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![[Loading screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/r/gif/RoadBlasters.gif "Loading screen")
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![[In-game screen]](/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/r/RoadBlasters.gif "In-game screen")
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| Full title | Road Blasters |
| Year of release | 1988 |
| Publisher | US Gold Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) Kixx (UK) |
| Author(s) | DJL Software Ltd (David J. Looker) |
| Tie-in licence | Atari Games Ltd (UK) (arcade coin-op: RoadBlasters) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor and Keyboard |
| Type | Arcade: Vehicle Combat |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £8.99 (£12.99 for disk version) 875 ptas. |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on side A of the compilation 2 Por 1: Road Blasters + Street Fighter (Erbe Software S.A.)
Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation Arcade Muscle (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on tape 2, side B of the compilation Coin-Op Hits (US Gold Ltd) Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation Vitaminas (Erbe Software S.A.) Also listed on Wikipedia, Freebase and Lost in Translation |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and NES |
| Score |
7.38 (26 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Encoding scheme | ||
 | RoadBlasters.tzx.zip | 142,663 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5013442542934 | SpeedLock 5 | |||
 | RoadBlasters.dsk.zip | 73,636 | (+3 disk image) | Original release | |||||
|  | RoadBlasters128.tap.zip | 72,591 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | |||||
| RoadBlasters(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | 142,450 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | SE425 | M-29549-1988 | SpeedLock 4 | ||
| RoadBlasters(Kixx).tzx.zip | 144,590 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 5013442545867 | SpeedLock 4 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | RoadBlasters.gif | 7,191 | (Loading screen) |
| RoadBlasters.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| RoadBlasters.gif | 4,812 | (In-game screen) | |
 | RoadBlasters.txt | 5,741 | (English instructions) |
| RoadBlasters.jpg | 101,789 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| RoadBlasters(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 93,808 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| RoadBlasters(Kixx).jpg | 123,807 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| RoadBlasters.jpg | 196,299 | (Advertisement) | |
| RoadBlasters_2.jpg | 241,825 | (Advertisement) | |
| RoadBlasters_3.jpg | 400,400 | (Advertisement) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Your Sinclair | 1.88 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.88 | page 9 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.88 | page 24 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 6.88 | page 17 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.88 | page 19 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.88 | page 110 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.88 | page 101 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.88 | page 129 | (News/Note) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.88 | page 221 | (News/Note) | |
| Sinclair User | 8.88 | page 86 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 9.88 | page 10 | (News/Note - Fire and Forget / Road Blasters dispute) | [full page] |
| ACE | 9.88 | page 46 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.88 | page 58 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 9.88 | page 52 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.88 | page 34 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 94 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.88 | page 60 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 10.88 | page 53 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.88 | page 42 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.88 | page 45 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.88 | page 46 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 11.88 | page 427 | (Preview - Just Raring To Go ...) | |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 54 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 12.88 | page 26 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 82 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.89 | page 35 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.89 | page 38 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.90 | page 20 | (Feature - Complete Guide to Shoot-em-ups) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.92 | page 15 | (Hack/Poke - ref. "Road Busters") | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 10.88 | page 22 | (Premiere) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 11.88 | page 30 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 5.88 | page 124 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.88 | page 100 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.88 | page 50 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.88 | page 103 | (Offer - badge offer) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 5.88 | page 41 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.88 | page 99 | (Full-page ad - coming soon ...) | [full page] |
| ACE | 6.88 | page 13 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 6.88 | page 60 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.88 | page 75 | (Multipage ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.88 | page 25 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.88 | page 77 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.88 | page 78 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 6.88 | page 2 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.88 | page 7 | (Multipage ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 6.88 | page 12 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.88 | page 86 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.88 | page 24 | (Two-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 7.88 | page 248 | (Full-page ad) | |
| Sinclair User | 7.88 | page 22 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 7.88 | page 49 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 8.88 | page 131 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.88 | page 61 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.88 | page 28 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.88 | page 64 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.88 | page 80 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.88 | page 118 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 9.88 | page 12 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 30 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.88 | page 46 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.88 | page 73 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.88 | page 38 | (Offer) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.88 | page 30 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.88 | page 150 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 12.88 | page 98 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.89 | page 123 | (Advert) | [full page] |
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