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Truxton (Europe, US) / Tatsujin (Japan)

Game Information
manufacturer Toaplan / Taito Corporation
year 1988
genre Shoot-'Em-Up
downloads 37
Screenshots
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Download Details
split set truxton.zip 564.72k
merged set truxton.7z 494.67k
standalone set truxton.7z 494.67k
artwork truxton.zip 14.26m
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Tatsujin (c) 1988 Taito Corp.

Taking place somewhere in the near future of space travel, an alien armada is invading the player's home planet aboard 5 gargantuan asteroids. After surviving an attack on the player's cargo barge, players board and pilot one remaining fighter and challenge the aliens in a desperate attempt to quell the alien invasion and divert their asteroid fortresses in the process.

Tatsujin is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game, featuring 8 levels with non-stop action and 5 bosses.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TP-013B
Prom Stickers : B65

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 3.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.5 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Tatsujin was released in October 1988 in Japan.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Master'.

This game is known outside Japan as Truxton.

Polystar released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Tatsujin : Toaplan Game Music Scene One - H24X-10005) on 25/06/1989.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hidden Functions : If the 'Invulnerability dip switch' is enabled, you are invulnerable but you may also 'Pause' the game with P2 Start and restart with P1 Start.

- SERIES -

1. Tatsujin [TP-013B] (1988)
2. Tatsujin Oh [TP-024] (1992)

- STAFF -

Developed by Toaplan.

Staff : Lee Ota
Music composed by : Masahiro Yuge

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1989) "Tatsujin [Model G-4020]"
NEC PC-Engine (1992) "Tatsujin [Model TP-04022]"
FM Towns Marty "Tatsujin"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Driver Details
source toaplan/toaplan1.cpp
status good
emulation good
savestate unsupported
Series Details
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 320px
height 240px
refresh 57.61mhz
Input Details
player 1
type joy
buttons 2
directions 8
player 2
type joy
buttons 2
directions 8
Chipset Details
name Motorola MC68000
clock 9.54mhz
name Zilog Z80
clock 3.34mhz
name Speaker
clock N/A
name YM3812 OPL2
clock 3.34mhz
ROM Details
name size crc
b65_11.7k 128.00k 1a62379a
b65_10.7l 128.00k aff5195d
b65_09.2f 16.00k 1bdd4ddc
b65_08.13e 128.00k d2315b37
b65_07.11e 128.00k fb83252a
b65_06.10e 128.00k 36cedcbe
b65_05.8e 128.00k 81cd95f1
b65_04.20c 128.00k 8c6ff461
b65_03.20b 128.00k 58b1350b
b65_02.20ab 128.00k 1dd55161
b65_01.20a 128.00k e974937f
b65_12.7c 32.00b bc88cced
b65_13.6d 32.00b a1e17492