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Like
Rudy, their cousin, Red & Ted are fully animating (called
PinMation), with talking mouths, directional eyes and blinking
eyelids. And boy do they talk! There's a near constant chatter
between the two through the game, but it never becomes irritating,
merely reflective of the mood of the game.
So
what's the game all about then?
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It's
based on a trip across the USA from the east coast to the west,
visiting various cities along the way, collecting souvenirs and
generally causing as much mayhem and destruction as possible to
a country & western soundtrack provided by Carlene Carter
(whoever she is) who also does the voice of Red.
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The
map is shown on the playfield, and you travel by collecting
miles from various shots. Arrive at a city and start the
mode. There are 18 in total, so you're never short of
something to do.
Reach
the west coast and battle either aliens, monsters of an
earthquake. If you can hide in the shelter then you're
in for a Super PayDay - a 3 or 4 ball multiball where
everything is lit and your score shoots up.
When
I say that everything is lit, I mean that there's an awful
lot to be lit because RoadShow is not short of features
in addition to it's 18 different modes.
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Above the map is the Blast Wheel, a ring of 12 different awards
to be collected, and on the far left is the Flying Rocks ramp
for 4 more awards and a new mode.
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Then we have Bob's Bunker
at the top left where souvenirs can be bought for points. Many souvenirs
are associated with cities (an air freshener with New York, suntan
lotion with Miami for example). Visit the city and collect the souvenir
and it's worth big points at the end of every ball. Some are worthless
however, so it's important to know.
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We're
running out of space and we've not even talked about multiball, or the
Blast-Zone, nor Radio Riot, Bad Weather, or even the powerful shaker motor.
But that's RoadShow.
There's just so much packed into this game that there's always a choice
of features to go for.
It's
also chock full of great humour and funny quotes and the shaker motor
gets plenty of use as toll booths crumble, taxis get crushed and toilets
explode (well that's one taken care of).
Unfortunately,
with so much in the game I guess they ran out of either time or ROM space
resulting in a rather disappointing display of "WOW!" when you
complete all the cities, and nothing for collecting all the blast wheel
awards. Still, those minor niggles aside, RoadShow quite literally rocks.
See
the main page for copyright and contacts information.
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