Route-16 (video game)

Route-16^[a] 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. An enhanced version was released in Japan as Route-16 Turbo for the Famicom in 1985.

Route-16
US arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Sun Electronics
Publisher(s)	JP: Sun Electromics NA: Centuri EU: Tehkan[1]
Platform(s)	Arcade, Arcadia 2001, Famicom, PlayStation
Release	JP: February 1981[2] NA: April 1981[3] EU: 1981[1]
Genre(s)	Maze, racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

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.^[4] 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.^[4]

Route-16 Turbo box art

Legacy

Route-16 Turbo,^[b] 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.

See also

• 005
• Rally-X
• Venture

Notes

1. Japanese: ルート16, Hepburn: Rūto 16
2. Japanese: ルート16ターボ, Hepburn: Rūto 16 Tābo