{"id":22084,"date":"2022-02-28T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T00:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22084"},"modified":"2022-02-19T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T13:56:20","slug":"moto-roader-mc-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/28\/moto-roader-mc-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Moto Roader MC (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Moto Roader was a launch title for the TurboGrafix-16, a video game console from the late 80s and early 90s.\u00a0 The game was a top down racer and the screen scrolled in any direction as you made laps to win (kind of like Micro Machines).\u00a0 Moto Roader had a couple of sequels, but I\u2019m not sure if they left Japan.\u00a0 Moto Roader 2 had a futuristic feel to it, and the tracks scrolled mostly vertically up.\u00a0 The third game in the series, Moto Roader MC, went back to the lap tracks of the original, but ditched the scrolling, so everything was on one single screen.\u00a0 So it played more like Super Sprint or the Top Ride mode from Kirby Air Ride.\u00a0 And now you can play Moto Roader MC on most current game consoles, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Controls are really simple and straightforward.\u00a0 Steer with the left stick, and accelerate and reverse with the B and Y buttons.\u00a0 The X button lets you change how you control your car, toggling from RC controls to where you steer directly up, left, right, or down.\u00a0 The second mode makes it easier to control if you are having trouble.\u00a0 The L and R buttons let you fire missiles and mines to slow down the other cars, but watch out because they can do the same to you!<\/p>\n

There are several modes of play. In Race, up to five players can compete in cups of five tracks, earning more points the higher you place.\u00a0 There are a wide variety of tracks to choose from.\u00a0 Circuit tracks look like standard race car fare.\u00a0 City tracks are set in urban areas, while Nature tracks have an off-road feel.\u00a0 There are also track sets based on toys and sci-fi, and you can also shuffle them around.\u00a0 You can go for your best time in Time Attack, and view records and toggle options.\u00a0 Omake mode is like soccer with cars, so they were doing this way before Rocket League!<\/p>\n

Really the only problems I had were minor.\u00a0 The CPU cars were way too hard, but luckily everything is unlocked from the beginning so at least you can see it all.\u00a0 It would\u2019ve been nice if they had included the other Moto Roader games in the set, since the games are so simple.\u00a0 But otherwise this is a fun little game if you like racers like Super Sprint.\u00a0 I wonder what other TG-16 games they can release?<\/p>\n

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Moto Roader MC is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood.\u00a0 You can shoot cars with missiles and bombs, but they just spin around and flash for a second after an explosion.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t see any blood, though.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may need help with the controls, but with aid from another player, anyone can enjoy this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moto Roader was a launch title for the TurboGrafix-16, a video game console from the late 80s and early 90s.\u00a0 The game was a top down racer and the screen scrolled in any direction as you made laps to win (kind of like Micro Machines).\u00a0 Moto Roader had a couple of sequels, but I\u2019m not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22084"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22086,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22084\/revisions\/22086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}