Road Avenger - Amiga Gameplay Footage

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Published on May 3, 2018 3:43:12 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp9h598BhQ8

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Road Blaster (1985)

Duration: 8:06

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Here's some footage of me playing the recently released Amiga port of Data East's 1985 classic LaserDisc game, Road Avenger (Road Blaster in arcades)! This port was created by ReImagine Games, with versions for OCS and AGA Amigas. This footage is form the AGA version, which uses HAM8 video for cleaner colors.

I was able to clear the first two stages but screwed up badly in the third. But hey... just gotta get back into practice! Maybe in the future I'll do a full run once I get my skills back up to snuff! :)

Footage was captured from my emulated Amiga 4000 setup, which runs AmigaOS 3.9, via FS-UAE on my Debian Linux desktop. The game was installed to a virtual hard drive.

Gameplay description as taken from Wikipedia:

"As with other laserdisc-based arcade games from the same time, the gameplay consists of on-screen instructions overlaid over pre-recorded full motion video animated footage of high-speed chases and vehicular combat. The player controls the cross-hair to steer their car toward the correct directions according to the green arrows flashing and beeping beside it, while controlling the gas pedal, brake and booster whenever they light up.

The game has nine stages. Upon successfully completing a level, the player is graded on the reaction time. Different difficulty levels can be selected. In Normal Mode, pop-up icons and audio tones signal when to turn left or right, brake, hit turbo, or hit other cars. In Hard Mode, there are no on-screen icons to guide the player."

Wikipedia page for Road Avenger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Blaster

ReImagine Games page on this port: http://pixelglass.org/RoadAvenger

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