Road Runner’s Death Valley Rally features 20 levels of cartoon-like graphics and hilarious game action that will leave you wanting more. Wile E. Coyote will challenge you with crazy antics involving TNT, catapults, rocket skates and more – courtesy of ACME, of course. As the Road Runner, you must jump ravines, pick up power-ups and peck to disable wacky contraptions to avoid danger at turbo-speed.Road Runner’s Death Valley Rally features side-scrolling platform gameplay.
The player controls Road Runner, who must avoid being eaten by Wile E. Coyote. The game consists of five different environments, with each one containing three levels and a boss battle. Coyote has a unique method of ambush for every level, ranging from the Acme Batman outfit to explosives, and for every level there is a cutscene of the contraption failing once the player crosses the finish mark.
After every three levels, Road Runner battles against one of Wile E. Coyote’s super weapons in a boss fight. Road Runner has a series of control movements useful to beating the game, including jumping and running. Road Runner can also peck his beak to kill enemies, and can eat bird seeds that give him a burst of turbo speed, allowing him to scale walls.
However, turbo speed can only be used a limited number of times, as it depletes the bird seeds; additional turbo speed is gained by consuming more bird seeds. The boost also acts as an invincibility, being able to destroy enemies and resist damage from Coyote. The player can also make Road Runner say “meep-meep!” and make him stick out his tongue, although neither serves a gameplay function.