Full Throttle (Japan) - Gioco MAME

Videogioco arcade pubblicato 37 anni fa:

Full Throttle © 1987 Taito corp.

Full Throttle is a point-to-point racing game in which the player drives a Mazda RX-7 [FC] and must reach each stage's end-of-level checkpoint before the time limit expires to progress to the next stage.

The car is equipped with a limited number of nitro boosts (3 by default) that gives the car a temporary burst of speed when engaged. Forked junctions appear mid-way through each stage, allowing players to choose which route they wish to take.

DATI TECNICI
Numero scheda: K1100273A
Prom Sticker: B14

CPU principale: (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
CPU sonora: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Chip sonori: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), OKI MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

Giocatori: 1
Controllo: Steering wheel (locked) + 2 pedals (gas and brake, both analog) + high/low gear shift
Pulsanti: 1
→ Start

CURIOSITÀ
Full Throttle è stato rilasciato in Giappone nell'Ottobre 1987. It was known outside Japan as "Top Speed".

The Japanese version has a territorial notice not allowing to play fuori dal Giappone.

All versions show speed in a kilometer per hour, even the US release.

Full Throttle can be converted into Chase H.Q. - one of Taito's police themed games.

This game is Taito's response to Sega's "Out Run". This game was the forerunner of the Taito Z system on which Taito's driving games were based from 1988-91 (You can spot some similarities with "Continental Circus", the first of the Taito Z games).

The player is given to control a red Mazda RX-7 [FC].

Despite having been released in Japan, Full Throttle is fully in English.

Hardware design is misspelled in staff roll as 'Hard wear design'.

Tabella dei punteggi record predefiniti (Best Drivers, score, stage, time and 3 initials):
1ST 450000 4 3'44''78 TAK
2ND 350000 3 2'55''45 ESH
3RD 260000 2 1'47''21 I.I
4TH 240000 2 1'50''14 RGV
5TH 220000 2 1'54''19 VFR
6TH 200000 2 1'55''21 YZF
7TH 180000 2 1'59''99 CBR

Pony Canyon / Scitron hanno pubblicato un album della colonna sonora in edizione limitata di questo gioco il 21 Giugno 1988 (The Ninja Warriors: G.S.M. Taito 1 - D28B0001).

Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game il 1º Aprile 1999 (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038).

CONSIGLI E TRUCCHI

• You don't get bonus points for unused turbos. You don't get a bonus turbo either, so use all the turbos during a stage, but not all at once. Using all 3 turbos one after another results in control loss caused by too high speed.
• Shift gears at around 160 km/h.
• Fastest route: choose the left fork at stage 3, take the right fork, then left at stage 4, whereas stage 5 requires you to take left fork first, then right.
• Watch out at stage 2: you may hit a tree or rock so fast you'll need to wait up to 10 seconds before you return to the road.
• Sometimes pulling the steering wheel to the limits is a wrong move. You should turn the wheel with smaller force, mainly at fast turns.

STAFF
Capo progetto, game design: Hiroyuki Sakou
Game program: Kyoji Shimamoto, Takeshi Murata, Takeshi Ishizashi
Music composer: Masahiko Takagi
Sound effect: Eikichi Takahashi
Sound adviser: Hisayoshi Ogura
Hardware design: Masahiro Yamaguchi
Custom I.C. design: Shyugi Kubota, Katsujiroh Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Sanada
Graphic design: Yoshihiko Wakita, Tetsuroh Kitagawa, Takako Uenoyama, Naoko Toshimitsu
Mechanical design: Tomio Suzuki
Mechanical engineer: Nobuyuki Iwasaki, Akira Takahashi
Cabinet design: Takeo Shiraishi
Art design: Hiroyasu Nagai

Special thanks: Nenko Nishimura, Miki Matsushita, Genya Kuriki, Hiromiki Racing team

CONVERSIONI

• CONSOLE:

[JP] Sony PS2 (29 mar. 2007) "Taito Memories II Gekan [Modello SLPM-66713]"

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