art Gameplay |
Description
Road Avenger dates from the era when interactive movies (e.g.
Dragon's Lair,
Escape from Cybercity,
Time Gal...) with film-quality graphics, but limited player movement, were highly popular.
Players assume the role of an angry cop on a wild ride as he pursues a gang of bikers who killed his wife. Players need to race through oncoming traffic, squeeze between trucks, trash motorcycles and steer through lots of explosions. The only thing needed are quick reflexes to follow the instructions on the screen (with an increasing difficulty) in order to keep the animation going.
The action is shown from a first-person view and fast-paced, while still maintaining smooth and detailed anime drawn graphics.
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Alternate Titles
- "Road Prosecutor" -- US LaserActive title
- "Road Blaster FX" -- Japanese Mega-CD title
- "Road Blaster" -- Japanese title
- "Road Avenger" -- US/EU Sega-CD title
- "ロードブラスターFX" -- Japanese Mega-CD spelling
- "ロードブラスター" -- Japanese spelling
User Reviews
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Critic Reviews
GameFan Magazine |
SEGA CD |
Jan, 1993 |
95.75 out of 100 |
96 |
Just Games Retro |
SEGA CD |
Apr 15, 2005 |
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90 |
HonestGamers (Staff reviews only) |
SEGA CD |
Jun 13, 2008 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
Sega Does |
LaserActive |
Jan 18, 2017 |
B+ |
83 |
The Video Game Critic |
SEGA CD |
Feb 14, 2003 |
B+ |
83 |
SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA) |
SEGA CD |
Dec 22, 2008 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
Shin Force |
SEGA CD |
Aug 20, 2006 |
7.9 out of 10 |
79 |
Mega Fun |
SEGA CD |
Jan, 1993 |
72 out of 100 |
72 |
Mega Fun |
SEGA CD |
Aug, 1993 |
67 out of 100 |
67 |
Sega Does |
SEGA CD |
Jan 18, 2017 |
C+ |
58 |
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Trivia
Difficulty Level
In comparison to
Time Gal,
Road Avenger is far more difficult - the final stage requires 64 discrete actions, most levels in
Time Gal feature around a dozen. In addition, several parts of the game require several actions in immediately one-after-another in sequence.
Inspirations
The game clearly draws inspiration from the
Mad Max films, including:
- The look and purpose of the car is similar, apart from the color.
- The protagonist's outfit.
- The backstory is very similar to the plot of the first film, albeit with the action moved from Post-Apocalypse Australia to late 1990s America.
The River level seems to draw inspiration from the first two Roger Moore Bond films, featuring both a Boat jumping over the road (
Live and Let Die) and a 360 degree Bridge jump (
The Man with the Golden Gun).
The Main Protagonist
While
Time Gal features an early example of a female protagonist in a video game,
Road Avenger features one of the first female antagonists as the unnamed leader of the RRR gang.
Theme song
The catchy theme song is performed by the Japanese rock band J-Walk, who are known as
Jaywalk nowadays.
Unofficial Amiga port
On 25th of March 2018 Amiga port was released. The port was mostly developed using source XML of the SNES version as a loose guide. For the game's UIs some assets from the unofficial SNES version were adopted as a basis (like the car interior) and then remastered/expanded, while the rest were made from scratch. The UIs in the Amiga version feature (among other changes), more colors, score and live indicators, a brand new, smoother steering wheel, as well as radio and speed meters anims.
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