| The NES version was published in North America by Mindscape under license from Tengen, and licensed by Nintendo. Computer Entertainer's report of June 1989 listed Road Blasters among Mindscape's upcoming NES titles, and Nintendo Power's Pak Watch of November 1989 named Mindscape as "the company that is producing the NES version of Road Blasters". | image 3, inside coverimage 3, inside cover | Manual |
| The NES booklet makes the game one-player: the player picks a starting region among the first three, Bubble City, Forest Section and Desert Region, and drives to the Rally Point at the end of each of 50 levels, refuelling at Rally Points and the halfway Check Points and from green and orange fuel globes. Running out of fuel costs one of three lives. | p. 1, Getting Started (image 4)p. 1, Getting Started (image 4)p. 2, Playing the Game (image 5)p. 2, Playing the Game (image 5)p. 2, Playing the Game (image 5)p. 2, Playing the Game (image 5) | Manual |
| On the NES, Up accelerates and the car keeps its speed when the button is released, Down slows it, Left and Right steer, A fires the guns and B sets off the special weapon caught from the support jet: the U.Z. Cannon for a limited number of rounds, and three uses each of the Electro Shield, Nitro Inject and Cruise Missile. Top speed is 212 mph, or 298 mph with the Nitro Inject. | p. 4, Control Functions (image 6)p. 4, Control Functions (image 6)p. 5, Special Weapons (image 7)p. 8, The Control Panel (image 10)p. 4, Control Functions (image 6)p. 4, Control Functions (image 6)p. 5, Special Weapons (image 7)p. 5, Special Weapons (image 7) | Manual |
| The NES booklet describes a score multiplier for shooting accuracy: each target destroyed with a single shot raises it by 1, to 10, and each miss lowers it by 1, to 1; the points for enemy cars and gun turrets are multiplied by it. | p. 8, The Control Panel, Multiplier (image 10)p. 8, The Control Panel, Multiplier (image 10)p. 8, The Control Panel, Multiplier (image 10) | Manual |