Road Blaster

Road Blaster
Road Blaster
	Japanese arcade flyer
Developer	Data East Victor Musical Industries (MSX, X1); Telenet Japan, Wolf Team (Mega-CD); Ecseco Development (Saturn/PS1); Revolutionary Concepts (iOS);
Publisher	Data East Wolf Team, Renovation, Sega (Mega-CD); Ecseco Development (Saturn/PS1);
Directors	Yoshihisa Kishimoto; Kazuyasu Yokō (Sega CD)
Producers	Joe Asanuma, Masaaki Uno (Sega CD)
Programmers	Shintaro Kumagai; Takatoshi Kato; Junichi Nabe; Hironobu Mohre & Masa Yoshihara (sound); Shinji Hirachi & Chikaaki Tokuhiro (Sega CD)
Artists	Hideki Takayama; Yoshinobu Inano; Nobuo Kanuma, Kiyoka Tajima, Masayuki Matsushima, Tadashi Hamada (Sega CD)
Composers	Michael K. Nakamura; Motoi Sakuraba (Sega CD)
Platform	Arcade MSX, Sharp X1, Video Challenger, Sega CD, LaserActive, Saturn, PlayStation, 3DO, VHS, iOS, X68000, Windows, Amiga, CD32;
Release	August 1985 Arcade WW: August 1985; MSX JP: 1986; Sega CD JP: December 18, 1992; NA: March 1993; EU: April 1993; LaserActive JP: January 25, 1995; NA: 1995; Saturn. PlayStation JP: October 20, 1995; X68000, Windows JP: May 4, 2009; iOS ; January 15, 2011;
Genres	Interactive movie, vehicular combat
Modes	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 video 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 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.