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Road Fighter (Homebrew)

Overview

Road Fighter is a 1984 racing 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 is intended to be run at 60hz but will run fine (but slower) at 50hz.

Features

6 challenging courses, 2 loops

2 difficulty levels

SRAM high score saving

Controls

D-Pad: Steer Left/Right

Button 1: Low Gear Acceleration

Button 2: High Gear Acceleration

Konami Code

On the title screen at "Push Start Button" press UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, 1, 2. You will hear a sound if successful which grants unlimited fuel (fuel will still be lost if you crash).

Credits

Trademark and Copyright Konami Co. Ltd. Given this was a remake most assets and game design was converted from the arcade game.

Programming, graphics, design: Badcomputer (https://badcomputer0.itch.io/).

Music, sound, design: chirinea (https://www.youtube.com/@chirinea).

Testing: MarkTreeSMS, 8BitBoyUK

Publishers
SMS Power!
Genre
Racing
Alternate Names
No information available
Wikipedia
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Media

Box - Front

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Screenshot - Game Select

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Screenshot - Game Title

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Screenshot - Gameplay

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Screenshot - High Scores

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