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title Full Throttle (Japan)
set name fullthrl
manufacturer Taito Corporation
year 1987
genre Driving (hof)
category Driving / Race (chase view) (hof)
driver status good
driver source topspeed.c
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rating

60% after 16 votes
 
parent Top Speed (World)
other clones Top Speed (US)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 1
nplayers 1P
controls 4 way joystick
buttons 8
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
audio YM2151 @ 4MHz
audio MSM5205 @ 0.384MHz
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data
version added .037b10
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
b14-67  65536  284c943f  fullthrl    e4720b138052d9cbf1290aeca8f9dd7fe2cffcc5 
b14-68  65536  54cf6196  fullthrl    0e86a7bf7d43526222160f4cd09f8d29fa9abdc4 
b14-05  524288  6557e9d8  fullthrl    ff528b27fcaef5c181f5f3a56d6a41b935cf07e1 
b14-69.80  65536  d652e300  topspeed    b559bdb564d96da4c656dc7b2c88dae84c4861ae 
b14-71  65536  f7081727  fullthrl    f0ab6ce9975dd7a1fadd439fd3dfd2f1bf88796c 
b14-25.67  65536  9eab28ef  topspeed    9a90f2c1881f4664d6d6241f3bc57faeaf150ffc 
b14-07.54  131072  c6025fff  topspeed    439ed85b0160bfd6c06fd42990124a292b2e3c14 
b14-06.52  131072  b4e2536e  topspeed    c1960ee25b37b1444ec99082521c4858edcf3484 
b14-01  524288  84a56f37  fullthrl    926bcae5bd75a4172de2a2078718b2940c5c1966 
b14-02  524288  6889186b  fullthrl    3c38e281e8bf416a401c76ebb2d8ca95d09974b6 
b14-03  524288  d1ed9e71  fullthrl    26a6b2ca5bf6d70ad87f5c40c8e94ec542a2ec04 
b14-04  524288  b63f0519  fullthrl    e9a6b49effba0cae1ae3536a8584d3efa34ca8c3 
b14-30.88  65536  dccb0c7f  topspeed    42f0af72f559133b74912a4478e1323062be4b77 
b14-31.90  8192  5c6b013d  topspeed    6d02d4560076213b6fb6fe856143bb533090603e 
b14-28.103  65536  df11d0ae  topspeed    259e1e6cc7ab100bfdb60e3d7a6bb46acb6fe2ea 
b14-29.109  65536  7ad983e7  topspeed    a3515caf93d6dab86de06ee52d6a13a456507dbe 
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cabinet art
cabinet topspeed.png
marquee topspeed.png
control panel topspeed.png
flyer fullthrl.png
PCB topspeed.png
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additional information
info 0.37b10 [David Graves]

Bugs:
  • Engine sounds only play when driving in tunnels or under bridges, and turbo sounds never play. Updated by RansAckeR in 0.108u2: turbo sounds are fixed since 0.90u3: Replaced ADPCM sound with MSM5205 (384000 Hz). topspeed061gre Nerox91 / RansAckeR
  • (After setting the dipswitch to analog input) turning right was no problem, but turning left rarely worked, with keyboard, mouse or analog stick. It was very apperent in test mode that the right direction moves a lot slower than the left, and you can go far below 0xff7f (eg: 0xefac & 0x6e45), which mame is supposed to clamp against. I think the problem happens when the minimum is greater than the maximum when looked at unsigned. A hack that "fixed" the problem with topspeed was to set the minimum to 0x81. My guess without any other testing: change from INT32 to double vars. Of course, this might be fixed along with the rest of the input system. topspeed0117gra uRebelScum
WIP:
  • 0.118u3: Stephane Humbert cleaned up several Taito drivers to use common input port macros. Fixed the dipwitches for all games (a few still remain unknown though) and added many notes. Added 'Continue Price' dipswitch.
  • 0.97u4: Aaron Giles changed MSM5205 intern clock speed to MSM5205_S48_4B (=8KHz) to fixed sound pitch.
  • 0.90u3: Replaced ADPCM sound with MSM5205 (384000 Hz).
  • 0.86: Adjusted Top Speed volume balance.
  • 0.85u3: Improved sound balance for Top Speed.
  • 0.55: Fixed rom names.
  • 2nd September 2001: David Graves added preliminary support for the Taito TC0150ROD road graphics chip used in the Taito Z games, and he also optimized the sprite drawing in Top Speed.
  • 30th August 2001: Robin Merrill submitted a change to Top Speed to use an eight level acceleration and brake.
  • 0.54: David Graves fixed road lines in Top Speed. Changed region user1 to user2 and gfx3 to user1.
  • 18th August 2001: David Graves cleaned up the Top Speed road color emulation.
  • 16th August 2001: David Graves yet improved the road colors in Top Speed.
  • 13th August 2001: David Graves added preliminary support for color raster effects in Top Speed, but it isn't perfect yet.
  • 0.37b15: Added 'Steering type' dipswitch.
  • 23rd April 2001: David Graves added state saving support to Top Speed and did some minor cleanups.
  • 18th January 2001: David Graves added proper sprite flipping support to Top Speed, fixing the round tunnel entrance graphics.
  • 4th January 2001: Gerardo Oporto fixed dipswitches in the Top Speed driver.
  • 0.37b11: Added dipswitches 'Initial Time', 'Nitros' and 'Allow Continue'.
  • 0.37b10: David Graves added Top Speed (World) (Taito 1987) and clones (US) and Full Throttle (Japan).
  • 3rd December 2000: David Graves sent in a Taito multiscreen driver update with some bugfixes and he sent in a driver for Top Speed / Full Throttle.
LEVELS: 5

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Romset: 3336 kb / 31 files / 1.13 zip
history Full Throttle (c) 1987 Taito.


A driving game very similar to "Out Run", except for the addition of the nitro boost button.


- TECHNICAL -


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 -


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.


- 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
  • - PORTS -
  • Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 2")
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=full-throttle&page=detail&id=883&o=2
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code comments
00000000:400823:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:401C48:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000000:4040A3:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Nitros
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  ------------------------------------------------------------
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  The Crazy Speed cheat is faster than Nitros but take care
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  with it - with the Always cheat you will keep going
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  forward even when you crash. The Get Boost Now! cheat with
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  an activation key assigned is better but don't activate it
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  during the crash sequence or you may lose the car sprite!
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  ------------------------------------------------------------
00000001:40411C:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Get a Crazy Speed Boost Now!
00010001:40411D:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Get a Crazy Speed Boost Now! (2/2)
00000000:40411C:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Always drive at Crazy Speed
00010000:40411D:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Always drive at Crazy Speed (2/2)
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