Route-16 (arcade game)

Infobox VG
title= Route-16


caption= U.S. "Route 16" arcade flyer.
developer= Tehkan/Sun Electronics
publisher= Centuri
released= 1981
genre= Maze
modes= Two players alternating turns
platforms= Arcade, NES, Arcadia 2001
input= 4-way joystick, 1 buttons
cabinet= Upright, Cocktail
cpu= (2x) Z80 (@ 2.5 MHz)
sound= AY8910 (@ 1.25 MHz)
display= Raster, 256 x 256 pixels (Vertical), 8 colorsnihongo|"Route-16"|ルート16 is an arcade game released by Tehkan and Sun Electronics in 1981. The game was licensed to Centuri for distribution in the United States. It was also ported to the Emerson Arcadia 2001.

Plot

A racing game where the main character is the greed. Several cars battle each other on maze-like rooms trying to get the money bags and avoiding the dangers. In this game, everybody cares just about the money, showing that the money is the route of all evil.

Gameplay

The player controls a car which must explore a maze divided into sixteen rooms. He or she must get all the money bags while avoiding the opposite cars and trying not to run out of fuel. Every time the player goes out of a room, a map is showed, indicating the position of every car and all the money bags. There are also flags that can be driven over to invert the roles, so the player can crash the opposite cars and stop them for a few seconds, while getting bonus points.

Infobox VG
title = Route-16 Turbo


developer = Sunsoft
publisher = Sunsoft
producer =
engine =
released = ^JPN October 4, 1985
genre = Action game
modes = Single player, Multiplayer
ratings =
platforms = Family Computer
media = cartridge
requirements =
input = standard controller

"Route-16 Turbo"

nihongo|"Route-16 Turbo"|ルート16ターボ is an improved version of "Route-16". It is also the Famicom port, which was developed and published on October 4, 1985 by Sunsoft only in Japan. This game features four swastikas in one of the rooms. This reflects that in Japan this symbol does not have the same degree of negative connotations it has in the West.

These are the improvements on "Route-16 Turbo" over the original arcade version:

*Adjustable difficulty via the title screen (easy, medium and difficult)
*Improved graphics
*Improved music

Later, it was re-released for the two-in-one Sony PlayStation game, "Memorial Series Sunsoft Vol.2", which also included "Atlantis no Nazo".

External links

*KLOV game|id=9373
*StrategyWiki|Route-16 Turbo