Out of the way, I’m a motorist
Retro publishers are getting in gear for this week’s addition to the Arcade Archives collection. Data East’s buggy-bumpingBurnin’ Rubberis now available to download on Nintendo Switch.
Released in Japanese arcades back in 1982,Burnin’ Rubberwas one of numerous top-down racers vying for the quarters of the coin-op crowd back in the golden age of gaming. Players engage in high-speed races against a pack of copy-paste competitors, ramming their opposition off-road while utilising the buggy’s leap ability (Yeah, sure, why not?) to get out of sticky situations.
Burnin’ Rubberwould eventually arrive in the west, where it would ported to the NES, Intellivision and other home platforms under its better-known title ofBump ‘n’ Jump. you may check out the game in action in the video below, courtesy of YouTuberJanet.
Burnin’ Rubberis available to download now on Nintendo Switch, priced at around $8.
