Truxton, the Video Game by Toaplan Co., Ltd. [Tokyo, Japan]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Truxton © 1988 Toaplan.

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.

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

Game ID : TP-013B
Prom Stickers : B65

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

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.61 Hz
Palette colors : 2048

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

Licensed to Taito for manufacture ans distribution and to Romstar for US distribution.

This game is known in Japan as 'Tatsujin' (translates from Japanese as 'Master').

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

* 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.

1. Truxton (1988)
2. Truxton II (1992)

Staff : Lee Ota
Music composed by : Masahiro Yuge

Consoles :

Sega Mega Drive1989)
NEC PC-Engine (1992)
FM Towns Marty ("Tatsujin")

Game's rom.