Let's Compare: Road Blasters

[TL]

Another arcade classic from Atari Games:

[TrekMD]

Pretty good conversions for the most part.  The Lynx, as always, does a great job.  The MD version looks awesome, though!

[Rogue Trooper]

Sticking with 8 Bit Micros on this one:

My god, C64 version is worse than i remember (and to think i bought this).

CPC version impressed, colourful, has sound FX, seems like good use of hardware.

Speccy version none too shabby either.

[TL]

The 8-bit versions:

The Amstrad version looks nice but boy is it slow! The Spectrum version is ok, except for lack of colour. That C64 version is abysmal. NES version looks totally wrong, the angle is too high up - don't like it at all.

The 16-bit versions:

Atari ST version looks excellent, very close to the arcade game except the car seems a bit too wide but that could be a fault of the emu having the wrong aspect ratio. The Amiga version is identical except for some reason they added music, why? The arcade game didn't have music so neither should the home versions. The Lynx version is a big favourite of mine, absolutely arcade perfect from the look right down to the speech (only version to have it!). I was bloody impressed by how close the Mega Drive version is too, I want to get this now!

[108 Stars]

Actually all seemed fairly decent to me. Not like I would want to play them all, but I've seen much worse on the 8-bit computers as far as arcade ports go. The C64 version suffers from the usual depressing color palette, and the CPC version is a bit choppy; the Spectrum version seems nice and green.

The NES version got the perspective wrong, it seems like the camera is too high and too far away.

The Lynx version is very well done, and the MD version seems very close to the arcade.

[Rogue Trooper]

Actually all seemed fairly decent to me. Not like I would want to play them all, but I've seen much worse on the 8-bit computers as far as arcade ports go. The C64 version suffers from the usual depressing color palette, and the CPC version is a bit choppy; the Spectrum version seems nice and green.

The NES version got the perspective wrong, it seems like the camera is too high and too far away.

The Lynx version is very well done, and the MD version seems very close to the arcade.

The C64 version to myself, always felt very 'empty', missing any spark of excitement, think had it been given toi a better team to convert, more could have been done with it.

[onthinice]

Thanks for posting this. I have never seen it played. I have the box(no game) for the Nes version. If I ever get a copy it will be for the Lynx. :

[108 Stars]

Thanks for posting this. I have never seen it played. I have the box(no game) for the Nes version. If I ever get a copy it will be for the Lynx.

[TrekMD]

Thanks for posting this. I have never seen it played. I have the box(no game) for the Nes version. If I ever get a copy it will be for the Lynx.

That sounds like an odd couple, if ever I heard of one!  LOL

[onthinice]

LOL! Does any have an extra set of instructions? Then it will be truly complete!

[TL]

LOL! Does any have an extra set of instructions? Then it will be truly complete!

From the Mega Drive version?

[onthinice]

I was hoping for the Nes version.

[Rogue Trooper]

Speaking of Roadblasters, anyone ever try Highway Hawks on Amiga? blatant Road Blasters clone, but looks ok.