Highway Encounter

1985 video game
VideoGame video_game Q4040669
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Highway Encounter

Summary

Highway Encounter is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Highway Encounter's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Highway Encounter was published by Vortex Software[4].
  • Highway Encounter's genre is action game[5].
  • Highway Encounter was followed by Alien Highway[6].
  • Highway Encounter's developer is recorded as Costa Panayi[7].
  • Highway Encounter's part of the series is recorded as Q124044877[8].
  • Highway Encounter's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[9].
  • Highway Encounter's platform is recorded as MSX[10].
  • Highway Encounter's platform is recorded as Amstrad CPC[11].
  • Highway Encounter's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[12].
  • Highway Encounter's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[13].
  • Highway Encounter's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Highway Encounter was distributed by compact cassette[15].
  • Highway Encounter's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • Highway Encounter was released on January 1, 1985[17].
  • Highway Encounter's title is recorded as Highway Encounter[18].
  • Highway Encounter's uses is recorded as Mode 1[19].
  • Highway Encounter's uses is recorded as isometric view[20].
  • Highway Encounter's has part is recorded as title screen[21].
  • Highway Encounter's has part is recorded as sound effect[22].
  • Highway Encounter's does not have part is recorded as video game music[23].

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Authorship and Creation

Highway Encounter was published by Vortex Software[4].

Publication

Highway Encounter was published on January 1, 1985[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Its genre is action game[5]. Its part of the series is recorded as Q124044877[8]. It was distributed by compact cassette[15].

Subject and Themes

Highway Encounter's part of the series is recorded as Q124044877[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Highway Encounter was followed by Alien Highway[6].

Why It Matters

Highway Encounter ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 Games/Highway_Encounter
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P14470]]: Games/Highway_Encounter, removing duplicates that were erroneously introduced by my previous import"
  2. 6w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 Games/Highway_Encounter
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Games/Highway_Encounter, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 6w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer Costa Panayi
    Language of work or name English
    Vglist video game id 14102
    Distribution format compact cassette
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Games/Highway_Encounter, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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