Road Burners

In 1999, Atari released Road Burners to arcades. This motorcycle racing game offers two-wheel thrills no other game can provide. Think of it as San Francisco Rush with motorcycles. I will try with this blog post to introduce you to this motorcycle racing game and offer some thoughts on it. This is "Road Burners" on "John's Race Space." Welcome!

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Road Burners

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Get to know Road Burners a bit here.


^ from: (YouTube) - Light up the road on your two-wheeled rocket in Road Burners!

Atari released "Road Burners" in 1999 as an arcade-only title. The goal of this arcade racing title is to complete three laps on mostly urban style race courses. Doing so requires you to properly race your motorcycle around fast-approaching corners. You share the course with seven other riders. I may have played this game a couple of times before. All I can tell you is that you have to be alert in your riding in this game. You can perform stunts ranging from getting lots of air along with doing wheelies. Go ahead and show your prowess in the United States and in Europe!

Locations.

The various locations in Road Burners takes you to the United States and western Europe. Here are the five locales:

• Washington, D.C. - Beginner
• Paris - Intermediate
• London - Intermediate
• Las Vegas - Advanced
• Isle of Man - Expert

As you can probably tell from these venues, you will be racing on city streets and country roads. Be on the lookout for shortcuts that can give you an advantage if you are down or if you want to significantly lower your lap times. Each race lasts three laps. Cross the Checkpoints to extend your time. Try to clear each race within the time limit. If you run out of time trying to complete the race, the game is over.

Vehicles.

All vehicles are motorcycles. Choose between sport bikes, some cruisers, and even scooters. To my knowledge, I don't think there is any performance advantage to racing one specific motorcycle over another. So you could be just as competitive on a cruiser as you would be on a proper sport bike. By the way, none of the motorcycles are licensed motorcycles.

Final Thoughts.

Road Burners is a very good game and a very entertaining one even if you don't like motorcycles that much. It delivers fast-paced action and some exciting game play. Great looking graphics (even for its time) make the game a pleasure to look at. When playing the game, you will be put to the test with the frenzied action. There is not much to complain about with this game. So if you find this game at an arcade area or arcade room, feel free to give this game a try!

Video Preview.

I tried to find a non-emulated video of this game, and this was really as best as I could find:


^ Road Burners game play

This gives you an idea of what this game is like and what it is all about.





This post about "Road Burners" is over. I hope you enjoyed it. Maybe I gave some of you some memories if you played it before. Otherwise, Thank you for reading! Take care and be well.

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