Road Fighter

The first two levels contain four courses, ranging from grassy plains and an over-water bridge to a seashore, mountains, and finally a forest area. In the arcade version, six stages were contained. The player controls a red Chevrolet Corvette. Pressing B accelerates the car to around 224 km/h, while pressing A increases its speed to 400 km/h.

The player has a limited amount of fuel, equivalent to about 100 seconds of driving and can earn more by touching special multi-colored cars. If the player collides into any other car or slips on occasionally appearing patches of oil, the car will spin out and if not corrected, may crash into the side barriers, causing a loss of five to six fuel points. The NES and Famicom versions have a total of six types of cars: one yellow, one red, three blue, and one truck. Yellow cars travel along a straight line and occur in large numbers.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Road Fighter on their January 1, 1985 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

In Europe, Computer Gamer magazine reported in 1985 that the "Street Fighter game" was a commercial success in arcades.

Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2 is the sequel to Road Fighter, released in arcades in March 1996, and on the PlayStation in 1997. While the arcade version was released worldwide, the PlayStation version was only released in Japan and Europe. In Europe, the PlayStation version is just titled Midnight Run, removing the Road Fighter connection. Its main selling point was that it allows the player to shift back and forth between manual and automatic transmission during races.

Although different from the 2-D Road Fighter, the scenery is similar to other racing games set in Japan such as Initial D Arcade Stage and Wangan Midnight, except the cars are not licensed. The player also has a unique selection of normal cars and tuned cars.