Quote Originally Posted by mailman187666 View Post
so I picked up a copy of this game for a couple bucks the other day. I knew it was an FMV game before I bought it and kinda knew not to expect too much depth to it because, well, it is an FMV game. Well the funny thing was is that I just recently moved and just got around to hooking up my Sega CD so I decided, eh what the hell, lets go back and see how funny it is. I honestly can say I kept playing it. Why? all you do is hit one of 4 buttons when it tells you to on the screen. Maybe its just me but sometimes those old FMV games hook me in. Road Avenger is cheezy as hell but I kept playing. What does everybody else think of this game? I had fun with it for a little while.
Road Avengers is an under-rated game from the Laserdisc era. The Sega CD version is IMO a much better translation of the arcade game than say, Dragon's Lair or Space Ace.

To the best of my knowledge - It's got all the levels in their complete form in the correct arcade order, and it's not TOO ugly considering the extremely limited color depth of the Sega CD's FMV.

The only drawback to the Sega CD version of the game was the lack of "targeting reticule" ... in the arcade version when it asks you to jam on the gas to ram an enemy off the road or squeeze through a tight spot, you had to move your targeting icon to the right place (usually the bumper of the enemy, or the small area where you're supposed to drive through).

The Sega CD version just let you get away with hitting the gas or brake, no targeting involved.

I'm also partial to the 1980's era of Japanese Animation that the game comes from ... Robotech / Voltron style haircuts, sideburns, mohawks and tight pants coupled with 1980's muscle-cars? How cool is that?

There was a PS1 version released in Japan that's even closer to the arcade version, and of course, the original arcade version, in all it's glory is available via the amazing Daphne laserdisc emulator & Daphne for dummies auto torrent dowload program.

If you want to check out the full, original arcade expereince, download Daphne and Daphne for Dummies.