Lost In Translation/Truxton

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Truxton
Manufacturer	Toaplan Taito Corporation
Released	1988
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 10.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 3.500 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono YM3812 (@ 3.500 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Vertical) 320 x 240 pixels 60.00 Hz 2,048 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	13 ROMs 1,343,552 bytes (1.28 MiB)
MAME ID	truxton

About The Game

Truxton is a vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up featuring 8 levels with non-stop action and 5 bosses.

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.

Trivia

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.

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

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

Staff

Music Composed By

Masahiro Yuge

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Truxton flyer.

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  Back of the Truxton flyer.

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  Tatsujin flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Sega Mega Drive (1989)

NEC PC-Engine (1992)

FM Towns Marty ("Tatsujin")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Beep! Sega Megadrive Best Selection	PSCX-1018	1991-04-25	DATAM Polystar	CD version.
TATSUJIN ~TOA PLAN GAME MUSIC SCENE ONE~	H24X-10005	1989-06-25	Polystar	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.