Route-16
Route-16 is a 1981 maze video game developed and published by Sun Electronics for arcades. The game was released by Tehkan (not yet a video game developer by its release) in Europe and Centuri in North America. It was ported to the Arcadia 2001 console.
Route-16
- Date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Centuri
- Genre
- maze video game
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The object
The object
An enhanced version was released in Japan as Route-16 Turbo for the Famicom in 1985.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Route-16 • Developer — Sun Electronics • Platforms — Arcade, Arcadia 2001, Famicom, PlayStation • Genre — Maze, racing • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Gameplay
Gameplay
The player controls a car and must explore a maze divided into sixteen rooms. The player must collect all the money bags while avoiding colliding with opponents' cars or running out of fuel. Every time the player goes out of a room, a large overworld map is shown, 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 distinguished itself from other maze games with the addition of an overworld map, showing the locations of the player, cars, and treasures.
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- Japan
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Route-16 is associated with Japan.
Country
Legacy
Route-16 Turbo, an improved version of Route-16 for the Famicom, was published on October 4, 1985, by Sunsoft only in Japan. Route-16 Turbo added multiple difficulty levels and improved graphics and music. It is included in the 2001 PlayStation compilation Sunsoft Memorial Vol. 2. The game was also re-released as part of the Nintendo Classics service in Japan on December 12, 2019. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2018.
Primary material
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reference work
- “Route-16”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3283029: Route-16
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Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Route-16, revision 1370271713 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Akagi, Masumi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Amusement News Agency. 31. 13 October 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 2.Cash Box Pub. Co. Manufacturers Equipment. Cash Box. 35. 5 February 1983.
- 3.Video Game Flyers: Route 16, Sun Corporation (EU). The Arcade Flyer Archive.
- 4.Akagi, Masumi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Amusement News Agency. 62. October 13, 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 5.Five great (but forgotten) alternatives to Pac-Man from the early '80s. Digitally Downloaded. 8 June 2017.
- 6.LeBlanc, Wesley. Nintendo Switch Online: Every NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64, Sega Genesis, GBA, And GameCube Game. Game Informer. April 24, 2024.
- 7.Calvert, Darren. Nintendo Download: 6th December (North America). Nintendo Life. 2018-12-06.
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