Road Blaster
| Road Blaster | |
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Japanese arcade flyer | |
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| Publisher(s) | Data East
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| Director(s) | Yoshihisa Kishimoto Kazuyasu Yokō (Sega CD) |
| Producer(s) | Joe Asanuma, Masaaki Uno (Sega CD) |
| Programmer(s) | Shintaro Kumagai Takatoshi Kato Junichi Nabe Hironobu Mohre & Masa Yoshihara (sound) Shinji Hirachi & Chikaaki Tokuhiro (Sega CD) |
| Artist(s) | Hideki Takayama Yoshinobu Inano Nobuo Kanuma, Kiyoka Tajima, Masayuki Matsushima, Tadashi Hamada (Sega CD) |
| Composer(s) | Michael K. Nakamura Motoi Sakuraba (Sega CD) |
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| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Interactive movie, Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Road Blaster (ロードブラスター) is an interactive film game developed by Data East, featuring animation by Toei Animation, originally released in Japan as a LaserDisc-based arcade game in 1985. The player assumes the role of a vigilante who pursues a biker gang responsible for his wife's death in a modified sports car. The game was ported home formats such as the MSX and Sharp X1 (VHD format), Sega CD (under the title of Road Blaster FX), LaserActive (in Mega-LD format), PlayStation and Sega Saturn (in a compilation with Thunder Storm). The Sega CD and Mega-LD versions were released outside of Japan under titles of Road Avenger and Road Prosecutor.