As Road Runner, your job is to avoid Wile E. Coyote and eat birdseed and drink lemonade while running down twisting roadways, long highways, and maze-like trails. You must also jump over cliffs and avoid boulders, oncoming trucks, cannon balls, sand traps, and other obstacles. Wile E. is not as fast as Road Runner when the two are in a foot race, but at times the relentless coyote will ride a rocket, a pogo stick, a helicopter, or jet skates in order to catch up with you. To defend yourself, you can try to get Wile E. crushed by a truck, a falling boulder, or another obstacle. Both characters can gain an advantage over the other by picking up a can of invisible paint. Most of your time playing this game will be spent zipping around, trying to keep from making contact with your arch enemy, Wile E. Coyote. Unlike most horizontally scrolling games of this type, the action in Road Runner moves from right to left.