Same! Same! Same! [TP-017]

37 Years old Arcade Video game Toaplan Co., Ltd. [Tokyo, Japan]

Same! Same! Same! © 1989 Toaplan.

A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from Toaplan.

TECHNICAL

Game ID : TP-017

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

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

TRIVIA

Same! Same! Same! was released in November 1989 in Japan.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Shark! Shark! Shark!'.

The game is known outside Japan as "Fire Shark!".

Offical high score recorded: 10,000,000 points (reached counter stop) by gamer 'JAG-POW', posted on Basic-Magazine (Japanese arcade game magazine).

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

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1. Hi Sho Zame (1987)
2. Fighting Hawk (1988)
3. Same! Same! Same! (1989)

STAFF

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Music created by: Masanori Yuge

PORTS

CONSOLES

Sega Mega Drive (nov.2, 1990) [Model T-40013]

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).