#Roadblasters

[tagetto]

slapped turbo into vrchat last night, tested some facial tracking and ended up causing mayhem in a public racing world. He's still so buggy tho and I can't for the life of me figure out why the blendshapes aren't working properly.

TW SUPER LOUD SCREAMING !!

TW SUPER LOUD SCREAMING !!:

ima need your insurance 💀

[mikeyanjello]

Yuh

[turbotastictubular]

The turbotime roadblasters incident... interpreted...by me... (VOLUME WARNING!!!)

RIP

[ryan-the-thing]

Ayyyy, you know what time it issss WIR MAGMA ART DUMP RAHHHH

[yektpsigma]

[random-dragon-exe]

It just now occurred to me that Turbo had to have learned the Konami code before the Roadblasters incident.

Remember there's a 10-year gap where he was in hiding, (sugar rush was plugged in the year 1997) so how could he get the code and the napkin while being in hiding?

The point I'm getting at is, why would he write it down? His game was still popular.

In the flashback, Felix said, "Back when the arcade first opened, Turbotime, was by far the most popular game."

So what motivation could he possibly have to write it down prior to the Roadblasters incident?

Edit: now that I think about it, he could've got the napkin as litter when he was in hiding and wrote it down when learning. (But I like my conspiracy I mean speculation better)

Another question is how did he get it? Did someone willingly tell him? Or did he just happen to overhear it and just grabbed the nearest napkin to write it down on?

Hypothetically, if he got it from someone else, who was it?

No video game character in their RIGHT MIND would give out that kind of information! They're too scared to go against the program/change code which will cause a game to get unplugged.

Am I just slow to realize this? (Ok maybe) Or am I onto something here?! (Probably)

IDK which is which now, the brainrot is real.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Wreck-It Ralph (2012, Rich Moore)

11/06/2024

[alicewhimzy]

Happy Halloween everybody! 🎃

Due to the fact that my goretober won't be finished until November, I've decided to take a little break and do something different.

Today I want to talk about RoadBlasters. 

Roadblast̶ers was a single-player combat̶ and racing arcade ga̶me designed and programmed by Robert̶ Weatherby and released in America in 1987 by At̶ari games. In it̶ t̶here are 50 different̴ levels that you have to get̶ t̶hrough wit̶hout̶ running out̶ of fuel. Your car has a cannon t̶hat̶ you can shoot̶ ot̶her cars wit̶h and t̶here are also pow̷er-ups you can pick up. Every successful shot̶ mult̶iplies your score by up t̶o 10, but̶ if you miss you lo̶se one of t̸͇͝hose score mult̶ipliers and if you c̴r̸a̵s̵h̴ you lose all of t̸͇͝hem and your power-ups. Ť̴̰here are a number of indest̶̤̊ructible obst̸͇͝acles you have t̸͇͝o avoid, including boulders, mines, spikey-balls and oil spills, which will cause you t̶o swerve for a few seconds. You can refuel wit̸͇͝h green orbs picked up at t̶̤̊he halfway point̶̤ of a level, and wit̶h r̴e̴d̷ orbs dropped by cars when you shoot̸͇ them. Your main t̶ank get̶̤̊s a refill at̸͇͝ the end of the level and you get̶ ext̶ra based on your score. You will get̶ a new car no mat̶̤̊t̸͇͝er how many t̸͇͝imes you c̸̹̈́ṙ̷͚â̶̝s̴͓̾h̷͎̀ but̶ you lose a bit̸͇͝ of fuel every t̶ime your car is r̴͈̈́e̶͕̓p̷̹̅l̴̜̾ȃ̸̘ć̷͍e̵̢͋d̶̤́. You can replay t̶̤̊he levels however many t̶imes you want̶̤̊ except̸͇͝ for the last̶ one. On level 50 you only have one chance to w̵̨͝i̵̝̔n̸̺͐. When you do you get̶̤̊ 1 billion point̸͇͝s and t̶he game ends. Following it̶s release Roadblasters received a lot̶̤̊ of p̷̦̾r̵̠͐à̷̤ȉ̶̧s̴̙̑è̸ͅ from reviewers, both for the original game and another edition for the At̶ari Lynx. Julian Rignall of CVG magazine said t̶hat̶̤ ț̴he Lynx version was "a challenging game with ț̴echnically superb graphics and gr̴͉̞̋eȧ̶͍̮t speech." Robert A. Jung described it̶ as "a mind-blowing a̵͉̔̾we̴̙͋̀s̷̡̼̍om̷̰̄͘ē̷̜̍ adapț̴aț̴ion." And even compared it̶̤ to Blue Lightning as "One of t̶̤he b̵̖͂ḙ̴̓s̸͓̄ț̴͐ games around." R̸O̸A̶D̴B̷L̷A̶S̷T̵̖́̐E̴R̷S̵ was also included in Arcade's Greatest HiT̴̯̙̈́̈́̂s: the AT̵̖́̐ari collecT̵ion 2 for T̵̖́̐he Sony PlayST̵aT̵̖́̐ion in 1998, and in T̵̖́̐he Midway Arcade T̴̯̙̈́̈́̂reasures game compilaT̵̖́̐ion for T̵̖́̐he PlayST̵̖́aT̵̖ion 2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. A version of T̵̖́his game is playable in Lego Dimensions by an arcade dock in T̵̖́he phanT̶̖̠̮̦̭̄̈́̅͌̂̀̑́͘͠ͅom zone level. R̴̨̾O̴͓̽Ä̶̞̥́D̴͖̙̽̌B̵̹̿̊L̵̺̣̔̇A̷̗͜͠S̴̞͊T̶̖̠̮̦̭̄̈́̅͌̂̀̑́͘͠ͅE̴͘͜Ŗ̴̀̌ͅS̸͔̄̈ ̶̯͛̾ȩ̷̡͓̓̉v̶̳̼͊́e̸n̷̡͇͒̂ ̴̲̱̚m̴̨̩̈͠ä̴̙́d̷̞͠ẻ̶̱̓ ̷̞͋͐a̴͚͂n̸͚̄ ̷̘̆͠a̶̧̛̪̿p̷̆̕p̶̠̂é̶̻͝ã̵̩r̵ả̸̪n̵̄c̵͈̿ë̷̤̖́ ̴̢͐̀͜ĭ̸̡ṉ̶̋̄ ̴̭̀̊D̷̩̒̽ḯ̵͇͉ś̴͐̊n̵̰̫̆͗ê̸̲̈́y̵͕͒̂'̶̜̘͝ṣ̸̬͑ ̷͓̿͠20̸̩̇̓1̸̗̐̏2̶̟̚ ̷̇͜r̸̄ḛ̸̥̒t̸ŗ̵̑ǫ̶͎̏̂ ̸̛̘̜̑ć̶̨̛̲u̷̦̩͐l̸ṱ̵̻͐͝ ̴̞̈́̑c̶̿ļ̵̢́̈́ą̵̊͜s̵̆́s̷̛̺̘͋ì̸̤͈̇c̵̲͎͋ ̸͒̏͜Ẃ̵̞̘̃ŕ̷̰̞ḙ̸̡̑̿̓c̸̣͑̍k̴͙̉͛-̷̳̫̋i̸̻̼̚t̵̤̝͛ ̵̨̼̚R̵̫̣̾a̴̳͇͒̃l̶͎͊̍p̸̣͍͒̈h̴̫̣̒,̴̝̈ ̶̰̘̒̈́a̴̲͑͂s̵̼̄͗ ̵̺̔i̷̧̽t̴̤̼̎ ̸̄͐ͅḭ̶͌͋ͅs̸̝̤̃͠ ̴̬̀̾ŗ̴̳̃e̸͇̞͠v̶͚̣͒̿e̶a̸̻̥͛̚l̸̻͓͠e̸̗̒͜ḏ̸̉̎ ̴̠͒̆t̵̝̲̿h̴̔ͅa̸̖̍͗t̶̞̜͐͑ ̷̯̯͂͘t̵̰͗ḥ̵̖̌̃ẻ̸͝ ̶̨̮̅f̴̣͚̆ĩ̵̢́l̴̪̠̏͑m̴͚̈́͋'̵̣͙̓͛ṣ̷̤̏ ̸̥͌̇m̸̢͔̈a̵͋͝ị̶̈́͠ṇ̴̈́̇ͅ ̶̤͂͜a̴̰͆ͅǹ̶̙ẗ̵̰̰́a̶͈̽̊g̴̀̒͜ô̸̟n̴̤͛ì̸͖̖̐s̸̹̯͗t̵̼̯͋ ̵͉̟̽[̴̞̀̔E̷̗̐̀ͅR̴̡̯̀R̷̲̻̾O̸͖̯̿R̶͉̆]̷̝͒̿ ̷̢̈̇[̸̝̀͝E̵R̶̞͠R̶͉͈͌͝Ŏ̶̩̞͠R̴̳̱͋͐]̶̭̉̓[̴͙̏͐E̶͔͑Ṟ̴͊͜͠Ṟ̶͛̈Ò̷̩R̶̲͌͘]̶̬͒ ̵̡̦̕͠[̶͎͌̕È̸̢̜̕R̵̭͌R̴͈̞̿O̵͇͓̐͠R̵̖͋͐]̶̧̥̈́ ̴̼̔͌[̵̫̂̿E̶̬̫͌̕R̶̟̤̎̋R̸͔͎̚Ŏ̸́͜Ŗ̵̪̑͘]̴͎͕̅̕ ̷̠̋̌\̴T̶͕́̈́T̶̰́̋T̴͐T̵̳͂T̵͎͉͑̚T̷̠̾͠T̴̡̝̈́T̶͍͖͠͝T̴͙͉̊T̵͍̘̒̆T̶͕̾͐T̷́ͅT̵̹̹͗͗T̵͈͉̎T̶̻̄͛T̶͓͔̔T̵̤̮́̚T̷̳͖̄T̷̥̐̀͜T̵̩̬̊͝T̵͙̾̈́T̴̩̭͋Ț̶̰͆T̶T̵̙́͜T̴̗͔̆̀T̴̞͔̍͠T̸̹̳̈́T̷͈̄̒T̷͇̦̾Ť̶̩͖͋T̵̰̼̃̿T̸̤̏ͅṰ̶̊T̵̢̢̈́͑T̴̖͍̀T̴̹̈́̈́Ṭ̵̨̀ͅT̷͚̞͗T̵̮̄̐Ţ̷̙̜͐̏T̶̛̻Ṯ̴̢̛̘T̸̗͝T̶͉̏̈́T̶͙̽͜Ṱ̶̛̙Ť̵̩͚̄T̶̖̂̃T̵̫̃T̴̠̓̽T̴̥̆̓T̵̡̛̳̃Ṫ̸̢̡̽̽T̴̩̍̈́T̵̛̬̹̿Ț̷̳̐̊T̷͕̼̋̎T̸͖̀̑Ţ̴̧͝Ṯ̵͍͐Ţ̷̮͊͠T̷̪̈́̕Ţ̷̗̓͊T̶̙͆T̴̹̪͌̉Ṯ̴͉̟̋́T̸͇̔T̵̽͐T̸͉͓̀̓T̷̝̕Ṫ̶̰̄T̵̐T̷̩͗̓͜Ṯ̵̛̩̒Ţ̴́͘T̶̡̛̥̓T̸̥̔Ṫ̴̝̦̆T̸̬͊͝Ț̶̻́͑T̴̢͊̀Ṯ̴̘̃T̸̰̏Ṫ̶̡̢̒T̵̳̊͘T̵̡̖͒͌T̸̰͙͊̀Ṱ̴̛͖T̶͝Ṫ̶͙̊T̵͔̓͒͜T̷̢͐͊͜T̸̨͈̔T̶̨͎͛T̵̠̈́TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTtTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTuTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTrTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTbTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTToTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTtTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTaTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTsTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTtTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTiTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTcTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[barrel-of-bones-and-brain-worms]

Shopkeep Pt. 1

The Shopkeep, also known as Dealer, Broker and Items guy (by players), is from an apocalypse shooter game called Crash Clear-up that was produced in the mid to late 80’s before production stopped. Crash Clear-up had an upgrade/power up mechanic where the player can buy items of interest (enhanced bullets, larger ammo capacity, health, temporary speed boosters, etc) sold by Shopkeep at different increments/levels of the game that could be passed if the player didn't want anything. The player would be able to buy these items off of Shopkeep through points/currency automatically picked up from enemies based on how well you shot/did. The worse you did the less points you would get meaning the less you could buy, if you did extra bad and still got to Shopkeep you wouldn't be able to buy anything.

Crash Clear-up was plugged in at Litwak’s a couple of years after Turbotime was. Shopkeep would quickly start to sell wares and trade with the rest of the arcade and collect favors from those who had nothing to pay/trade with. He would meet Turbo this way by (turbo’s account) hassling him into buying something in which he found out that Shopkeep sells cigarettes which no one else did.

They would grow closer as turbo would buy cigarettes/cigars from shopkeep and tell (brag) him about Turbotime and all of his wins. Shopkeep would also grow close to the twins from their repeat returns to get different items off of him. It got to a point that during after hours shopkeep would reserve a time to go to Turbotime specifically. Other citizens of the arcade would search for Shopkeep to retrieve Turbo from tappers if he was getting too rowdy or drunk. There were very few in the arcade that Shopkeep would call a friend and the racers of Turbotime were some of the privileged few that got that title, with Turbo being at the top of that list.

Times that neither Turbo or Shopkeep would talk about were when Turbo went to Shopkeep's home or vice versa. Times that the other would spend the night and relax behind the closed doors or fall asleep next to the other and leave before the arcade opened. Those closer to the two could see the bond between them that would tiptoe the line of romantic that neither would actually jump while still being their own form of intimate.

When RoadBlasters was plugged in and the attention moved from Turbotime, Shopkeep would spend more time with the trio of racers. He would attempt to comfort Turbo and calm down the racer, even to go as far as to deny services to RoadBlasters. Even as Turbo was reaching a peak, Shopkeep still tried to stay around Turbo or the twins regardless of changes in behavior. One day before opening hours he would promise Turbo and the twins a pack of fresh cigars and a pick from his whole catalog free of charge with the intent to spend the whole of after hours at Turbotime. It was during open hours that from across both Turbotime and RoadBlasters he saw the players react and hear Turbo from the wrong game. He watched the two games get unplugged so quickly, he worriedthe entire time until closing hoping that they got out. The moment that closing was announced Shopkeep was out of his game and searching all of Game Central Station. He would search for a week straight before slowing down and coming to the heartbreaking conclusion that none of the Turbotime racers were able to escape in time.

Made worse by the demonization of Turbo's name and everyone forgetting the twins, Shopkeep became more reserved. Still going around and selling with much more reluctance or raising the prices straight or denying service to those that spoke too much of “going Turbo”. Shopkeep wouldn't form any more close relationships beyond that of a professional buyer and seller. During the early years of the fatefully unplugging he was held in suspicion for how close he was with Turbo. The suspicion would slowly fade but never quite disappear. Shopkeep would always carry around a pack of cigars that he'd never sell to anyone and a pack of cigarettes were always in his pocket though no one ever saw him actually smoke them. He would start to wear two blue ribbons around his wrist like a bracelet under his sleeve after people started to stare. Anything that Turbo and the twins had given him that wasn't on Shopkeep was saved and locked into a chest.

Part 2

Shopkeeps look

[m4xd4m4g3wr3ck1tr4lph]

[king-crawler]

Wonder what happened to these 2 actually. Most certainly not driven to madness

[noritoy]

Got an extra #townailer #matchbox #peterbilt #towtruck to maybe do some custom work on. #roadblasters #videogames #80s #hotwheels #diecast #toy #toycollector https://www.instagram.com/p/CoqdnzOMlqd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dani-be-existing]

the gremlin’s giving me gwimbly smiling friends vibes, and I can’t unsee it

[corvin-ito]

i got brainworms from the 2 hour turbo video so i embroidered him0

[pokedash55]

I'd say 4 at most. Not to justify and play advocate for Turbo but I highly doubt he's a mass murderer. The gameplay of Roadblasters has potentially 2 Npcs (the two announcer voices) which could be pre-recorded messages like the announcer in Sugar Rush. It's difficult for me to see a reason the programmers would make sprites for drivers that are never seen so I'm inclined to assume its automated or the player car works like the FPS robot.

For Turbotime it's even less likely for any crowds. I love the idea of the crowd just being lights since older games usually dont have actual character sprites or animations for the background. It's just a sad and deserted track and a garage. Maybe there are other racers like a yellow one from the desktop port but it's not shown in the film.

Justice for Turbo he killed maybe 5 people he just got a little silly /j

Edit:: i forgot about the motorcycles and turret NPCs in RoadBlasters. So depending on how many of those exist it could be more like 20-50. I doubt its as high as 100.