Full Throttle 1987 Taito
1987
Full Throttle (c) 1987 Taito.
A driving game very similar to 'Out Run', except for the addition of the nitro boost button.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Prom Sticker : B14
Main CPU : (2x) 68000
Sound CPU : Z80
Sound Chips : YM2151, MSM5205
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 1
Control : Steering wheel
Buttons : 8
>>> TRIVIA
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This game is known outside Japan as 'Top Speed'.
Full Throttle 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 car featured is a red Mazda RX-7.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (The Ninja Warriors : G.S.M. Taito 1 - D28B0001) on 21/06/1988.
Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038) on 01/04/1999.
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Project leader / Game designer : Hiroyuki Sakou
Game programmers : Kyoji Shimamoto, Takeshi Murata, Takeshi Ishizashi
Music composer : Masahiko Takagi
Sound effects : Eikichi Takahashi
Sound adviser : Hisayoshi Ogura
Hardware designer : Masahiro Yamaguchi
Custom I.C. designers : Shyugi Kubota, Katsujiroh Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Sanada
Graphic designers : Yoshihiko Wakita, Tetsuroh Kitagawa, Takako Uenoyama, Naoko Toshimitsu
Mechanical designer : Tomio Suzuki
Mechanical engineers : Nobuyuki Iwasaki, Akira Takahashi
Cabinet designer : Takeo Shiraishi
Art designer : Hiroyasu Nagai
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, 'Taito Memories II Vol. 2')
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.