Road Runner
To its credit, Mindscape includes many nice touches in the game that fan of the cartoon will be familiar with. Road Runner can eat seeds, for example, which give points as well as replenish his health. If he misses 5 seeds in a row, Road Runner will faint and also lose a life. If Road Runner inadvertently eats a seed that contains iron filling, Wile's magnet may slow him down. As in the TV, there are also ways to get rid of the pesky Wile. If you can lure him into being run over by a truck, you'll score a nice bonus. You can even score a bonus by luring Wile to get close to you, then sprint away and Road Runner will stick out his tongue to taunt Wile, just like in the cartoon.
Overall, I find this conversion of the arcade classic to be up to the task, although controls could be more user-friendly, and graphics could be a bit better. If you've never played the arcade version, you'll still find Road Runner a charming, likable action romp. Arcade fans will likely be disappointed.
Average Rating: | 7.84 [26 votes] |
Genre: | Action |
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Developer: | Mindscape |
Publisher: | Mindscape |
Year: | 1989 |
Software Copyright: | Mindscape |
Theme: | Licensed, Cartoon |
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More Info: | Mobygames | The Web |
System Requirements: | DOS |
If you like this game, try: | Tom & Jerry: Yankee Doodle's CAT-astrophe, Aladdin, Popeye 2 |
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