Road Fighter
1984 racing video game
Road Fighter is a 1984 racing video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. The goal is to reach the finish line within the stages without running out of time, hitting other cars or running out of fuel (which is refilled by hitting a special type of car). The game spawned a spiritual successor, Konami GT (1986), and two sequels, Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 (1995) and Winding Heat (1996). A Japan-only sequel was also released 14 years later, Road Fighters (2010).
Gameplay
The first two levels contain four courses, ranging from grassy plains and an over-water bridge to a seashore, mountains, and finally a forest area. In the arcade version, six stages were contained. The player controls a red Chevrolet Corvette. Pressing B accelerates the car to around 224 km/h, while pressing A increases its speed to 400 km/h. The player has a limited amount of fuel, equivalent to about 100 seconds of driving and can earn more by touching special multi-colored cars. If the player collides into any other car or slips on occasionally appearing patches of oil, the car will spin out and if not corrected, may crash into the side barriers, causing a loss of five to six fuel points.
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