Truxton (Europe, US) / Tatsujin (Japan)

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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