The original Quarantine was released by GameTek in the early nineties, with Road Warrior following in the middle nineties. It jumped ship and featured Mindscape as both its programmer and publisher. Like the original, it is a politically incorrect arcade style game.
Drake Edgewater is a futuristic cab driver in Kemo City. The city is dangerous and Drake would like more than anything to leave it behind forever. His plan for getting out of the city involves hiring out his cab for a series of special missions against OmniCorp.
The money he makes from these endeavours can be used to upgrade his cab with better armour and weapons, and make general repairs. Eventually, his taxi will be outfitted and he will have enough money to escape and put the city in his past. Of course, OmniCorp knows about his raids and wants to put an end to both them and him. Drake leaves Kemo City and makes for the desert, with OmniCorp thugs hot on his heels.
Unlike the original Quarantine, Road Warrior features a very linear, mission-based plot. Drake can no longer pick up fares to make extra money, but must instead pick up specific people at predefined locations. These people will then explain his mission to him, and the game continues. Instead of working
to upgrade the cab with money, everything is replenished after completing a mission in the autodrome. The missions vary in goal. Sometimes the challenge comes from a lack of ammunition, sometimes it is the strength of the enemies or possible a time limit. The missions are all somehow related to OmniCorp. Drake will have to blow up advertising billboards, assassinate OmniCorp officials, and demolish buildings.
Road Warrior features an extremely fast pace and a lot of action and shooting. It is mainly a mechanically driven blood bath, and the graphics are intense and gory. The inboard camera offers a new perspective of all the action. The graphics have also been improved in this instalment, and the sound is more intense and interesting. There are more than one hundred missions in a great variety of locations, so Road Warrior should keep the user busy for some time. Because of the linear plot, Road Warrior does not have a great replay value, but the game is so large, that one time should be sufficient for most gamers. In short, this is an exciting game and is recommended for download for anyone tired of life in the slow lane.
