■ 탑 스피드 (세계판) - Top Speed
Top Speed (c) 1987 Taito.
A driving game very similar to "Out Run", except for the addition of the nitro boost button. The car featured is a red Mazda RX-7.
- TECHNICAL -
Board Number : K1100273A
Prom Sticker : B14
Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)
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 -
Released in October 1987.
Licensed to Romstar for US manufacture and distribution.
This game is known in Japan as "Full Throttle".
Top Speed 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).
Default high-score table (Best Drivers) :
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
A Top Speed unit appears in the 1989 movie "The Wizard" (though it was errorneously referred to as Capcom's "F-1 Dream" in the movie).
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.
- STAFF -
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
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.