Dr. Toppel's Tankentai (Japan)

Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

Dr. Toppel's Tankentai (c) 1988 Taito.

A cutesy vertically scrolling shoot'em up where you play as a cute green creature.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : B19

Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Even if titlescreen says 1987, Dr. Toppel's Tankentai was released in March 1988 in Japan.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as "Dr. Toppel's Exploration Party".

This game is known outside Japan as "Dr. Toppel's Adventure".

- STAFF -

Developed by Kaneko.

Directed by : K. Sanbe
Written by : Sakai
Production supervisor : M. Sakaguchi
Programmers : H. Satoh, K. Oikawa, F. Komori, T. Katoh, H. Saigusa, S. Igarashi
Graphic designers : Hakkai, Nono, Vap, N. Nenko, I. Minori, H. Onijust
Graphic editors : H. Saigusa, H. Haruna
Supervising sound editor : Hisayoshi Ogura, H. Matsubara, H. Maekawa, S. Aizawa