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Fast Lane is a top down full screen maze game where you must drive a car over various levels with two road colours and change one of the road colours to match the main road colour. As you drive and change the road colour there is another vehicle roaming the maze trying to destroy you. You are una...

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Developer
Konami

Released on
1987

Size
1–2 Players

Version
Arcade

Requirements
Arcade

Downloads
Action

ESRB Rating
Not Rated

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Fast Lane is a top down full screen maze game where you must drive a car over various levels with two road colours and change one of the road colours to match the main road colour. As you drive and change the road colour there is another vehicle roaming the maze trying to destroy you. You are unable to turn around so you must carefully use the gaps in the walls because if you are touched by the other vehicle then you lose one of three lives. Also on screen are people and if you run them over then you receive one of six power-ups which include jump, shoot and attack. Attack turns your car into an armoured vehicle which allows you to ram the other vehicle. You are also able to speed up and slow down your vehicle and once the whole road is the same colour then you move to the next level.

Fast Lane

Overview & History

Released into the bustling arcades during the golden age of vehicular combat titles, *Fast Lane* carved out a gritty, nitro-fueled niche for itself. Unlike traditional racers that focused purely on lap times, this title placed players directly in the crosshairs of dystopian highway warfare. Developed as a high-octane response to the era's action-movie craze, the game challenged you to survive a grueling cross-country gauntlet filled with heavily armed rival syndicates, treacherous oil slicks, and relentless police blockades. Its distinct blend of top-down driving and vehicular combat made it an instant coin-op classic, remembered for its pulse-pounding synthesizer soundtrack and unforgiving difficulty curve.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

Fast Lane operates on a vertical-scrolling engine where maintaining top speed is just as vital as neutralizing threats. Players pilot a heavily customized interceptor equipped with dual front-mounted machine guns and a limited supply of devastating rear mines. The core mechanic revolves around resource management: ammo, armor integrity, and nitro boosts must be constantly replenished by collecting glowing icons dropped by destroyed convoy leaders. Boss encounters require strategic positioning, forcing you to weave through narrow lanes while dodging concentrated missile barrages before finding the precise window to retaliate against heavily armored armored-transport trucks.