Tiger Road
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| Developer(s) | Capcom (arcade), Victor Interactive (TG16), U.S. Gold (Other Formats) |
| Publisher(s) | Romstar (arcade), NEC (TG16), Capcom (PS2/Xbox), U.S. Gold (Other Formats) |
| Designer(s) | Tokuro Fujiwara |
| Composer(s) | Harumi Fujita Tamayo Kawamoto Junko Tamiya |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, TurboGrafx-16, Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Tiger Road (Japanese: 虎への道, Hepburn: Tora e no Michi) is a side-scrolling platform game originally released in Template:Vgy as a coin-operated arcade game. Home computer versions were released in Europe by U.S. Gold for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS and ZX Spectrum. A remade version for the TurboGrafx 16 was released in Template:Vgy in Japan and North America. The original arcade game is included in Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
Plot
In Tiger Road, the player is placed in the shoes of a master of the Tiger Technique of Oh-Lin. Before the start of the game, the main character has been attacked by the warriors of the Dragon God, his sworn rivals. His soldiers have been killed, his secrets have been stolen, and the children studying Oh-Lin have been kidnapped. To win the game, the player must retrieve the stolen scrolls so that he can use the Double-Headed Tiger Fighting Technique to defeat the Dragon God, rescue the children, and reclaim his power.
Reception
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.[1]
References
- ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (April 1990). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (156): 89–95.
External links
- Tiger Road at MobyGames
- Tiger Road at IGN
- Tiger Road Strategy Guide (TurboGrafx-16) at TurboPlay Magazine Archives