Ludography
Tiger Road cover

1987 · Capcom · Action · Beat 'em up

Tiger Road

NEC console exclusive

This arcade conversion is a beat 'em up in which you (as Lee Wong) must rescue the village children from the evil Ryo Ken Oh. Many levels are horizontally scrolling, although with high ledges to jump onto and follow for a slightly different path. Magic urns containing improved weapons appear frequently. Most enemies are easy to attack and only need one hit to kill, although they come at you in large hordes. Once you get to the indoor sections you will find big enemies with the ability to kill you with one hit, in sections set on multiple levels complete with stairways.

Released
1987
Platforms
AmigaAmstrad CPCArcadeAtari STAtari ST/STECommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXMS-DOSTurboGrafx-16ZX Spectrum
Genres
ActionBeat 'em upFighting
Developers
Capcom
Publishers
Romstar
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionFantasy
Country
Japan
Composers
Harumi Fujita

About

Tiger Road is a 1987 hack and slash platform video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades.

Home computer versions were released in Europe by U.S. Gold for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum. An alternate version for the Commodore 64 was released in the United States by Capcom who also published an Amiga 500 port of the game in that region.

Keywords

  • martial arts
  • brawler

Media

Tiger Road screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

In Tiger Road, the player is placed in the shoes of Lee Wong, a master of the Tiger Technique of Oh-Lin. Before the start of the game, Lee's comrades were attacked (with casualties) and children of Oh-Lin were abducted by minions of the Dragon God Ryuken, a warlord and a master of the Dragon Aura Technique who seeks to conquer China. The abducted children are held at the temple of Ryugado (which is also Ryuken's residence) to be brainwashed into becoming Ryuken's soldiers. To win the game, the player must advance past five stages and retrieve scrolls through training areas (bonus stages) to acquire health and weapon power upgrades, and also the Double-Headed Tiger Fighting Technique known as the Tora Kikoh to defeat Ryuken and rescue the children held hostage at the Ryugadoh.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Tiger Road on their January 1, 1988 issue as being the eighth most-successful table arcade unit of the month. 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.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade31 December 1987Japan
TurboGrafx-1623 February 1989Japan
Atari ST/STE31 December 1989Europe
MS-DOS31 December 1989Europe
Amiga31 December 1989Europe
Amstrad CPC31 December 1989Europe
ZX Spectrum31 December 1989Europe
Commodore C64/128/MAX31 December 1989Europe

Editions and related releases

Included in
Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2

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