MAWS - showing resource: topspeed

title	Top Speed (World)
set name	topspeed
manufacturer	Taito Corporation Japan
year	1987
genre	Driving (hof)
category	Driving / Race (chase view) (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	topspeed.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / EJ: in game zoom
rating	59.3% after 32 votes
clones	Full Throttle (Japan) Top Speed (US)

colour emulation	good
palette	8192
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	320x240
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	1
nplayers	1P
controls	4 way joystick
buttons	8
coin slots	2

cpu	68000 @ 12MHz
cpu	Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu	68000 @ 12MHz
audio	YM2151 @ 4MHz
audio	MSM5205 @ 0.384MHz

version added

.037b10

last change(s)

.055

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
b14-67-1.11	65536	23f17616	topspeed	653ab6537f2e5898a77060c82b776852ab1f2b51
b14-68-1.9	65536	835659d9	topspeed	e99967f795c3c6e14bad7a66315640ca5db43c72
b14-54.24	131072	172924d5	topspeed	4a963f2e816f4b1c5acc6d38e99a68d3baeee8c6
b14-52.26	131072	e1b5b2a1	topspeed	8e2b992dcd5dc2317594c0187a22767aa626edee
b14-55.23	131072	a1f15499	topspeed	72f99108713773782fc72aae5a3f6e9e2a1e347c
b14-53.25	131072	04a04f5f	topspeed	09c15c33967bb141cc504b70d01c154bedb7fa33
b14-69.80	65536	d652e300	topspeed	b559bdb564d96da4c656dc7b2c88dae84c4861ae
b14-70.81	65536	b720592b	topspeed	13298b498a198dcc1a56e533d106545dd77e1bbc
b14-25.67	65536	9eab28ef	topspeed	9a90f2c1881f4664d6d6241f3bc57faeaf150ffc
b14-07.54	131072	c6025fff	topspeed	439ed85b0160bfd6c06fd42990124a292b2e3c14
b14-06.52	131072	b4e2536e	topspeed	c1960ee25b37b1444ec99082521c4858edcf3484
b14-48.16	131072	30c7f265	topspeed	3e52e2aabf2c456d0b57d9414f99bd942bafc887
b14-49.12	131072	32ba4265	topspeed	f468243d923726b7eff78d9bc55a3a092f211a24
b14-50.8	131072	ec1ef311	topspeed	4cfa06aec9535f2044b763b071f73d23ca8ba354
b14-51.4	131072	35041c5f	topspeed	71602267736396516366a8abf535db82acaa1c23
b14-44.15	131072	9f6c030e	topspeed	bb278fdcc29530685aa2e76da0712195f6ab0f5f
b14-45.11	131072	63e4ce03	topspeed	92e3f45754676dd15691e48c0d37490c1a3ec328
b14-46.7	131072	d489adf2	topspeed	9f77916594d5ed05b79d7e8d8f534eb39f65edae
b14-47.3	131072	b3a1f75b	topspeed	050dd3313b5392d131c5a62c544260b83af0b8ab
b14-40.14	131072	fa2a3cb3	topspeed	1e102ae6e916fda046a154b89056a18b724d51a3
b14-41.10	131072	09455a14	topspeed	dc703e1f9c4f16e330796e9945799e1038ce503b
b14-42.6	131072	ab51f53c	topspeed	0ed9a2e607b0bd2b43b47e3ed29b00a8d8a09f25
b14-43.2	131072	1e6d2b38	topspeed	453cd818a6cd8b238c72cc880c811227609767b8
b14-36.13	131072	20a7c1b8	topspeed	053c6b733a5c33b9259dfc754ce30a880905bb11
b14-37.9	131072	801b703b	topspeed	dfbe276bd484815a7e69589eb56d54bc6e12e301
b14-38.5	131072	de0c213e	topspeed	1313b2051e906d22edb55f4d45d3a424b31ca2a2
b14-39.1	131072	798c28c5	topspeed	d2a8b9f84b3760f3800c5760ecee7ddcbafa6d6e
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

cabinet	topspeed.png
marquee	topspeed.png
control panel	topspeed.png
flyer	topspeed.png
PCB	topspeed.png

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

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.
Machine's picture.

resource links

view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in MamEnd
view in System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Game Endings

cheats

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)