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.

A remade version for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 was released in 1990 in Japan and North America. The original arcade game is included in Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

Plot
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.

Regional differences

The Japanese arcade release has additional sound hardware, allowing the game to play digital voice samples using an additional Z80 and MSM5205 digital sound chip. In addition, Japanese version must be played twice to see the ending.

The world and USA releases had additional sound hardware removed, and these releases do not play any voice samples, lowering the production cost of the PCB. International release only has to complete the game once to see the ending.

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.

Reviews
 Génération 4 (April 1990)
 Joystick (French) (May 1990)
 Zzap!64 (March 1989)
 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (June 1990)
 The Games Machine (April 1989)
 Power Play (April 1989)
 Commodore User (April 1989)
 Commodore User (January 1989)
 Computer and Video Games (February 1989)
 The Games Machine (May 1989)
 Amiga User International (June 1989)
 TurboPlay (October 1990)
 Your Sinclair (January 1989)
 Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) (November 1990)
 Power Play (July 1988)
 The One (April 1989)
 ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (March 1989)
 Computer and Video Games (February 1989)
 Crash! (February 1989)
 ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (January 1989)
 Amiga Computing (June 1989)
 Computer and Video Games (June 1990)
 The One for Amiga Games (May 1991)
 Atari ST User (July 1989)
 Your Sinclair (March 1991)
 Your Sinclair (March 1988)

Notes

References

External links
 
 Tiger Road at IGN
 Tiger Road Strategy Guide (TurboGrafx-16) at TurboPlay Magazine Archives

1987 video games
Action games
Amiga games
Amstrad CPC games
Arcade video games
Atari ST games
Beat 'em ups
Capcom beat 'em ups
Capcom games
Commodore 64 games
DOS games
Hack and slash games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Platformers
Romstar games
Side-scrolling beat 'em ups
TurboGrafx-16 games
U.S. Gold games
Victor Entertainment games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games scored by Harumi Fujita
Video games scored by Tamayo Kawamoto
ZX Spectrum games