Road Runner
In Road Runner, the player takes control of the Road Runner. The Road Runner must run along the road, avoiding trucks, landmines, falling rocks, etc. and also not get caught by Wile E. Coyote. The Road Runner…
Road Runner is a video game developed by Atari Games, released 31 December 1989 on Atari 2600.
What Road Runner is
Road Runner was developed by Atari Games and released in 1989. It was published by Atari Corporation. It is available on Atari 2600 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Road Runner, the player takes control of the Road Runner. The Road Runner must run along the road, avoiding trucks, landmines, falling rocks, etc. and also not get caught by Wile E. Coyote. The Road Runner must also eat birdseed along the way or he will become faint and Wile E. will catch him. The Road Runner can earn points for eating the birdseed and also by making Wile E. get hit by trucks, falling rocks, etc. The Atari 2600 version has a difference from the other versions, in that the Road Runner isn't required to eat the birdseed but can do so for the points.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Looney Tunes series
Road Runner is the tenth of 94 entries we hold in the Looney Tunes series. The next entry was Road Runner in 1989.
What it launched against
Road Runner launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.
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