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Roadwars

OCS Coin-Op - Arcadia

alias Road Wars

Information

Year of the first release

1988

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Arcadia (Mastertronic) - USA
DRO Soft - Spain
Melbourne House - Rest of the World

Number max of players

Budget publisher

16 Blitz (Virgin Mastertronic) - Worldwide
EDOS [Software on Demand] - United Kingdom

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Binary Design

Language

English

Artists

Misc : Ron Harris

Language in manual

English
French
German
Spanish

Hardware

OCS

Amiga original game

yes

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

yes

WHD install

yes

WHD information

Author	Psygore
Updated	2002-06-11 21:36:04

HD install

HD notes

Genre
Category	Reaction & Navigation
Subcategory	Reaction & Navigation - Destroy Obstacles
Dimension	2D
Quickmatch	Trailblazer
Quickmatch	Zaxxon
Scrolltype	Scrolling - Vertical
Theme	Disaster - Post-apocalyptic
Theme	Disaster - Technology Terror
Theme	Futuristic
Theme	Science Fiction - Aliens
Theme	Science Fiction - Robots / Cyborgs
Theme	Transport - Combat Vehicle
Viewpoint	Behind

Conversion hardware

Arcade
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

Conversion notes

Based on 1988 Walker Hodgson/Arcadia coin-op ROAD WARS.

Classic compilation

Relationship

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Rarity: Rare

Notes:

[1] Game design by Ron Harris. Amiga conversion by Binary Design.

TRIVIA: ROADWARS was a conversion of the first (Amiga-based) coin-op released by Arcadia, the ambitiously short-lived arcade division of Mastertronic (see arcade flyers).