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Full Throttle
Developer(s) Taito
Publisher(s) Taito Romstar (US)
Designer Hiroguki Sakou
Engine Engine Missing
status Status Missing
Release date Release Date Missing
Genre Racing
Mode(s) Single-player
Age rating(s) Ratings Missing
Platform(s) Arcade
Arcade system Arcade System Missing
Media Media Missing
Input Steering wheel; 2-position Shifter (Low/High); 2 Pedals (Accelerator and brake); Nitro Button
Requirements Requirements Missing
Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough

Full Throttle (also known as Top Speed) is a one-player racing arcade game made by Taito in 1987. It is very similar in style to the Out Run games in that it features a fast, red car hurtling through the U.S. countryside.

Trivia[]

  • The car featured is a red Mazda RX7.
  • Director Hiroyuki Sakou went on to create Taito's Operation Thunderbolt a year later.
  • 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.
  • Some of the billboards in Full Throttle/Top Speed are plugs for other Taito games such as Operation Wolf and Plump Pop
  • One of the billboards in Full Throttle/Top Speed features two detectives who are obvious references to Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs from Miami Vice. Ironically enough, Taito released Chase H.Q. which featured Miami Vice-esque detectives.

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