Tiger Road
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| Designer(s) | Tokuro Fujiwara |
| Composer(s) | Harumi Fujita, Tamayo Kawamoto, Junko Tamiya (Arcade) Osamu Kasai, Masaaki Harada, Shinji Nakayama (TG16) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum |
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| Genre(s) | Hack and slash, beat 'em up platform, action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Tiger Road (Japanese: 虎への道, Hepburn: Tora e no Michi) is a hack and slash platform game originally released in 1987 as a coin-operated arcade video game.
Home computer versions were released in Europe by U.S. Gold for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum. An alternate version for the Commodore 64 was released in the United States by Capcom who also published an Amiga 500 port of the game in that region.
A remade version for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 was released in 1990 in Japan and North America. The original arcade game is included in Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
Plot[edit]
In Tiger Road, the player is placed in the shoes of Lee Wong, a master of the Tiger Technique of Oh-Lin. Before the start of the game, Lee's comrades were attacked by warriors of the Dragon God Ryuken, who kidnapped the children studying Oh-Lin. To win the game, the player must advance past five stages and retrieve scrolls through training areas (bonus stages) to acquire health and weapon power upgrades, and also the Double-Headed Tiger Fighting Technique known as the Tora Kikoh to defeat Ryuken and rescue the children held hostage at the Ryugadoh.
Regional differences[edit]
The Japanese arcade release has additional sound hardware, allowing the game to play digital voice samples using an additional Z80 and MSM5205 digital sound chip. The World and USA releases had this removed, and these releases do not play any voice samples, lowering the production cost of the PCB.
Reception[edit]
In Japan, Game Machine listed Tiger Road on their January 1, 1988 issue as being the eighth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[1] The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #156 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.[2]
Reviews[edit]
- Génération 4 (Apr, 1990)[3]
- Joystick (French) (May, 1990)[4]
- Zzap! (Mar, 1989)[5]
- ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (Jun, 1990)[6]
- The Games Machine (Apr, 1989)[7]
- Power Play (Apr, 1989)[8]
- Commodore User (Apr, 1989)[9]
- Commodore User (Jan, 1989)[10]
- Computer and Video Games (Feb, 1989)[11]
- The Games Machine (May, 1989)[12]
- Amiga User International (Jun, 1989)[13]
- TurboPlay (Oct, 1990)[14]
- Your Sinclair (Jan, 1989)[15]
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) (Nov, 1990)
- Power Play (Jul, 1988)[16]
- The One (Apr, 1989)[17]
- ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (Mar, 1989)[18]
- Computer and Video Games (Feb, 1989)[19]
- Crash! (Feb, 1989)[20]
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (Jan, 1989)[21]
- Amiga Computing (Jun, 1989)[22]
- Computer and Video Games (Jun, 1990)[23]
- The One for Amiga Games (May, 1991)[24]
- Atari ST User (Jul, 1989)[25]
- Your Sinclair (Mar, 1991)[26]
- Your Sinclair (Mar, 1988)[27]
References[edit]
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 323. Amusement Press, Inc. January 1, 1988. p. 37.
- ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (April 1990). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (156): 89–95.
- ^ Génération 4 abandonware.org
- ^ Joystick abandonware.org
- ^ "ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 047". March 1989.
- ^ "ACE Magazine Issue 33". June 1990.
- ^ "The Games Machine Magazine Issue 17".
- ^ "Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay 5/1989".
- ^ "Commodore User Magazine Issue 67". April 1989.
- ^ "Commodore_User_Issue_64_1989_Jan".
- ^ "CVG Magazine Issue 088". February 1989.
- ^ "The Games Machine Issue 18".
- ^ "Tiger Road review from AUI Vol 3 No 6 (Jun 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
- ^ Turbo Play archives.tg-16.com
- ^ Tiger Road ysrnry.co.uk
- ^ "Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay 6/1988".
- ^ "TheOne Magazine Issue 07". April 1989.
- ^ "ACE Magazine Issue 18". March 1989.
- ^ "CVG Magazine Issue 088". February 1989.
- ^ "Crash - No. 61 (1989-02)(Newsfield)(GB)". February 1989.
- ^ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (February 1989)". February 1989.
- ^ "Amiga Reviews: Tiger Road".
- ^ Computer and Video Games archive.org
- ^ "One for ST Games, the - Issue 032 (1991-05)(EMAP Images)(GB)". May 1991.
- ^ "Atari ST User (Vol. 4, No. 05) - July - 1989: Atari magazine scans, PDF".
- ^ "Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 63". March 1991.
- ^ "Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 27". March 1988.
External links[edit]
- Tiger Road at MobyGames
- Tiger Road at IGN
- Tiger Road Strategy Guide (TurboGrafx-16) at TurboPlay Magazine Archives
- 1987 video games
- Capcom beat 'em ups
- Hack and slash games
- Beat 'em ups
- Side-scrolling beat 'em ups
- Platformers
- Action games
- Arcade video games
- Capcom games
- Commodore 64 games
- DOS games
- Amiga games
- Amstrad CPC games
- Atari ST games
- Romstar games
- TurboGrafx-16 games
- U.S. Gold games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Video games scored by Harumi Fujita
- ZX Spectrum games
- Video games scored by Tamayo Kawamoto