Lost In Translation/Twin Cobra

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Twin Cobra
Manufacturer	Toaplan Taito Corporation
Released	1987
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 7.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 3.500 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono YM3812 (@ 3.500 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Vertical) 320 x 240 pixels 54.88 Hz 1,792 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	27 ROMs 938,592 bytes (916.59 KiB)
MAME ID	twincobr · ktiger · twincobu

About The Game

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

Trivia

Differences Between Twin Cobra and Kyukyoku Tiger

• T.C. supports two simultaneous players.
• K.T. supports two players, but only one at a time. For this reason, it also supports Table Top cabinets.
• T.C. stores 3 characters for high scores.
• K.T. stores 6 characters for high scores.
• T.C. heroes are Red and Blue for player 1 and 2 respectively.
• K.T. heroes are grey for both players.
• T.C. dead remains of ground tanks are circular.
• K.T. dead remains of ground tanks always vary in shape.
• T.C. continues new hero and continued game at current position.
• K.T. continues new hero and continued game at predefined positions.
• After dying and your new hero appears, if you do not travel more than your helicopter length forward, you are penalised and moved back further when your next hero appears.
• K.T. Due to this difference in continue sequence, "Kyukyoku Tiger" is MUCH harder, challenging and nearly impossible to complete !

Released in October 1987.

Licensed to Taito.

Licensed to Romstar for US distribution (November 1988).

This game is known in Japan as "Kyukyoku Tiger".

Soundtrack releases :

Kyukyoku Tiger - G.S.M. Taito 2 [Pony Canyon / Scitron - D28B0008 - 1988.11.21]

Series

1. Twin Cobra (1987)
2. Twin Cobra II (1995)
3. Kyukyoku Tiger II Plus (1997, Sega Saturn)

Staff

Music & Sound Created By

Tatsuya Uemura

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Twin Cobra arcade cabinet.

• 

  Twin Cobra flyer.

Ports

Consoles

NEC PC-Engine (1989)

Nintendo Famicom (1989)

Sega Mega Drive (1991)

FM Towns Marty (1994)

Sony PlayStation (1996, "Toaplan Shooting Battle 1")

Computers

Commodore C64 (1988)

Sharp X68000

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Kyukyoku Tiger -G.S.M. Taito 2-	D28B-0008	1988-11-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	CD version.
Ultimate Tiger -G.S.M. Taito 2-	25P5-0008	1988-11-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	Cassette 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.