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I remember there being this awesome driver's perspective racing game -- maybe late 80s or early 90s -- where you could also fire guns at the other cars. I think there were both triggers and thumb-buttons on the steering wheel. That's all I got

― Hurting 2, Monday, 18 June 2007 05:02 (nineteen years ago)

gotta be lucky & wild.

― haitch, Monday, 18 June 2007 05:41 (nineteen years ago)

link

― haitch, Monday, 18 June 2007 05:41 (nineteen years ago)

Nope - the guns were built into the car and the triggers and buttons were on the steering wheel.

― Hurting 2, Monday, 18 June 2007 05:52 (nineteen years ago)

chase HQ sequel, SCI? don't remember triggers but there were definitely buttons to shoot the baddies. (there's a third in that series too, but i've never seen it.)

― haitch, Monday, 18 June 2007 06:01 (nineteen years ago)

Nope, not it. I think it didn't have a regular-shaped steering wheel either.

― Hurting 2, Monday, 18 June 2007 06:05 (nineteen years ago)

Call these guys

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1280/559758642_4e65556d5f.jpg

― ledge, Monday, 18 June 2007 09:11 (nineteen years ago)

you are talking about Road Blasters ?

― Ste, Monday, 18 June 2007 09:58 (nineteen years ago)

I was gonna say Road Blasters, yeah. Awesome game.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=R&game_id=9332

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 18 June 2007 10:17 (nineteen years ago)

thats a great photo ledge

― Ste, Monday, 18 June 2007 10:47 (nineteen years ago)

Yes! It's Road Blasters!

― Hurting 2, Monday, 18 June 2007 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

Get in!

― Ste, Monday, 18 June 2007 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=D3gVRGLq7ks

I'm not sure what this dude's point was in making the video, but if you want to remember what the gameplay was like, here it is.

― Hurting 2, Monday, 18 June 2007 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

My earliest memory of this game was some holiday park in Wales, i was about 10 or 11.

I could never ever EVER manage to pick up the power up gun that dropped from the choppers.

― Ste, Monday, 18 June 2007 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

I particularly liked it because I'm generally bad at driving games and it wasn't that hard to stay on the road in this one.

― Hurting 2, Monday, 18 June 2007 14:52 (nineteen years ago)

Cheers Ste! Hey how about this version:

http://i17.tinypic.com/67627wy.jpg

ah the old tilt 'n' shift chestnut.

― ledge, Monday, 18 June 2007 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

weird, that looks like a toy van now.

― Ste, Monday, 18 June 2007 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

Aye, that's the idea. Works better with longer shots though. There was a thread on it...
It looks like a miniature trainset but really, oh that one really is: Olivo Barbieri and fake tilt-shifting photos

― ledge, Monday, 18 June 2007 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

I loved SCI. Roadblasters was fun, too.

― Trip Maker, Monday, 18 June 2007 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

those pics are so cool, so gonna try this when i get home.

― Ste, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 10:05 (nineteen years ago)

i remembe the speccy version of this game being not so bad, as was the Chase HQ conversion. The Amiga one was dog poo tho.

― Ste, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

So I messed about with that photo trick, and got this:

http://www.mullsports.com/images/model%20pripyat.jpg

But yeah, it got boring after only a few pictures. That masking and blurring technique has other potential though.

― Ste, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 09:31 (nineteen years ago)

hurting, if you want to play it again, there's a computer repair store in BK that has one:
http://www.mikeyshookup.com/

but maybe call ahead to see if it's still there

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

roadblasters stand up console is what i mean

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

Spy Hunter.

I did not read any answers. That's how confident I am.

― dean ge, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

free game wow http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/spyhunter2.htm

― dean ge, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

Roadblasters and Spy Hunter both ruled. But what about DEATH TRACK?

― dan m, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

you guys need to know about this

I played a lot of Road Blasters in my day... last Sunday was spent trying to recapture my old triumphs over Ghosts n Goblins

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

RALLY X POOT POOT POOT

― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

gng http://www.gameshot.org/?id=835

― dean ge, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

^ is exactly like the original

― dean ge, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

whoah - too bad I'm at work

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

Exactly like the original except the jumping's fucked if you're against a gravestone and you end up jumping straight up and dying.

― onimo, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:26 (nineteen years ago)

Spy Hunter.

I did not read any answers. That's how confident I am.

At least read the question: driver's perspective racing game

― onimo, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

That's how I roll.

― dean ge, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

one arcade game i truly miss is 720

― carne asada, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

One of my favorite things about Road Blasters is the satisfying "BAP!" sound you hear when shooting a biker.

Also love the roof mounted nuke launcher that wasted everything except for the little ghosts of enemy cars.

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

I really love this game.

― John Justen, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Spy Hunter? Come on, that game was ubiquitous - my memory's not THAT bad.

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

hey that Ghosts n Goblins one is only the first level! Lame

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 21 June 2007 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

They have ghosts n goblins here:

www.nintendo8.com

― Hurting 2, Thursday, 21 June 2007 03:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.nintendo8.com

― Hurting 2, Thursday, 21 June 2007 03:49 (nineteen years ago)

dont forget stun runner

― chaki, Thursday, 21 June 2007 06:04 (nineteen years ago)

okay now i really want to own an old stand up coin-op machine.

― Ste, Thursday, 21 June 2007 08:16 (nineteen years ago)


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