Spanner
Increases the length of the health meter
for the rest of the stage/life.
Can be upgraded twice.
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Hammer
Halves the amount of damage
your car takes. Can make instant-
death traps give you a chance
to escape.
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Speed
Increases the speed of your car.
Can be upgraded several times.
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First-Aid Kit
Refills your health meter.
Apparently first-aid works on cars.
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Silver Gun / Red Gun
Increases the power, reach
and fire-rate of your gun.
Can be upgraded twice.
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2000 Points
Gives you 2000 points.
Also replaces items you've
upgraded to max.
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It probably goes without saying, but let's say it anyway- as an older Capcom title, The Speed Rumbler is hard. Fortunately, it's not quite on the same level as the arcade Bionic Commando, but it's still pretty tough. But, Joe's going nowhere if we bellyache about the difficulty of the road ahead, eh? As a little bonus, we'll be keeping track of what I suppose you'd call 'par times' for each stage, roughly the fastest lap we've managed to achieve, as a fairly terrible player of old Capcom games. This is technically a driving game after all, so wouldn't it stand to reason that there's a best lap time? Hopefully the tips we share will help you break those lap times (although let's face it, you're going to murder them and make me cry, aren't you? If you do, I'll be proud but also upset).
Keys are in the ignition, so it's time for revenge- let's play The Speed Rumbler!
Let's shake the street and get rumbling!