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Enforce

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago by Taito Corp.

Listed in MAME

Enforce screenshot

Enforce © 1989 Taito Corporation.

A 3-Dimensional tank driving shoot'em up using much the same technology as that of "Continental Circus".

TECHNICAL

Taito Z System hardware
Game ID: B58

Main CPU: (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Players: 1
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2
=> [A] = fire machine gun, [B] = shoot laser

TRIVIA

Even if the title screen says 1988, Enforce was released in April 1989 in Japan.

Despite that late release, the high score is anonymous.

Even after you complete the game, you'll get a game over screen after the staff roll, just like in "Continental Circus" or "Chase H.Q.".

World and 2 Japanese ROMs have non-metric units: foot and inch for length, height and width along with pound for weight. Only the gun is measured in a millimeter. All 3 ROMs have English speech. The engine in all 3 ROMs is a diesel 12V turbocharger. It's not known whether it was meant to be a V12 engine (12V means 12 valves; V12 is a type of 12-cylinder engine with pistons shaped in a 'V' letter) or a 12-valve one.

'Special thanks' are misspelled as 'Spacial thanks'. 'Laser cannon' is misspelled as 'laser canon'.

World rom is licensed from U.S. Navy under U.S. Patent 4,021,846.

UPDATES

There are 2 Japanese ROMs. One rom has digital controls (like world release) and the other has analog controls and a high/low gear shift known from driving games. Both ROMs have non-English text shown after stages. Both Japanese ROMs have no license from U.S. Navy.

STAFF
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Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshot.
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