.gif)
Route 16 (arcade game)
Encyclopedia
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.
.
port, which was developed and published on October 4, 1985 by Sunsoft only in Japan
. This game features four swastika
s in one of the rooms; in Japan this symbol does not carry the same negative connotations it has in the West.
These are the improvements on Route-16 Turbo over the original arcade version:
Later, it was re-released for the two-in-one PlayStation
game, Memorial Series
Sunsoft Vol.2, which also included Atlantis no Nazo
.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
released by Tehkan and Sun Electronics in 1981. The game was licensed to Centuri
Centuri
Centuri, based in Hialeah, Florida, was one of the top six suppliers of coin operated video game machinery in the United States. Many of the machines distributed in the US under the Centuri name were licensed from overseas manufacturers, particularly Konami....
for distribution in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. 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 evilRoot of all evil
-Money:* First Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament , which contains the phrase, "The love of money is a root of all kinds of 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.Route-16 Turbo
is an improved version of Route-16. It is also the FamicomNintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
port, which was developed and published on October 4, 1985 by Sunsoft only in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. This game features four swastika
Swastika
The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing form in counter clock motion or its mirrored left-facing form in clock motion. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient...
s in one of the rooms; in Japan this symbol does not carry the same 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 PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
game, Memorial Series
Memorial Series
The is a series of re-released Famicom video game titles for the Sony PlayStation game console by Japanese developer Sunsoft. Each volume cost 1575 yen .Even Volume 3 is delivered in the game archives as of September 27, 2007.- SunSoft Vol...
Sunsoft Vol.2, which also included Atlantis no Nazo
Atlantis no Nazo
is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Sunsoft and released for the Family Computer in 1986. Though the game was never released outside of Japan, a partially translated version titled Super Pitfall 2 was under development by Activision for release in North America...
.