Its main selling point was that it allows the player to shift back and forth between manual and automatic transmission during races. In Europe, the PlayStation version is just titled Midnight Run, removing the Road Fighter connection. While the arcade version was released worldwide, the PlayStation version was only released in Japan and Europe. Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 is the sequel to Road Fighter, released in arcades in March 1996, and on the PlayStation in 1997. Konami GT Main page: Software:Konami GT Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 In Europe, Computer Gamer magazine reported in 1985 that the "Street Fighter game" was a commercial success in arcades. In Japan, Game Machine listed Road Fighter on their Januissue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the month. Konami Man will make a cameo appearance, flying by the side of the road if the player progresses to a certain point in the level without crashing (not included on course 2 in NES and Famicom versions).
Trucks go on a straight way, but colliding with them causes the player to crash. Blue cars vary in the way they change their lane. Red cars are a little less likely to appear, but they will change the lane they are travelling in once to get in the way of the player.
Yellow cars will travel along a straight line and occur in large numbers. The NES and Famicom version have a total of 6 types of cars, 1 yellow and red, three blue and one truck. If the player collides into any other car or slips on occasionally appearing patches of oil, the car will begin to spin out and if not corrected may crash into the side barriers, causing a loss of 5-6 fuel units. The player has a limited amount of fuel and can earn more by touching special multi-colored cars. Pressing the 'B' button raises the player's speed to around 196 km/h while pressing the 'A' button skyrockets the speed to 400. In the arcade version, 6 stages were contained. The first and second levels contain 4 courses, ranging from grassy plains to an over water bridge to a seashore, mountains and finally a forest area. Road Fighter was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs on March 24, 2010. The arcade game was released for i-mode phones in Japan in 2005. The game was included on Konami Arcade Classics in 1999 and on Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits for the Nintendo DS. The game was later released for the MSX home computer system in 1985 and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan (1985) and in Europe (1992), and followed the same format as the original. Ports and related releases Initial reviews (NES)