Dr. Toppel's Tankentai

38 Years old Arcade Video game Taito Corp. [Japan]

Dr. Toppel's Tankentai © 1988 Taito.

A cutesy vertically scrolling shoot'em up where you play as a cute green creature.

TECHNICAL

Game ID : B19

Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz)

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

TRIVIA

Even if titlescreen says 1987, Dr. Toppel's Tankentai was released in March 1988 in Japan.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as "Dr. Toppel's Exploration Party".

This game is known outside Japan as Dr. Toppel's Adventure.

STAFF

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Developed by Kaneko.

Directed by : K. Sanbe
Written by : Sakai
Production supervisor : M. Sakaguchi
Programmers : H. Satoh, K. Oikawa, F. Komori, T. Katoh, H. Saigusa, S. Igarashi
Graphic designers : Hakkai, Nono, Vap, N. Nenko, I. Minori, H. Onijust
Graphic editors : H. Saigusa, H. Haruna
Supervising sound editor : Hisayoshi Ogura, H. Matsubara, H. Maekawa, S. Aizawa
Game designer : H. Onijust

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).