The premise is simple: get to the exit before time or your health runs out.Įach stage looks like a scene out of a classic Road Runner cartoon. Beep, BeepĪs the Road Runner, you've got to race through multiple stages of hop-n-bop action. In this Game Gear adventure, things are a lot tougher for the speedy fowl. In the cartoons, the fine-feathered bird makes his escape with the greatest of ease. Arcade fans will likely be disappointed.The Road Runnerr's still plagued by the same old nemesis - Wile E. If you've never played the arcade version, you'll still find Road Runner a charming, likable action romp. 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. 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. If you can lure him into being run over by a truck, you'll score a nice bonus. As in the TV, there are also ways to get rid of the pesky Wile. If Road Runner inadvertently eats a seed that contains iron filling, Wile's magnet may slow him down. If he misses 5 seeds in a row, Road Runner will faint and also lose a life. Road Runner can eat seeds, for example, which give points as well as replenish his health. To its credit, Mindscape includes many nice touches in the game that fan of the cartoon will be familiar with. Of course, there are many obstacles and distractions scattered around to foil your plan. Coyote on your way to the exit on each level. You control Road Runner in a race against Wile E. Decent - at best - conversion of Atari's fun arcade hit from 1985 based on the Warner Bros.
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