bigbee99 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Top Speed (World) A driving game very similar to OutRun, except for the addition of the nitro boost button. This game is also known as Full Throttle. -klov Game Information Game Name: Top Speed Released By: Taito MAME ROMset: topspeed Dip Switches: Difficulty: Medium/ Initial Time: 60/ Seconds Nitros: 3 (default) Chosen By: LarcenTyler ROM Location: http://www.romnation...peed-World.html AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: Competition ends Sunday, June 24th @ 12PM EST Leaderboard (to post #33) 789,160 bigbee99 752,180 M.A.M.E Offender 537,4000 kane 329,890 Cynicaster 286,810 patbb 274,510 LarcenTyler 217,090 BillyHW 203,770 roadrunner 73,640 jblenkle Season Standings Calculations through round 37 1. M.A.M.E Offender 570 2. bigbee99 563 3. Cynicaster 548 4. patbb 309 5. kane 274 6. mr. toast 166 7. roadrunner 158 8. JohnnyBlaze 125 9. LarcenTyler 118 10. acelkin 117 11. richard stewart 78 12. Barra 66 13. jblenkle 61 14. kojr 39 14. keilbaca 39 16. andyy119 33 17. BillyHW 32 18. retrorussell 27 19. mightymage 23 20. onmode-ky 19 21. Kurt_Woloch 18 22. rmaerz 16 23. homerwannabee 15 24. NE146 8 25. chuckwalla 6 25. Raygunn 6 27. Fres 1 Edited June 24, 2012 by bigbee99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 A little note about this game. The "Input" menu shows Eight buttons for this game. I could only get 3 to work which should be find. It's a racing game, how many buttons can there be? And after looking up a pic of the cab I didn't see 8 buttons on it. Button 1 (left ctrl) is the gas. Button 3 (space) is the nitro. Button 4 (left shift) chooses the gear. I found that you start off in HIGH and you are in LOW when you are holding the button down. I'm playing it .106 so this may have changed B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) Anyone having trouble with this one? Seemed kind of quiet today. Maybe it was just Father's Day and all. I'll kick it off. 389,620 B Edited June 18, 2012 by bigbee99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 My controller just broke. The main button has gone flakey. I have another one, but it sucks. Hopefully I can work around it. I tried setting up the MAME controls for Hard Drivin' once but couldn't figure out how to get it to work. I hope I can get the controls working for this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 My controller just broke. The main button has gone flakey. I have another one, but it sucks. Hopefully I can work around it. I tried setting up the MAME controls for Hard Drivin' once but couldn't figure out how to get it to work. I hope I can get the controls working for this game. I'm just using a keyboard. I'll break out a controller for platform games sometimes to give me that console feel but that is about it. I'll add to the list from before. Button 1 (left ctrl) is the gas. Button 2 (left alt) break Button 3 (space) is the nitro. Button 4 (left shift) hold for low gear I'll give it until tomorrow evening to see if everyone can get it set up. If not I can pitch it and break the die back out to choose something else. It's a pretty cool game though. I improved some. I am having trouble getting my initials in at the high score screen though. I've had that problem before with racing games that use a wheel. Even Pole Position was tricky for me 461,800 B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I'm sure I'll figure it out. The controls for this game seem simpler than Hard Drivin'/Race Drivin'. Don't let me stop you from playing any racing games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Controls seem fine to me, easier than Pole Position. 309.060 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 First try. Just trying to get the controls set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I'm using MAME .135. There are still 8 buttons. I think button 8 is some kind of brake or a repeat of the break...not sure. For now I'm just using the four buttons you've mapped above. If anyone discovers what buttons 5-8 are for, please let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) Can't say I'm a huge fan of this game. What was the competition like in 1987? Outrun (1986) and Roadblasters (1987)? I remember seeing/playing those games, but I've never seen Top Speed before. I think I'd rather play Turbo, even on the ColecoVision, honestly. Also, I scored 192,290 on my second try. BTW, does it seem like just about every arcade game has a 68000 CPU + Z80 coprocessor like the Genesis and Neo Geo? Edited June 18, 2012 by BillyHW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Cool guys. Glad it see it's up and running. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Can't say I'm a huge fan of this game. What was the competition like in 1987? Outrun (1986) and Roadblasters (1987)? I remember seeing/playing those games, but I've never seen Top Speed before. I think I'd rather play Turbo, even on the ColecoVision, honestly. It's a pretty quick game at least. You can sit down and play a few rounds in 15 or 30 mins. I'm wondering if it's game over at the end of the 5th stage or if it loops. I would think it would be game over. I guess I could check around MARP or TGI for some play backs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) 630,360 I'm getting over 200k by the end of the 1st stage now. At the end of the stages, you get 10k for each second you have left on the timer. And check out my initials. I'm getting closer and closer to "BYL." B Edited June 18, 2012 by bigbee99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 630,360 I'm getting over 200k by the end of the 1st stage now. At the end of the stages, you get 10k for each second you have left on the timer. And check out my initials. I'm getting closer and closer to "BYL." B BYL? Not following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 630,360 I'm getting over 200k by the end of the 1st stage now. At the end of the stages, you get 10k for each second you have left on the timer. And check out my initials. I'm getting closer and closer to "BYL." B BYL? Not following. That's my initials Brandon Y LeCroy B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyy119 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Dont remember this one at all and dont think ive ever played it in mame either, will give it a go but im not good at driving games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I finally made it to stage 2 203,770 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 274,510 I remember when I submitted an .inp to MARP, I'd just been playing for the heck of it. I'd had no idea I'd finish. Hopefully next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Top Speed - 73,640 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 After the kids went to bed I decided to give it a few more tries. This time I recorded it. inp is below. There was some luck involved on a few blind turns but I did make it to the 5th stage. I came up 2k short of Twin Galaxies' record. 723,050 B BYLtopspeed723050.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 217,090. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 329,890 Not much of a fan, if I'm being completely honest. Maybe if I could get the analog controls to work, but I can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I came up 2k short of Twin Galaxies' record. 723,050 Top score BB, tough luck about the TG record though... I finally made it through Stage 3. 537,400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Man I suck at these games. Not a fan either. It seems that I always understeer or oversteer. I think my favourite arcade racing games were Virtua Racing, Daytona 3 (or was it 2?), and Suzuka 8-hours. Daytona USA on Saturn was fun too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 If you are a fan of both Rad Racer and Turbo Out Run, you're going to have a blast with this one!! The steering is different from Pole Position. IT is done, like B said, on a keyboard/hand controller/arcade platform. The controls are carried out quite different from its main competitor Out Run. Which separates it somewhat. Out Run is a much better game though, IMO. I couldn't sign my name in at all. It would only alternate between A and the & sign. 752,180 I almost made it to the end. I was on the homestretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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