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Road Fighter 1984 Konami

1984

Road Fighter (c) 1984 Konami.
An exhilarating, high-speed scrolling racing game.
An unique characteristic of Road Fighter is the fact that bumping into an enemy car does not count as a miss. The counter-steering technique required to 'straighten' your car after bumping into an enemy provided a new level of racing game fun to fans.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Game ID : GX461
Main CPU : M6809 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : DAC, SN76496 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), VLM5030 (@ 3.58 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2 [Low, High]

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in December 1984. Road Fighter is the first car racing game from Konami.

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Do Not miss the bonus car : As you proceed in the game, the difficulty level increases. You will make more misses and will lose fuel quickly. If you spot a bonus car, make sure to run into it, even if it requires you to slow down in the process.
* Get used to counter-steering : Driving without bumping into the enemy is extremely difficult. If you do bump into them, learn to stay calm and counter-steer!
* Secret bonuses : They are all hard to obtain, but they are worth the try! Keep on driving for a certain amount of time without bumping into the enemy -- Konamiman, a train, or an airplane will appear and give you bonus points.
* Run into bonus cars without missing any -- more bonus points.
* Make it to the goal without bumping into any enemy -- 10,000 bonus points.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Road Fighter (1984)
2. Midnight Run - Road Fighter 2 (1995)

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1985)
Sony PlayStation (1999, 'Konami Arcade Classics')
Nintendo DS (2007, Konami Classics Series - Arcade Hits)
* Computers :
MSX (1985)
Spectravideo

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.

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