Lost In Translation/Tokio

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Tokio
Manufacturer	Taito Corporation
Released	1986
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	(2x) Z80 (@ 6.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 3.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono YM2203 (@ 3.000 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Vertical) 256 x 224 pixels 59.00 Hz 256 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	26 ROMs 756,228 bytes (738.50 KiB)
MAME ID	tokio · tokiob · tokiou

About The Game

Tokio is a vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up.

Flying over the city of Tokyo in your bi-plane you must shoot down hordes of enemy planes whilst avoiding their attacks.

Collect and control multiple biplanes to increase your fire-power and help you to victory.

Additional Technical Information

Players : 1

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2 => [A] Shoot, [B] Change formation

Trivia

This game is known in Japan as "Scramble Formation".

Taito released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Taito Sound Team Demo Tape ver.1986).

Tips and tricks

Formations

• Line : safety mode. This mode allows both aerial and ground attacks, but you only get a narrow shot area. The multiple biplanes are susceptible to getting hit too, so watch your flying.
• Delt a: aerial attack mode. The firepower can only hit flying planes, no ground shoots.
• Crux : ground attack mode. Only ground objects can be hit. This is also the only mode that can destroy the boss ship.

If you press A+B the multiple biplanes will be released. This can be used as a sort of shield.

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Tokio cabinet.

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  Tokio flyer.

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  Romstar's Tokio flyer.

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  Scramble Formation flyer.

Ports

Consoles

FM Towns Marty

Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Legends") (US & Europe)

Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Taito Legends") (US & Europe)

Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 1") (Japan only)

Computers

MSX

MSX2

PC [MS Windows] (2005, "Taito Legends") (US & Europe)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
ARTDINK 10th Anniversary Memorial Music Edition	MAU-9001~2	1996-01-01	N/A	2 CD version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.