Top Speed

Description

A driving game by Taito that was licenced to Romstar for the US.

Top Speed was produced by Taito in 1987.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Top Speed was produced include: Daikaiju No Gyakushu - Giant Monster Counterattack, Violent Shooting, Land Sea Air Squad, Great Gurianos, Inspiration Baseball, Arkanoid - Revenge Of Doh, Double Dragon, Dr. Toppel Tankentai, Flying Shark, and Hishou Same

Specs

Name	Top Speed
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1987
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10161
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Top Speed Control Panel Image
Side Art	Top Speed Side Art Image

Game Introduction

A driving game very similar to OutRun, except for the addition of the nitro boost button.

Top Speed KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.78 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.80

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Miscellaneous

This game is also known as Full Throttle.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Top Speed Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 26 known instances of this machine owned by Top Speed collectors who are active members. Of these, 20 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Top Speed machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Top Speed circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 9 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Instruction Manual - Top Speed Manual — **Instruction Manual**
(23 pages, 1.07 MB File)

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