Enforce (Japan, Analog Controls) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Enforce © 1989 Taito Corporation.

A 3-Dimensional tank driving shoot'em up using much the same technology as that of "Continental Circus".

TECHNICAL
Taito Z System hardware
Game ID: B58

Main CPU: (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Players: 1
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2
→ [A] = fire machine gun, [B] = shoot laser

TRIVIA
Even if the title screen says 1988, Enforce was released in April 1989 in Japan.

Despite that late release, the high score is anonymous.

Even after you complete the game, you'll get a game over screen after the staff roll, just like in "Continental Circus" or "Chase H.Q.".

World and 2 Japanese ROMs have non-metric units: foot and inch (used to measure length, height and width) along with pound (measuring weight). Only the gun is measured in a millimeter. All 3 ROMs have English speech. The engine in all 3 ROMs is shown as a diesel 12V turbocharger. It's not known whether it was meant to be a V12 engine (12V means 12 valves; V12 is a type of 12-cylinder engine with pistons shaped in a 'V' letter) or a 12-valve one.

'Special thanks' are misspelled as 'Spacial thanks'. 'Laser cannon' is misspelled as 'laser canon'.

World Rom is licensed from U.S. Navy under U.S. Patent 4,021,846.

UPDATES
There are 2 Japanese ROMs. One Rom has digital controls (like world release) and the other has analog controls and a high/low gear shift known from driving games. Both ROMs have non-English text shown after stages. Both Japanese ROMs have no license from U.S. Navy and show a copyright notice (shown in many earlier games) not allowing you to use Enforce outside Japan.

STAFF
Produce: Junji Yarita
Software: Hidenori Sasatani, Eiichi Sato, Kenzo Nomura, Tohru Sugawara
Character: Junji Yarita, Akira Saito, Space Creative, Animation 20
Hardware: Yasuhiro Shibuya, Seigo Sakamoto
Electric: Fumio Takeda, Satoru Shimomura, Masatoki Sasaki
Mechanic: Akira Takahashi, Mituyoshi Ishida, Tohru Hirata, Masaharu Hori
Design: Shinobu Sekiguchi, Shin Tamagoshi
Sound - produced by: Zuntata, Hisayoshi Ogura (O.G.R.), Yasuhisa Watanabe (Yack)
Sound - Music composed by: Takami Asano
Sound - Data programmed by: Shizuo Aizawa (Splatter A)
Special thanks (in A.B.C order): Akira Iwai, Genya Kuriki, Hidehiro Fujiwara, Harutoki Kume, Hiroyasu Nagai, Ichiro Fujisue, Mari Iwano, Natsuki Hirosawa, Takaaki Deguchi, Takeshi Ishii, Tetsushi Abe, Tetsuro Kitagawa, Toshiko Shimoda, Toshiyuki Sanada, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Yasuhiko Tanaka, Yoshinori Aiura, Yoshio Imamura

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