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TAITO F1 SYSTEM HARDWARE
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HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
Main CPU : MC68000 @ 12MHz
Sound CPU : Z80 @ 4MHz
Sound chip : YM2610
Tilemap Generator : TC0100SCN
Video resoution : 320x224

Hardware Features : The main board supports three 64x64 tiled scrolling background planes of 8x8 tiles, and a powerful sprite engine capable of handling all the video chores by itself (used in e.g. Super Space Invaders). The front tilemap has characters which are generated in RAM for maximum versatility (fading effects etc.).
The boards can have additional gfx chip e.g. for a zooming/rotating tilemap, or additional tilemap planes, see individual games for descriptions of each one.
Emulators : MAME


KNOWN TAITO F1 SYSTEM GAME LIST
Cameltry
Dead Connection
Don Doko Don
Drift Out / Drive Out
Euro Champ '92
Hat Trick Hero / Football Champ
Metal Black
Pu.Li.Ru.La
Thunder Fox


Cameltry
1989
Expansion Board : Uses 2 x TC0280GRD graphic chips which provide both sprite rotation and sprite zooming
Cameltry Cameltry
 

Dead Connection
1992
Expansion Board : Uses a TC0480SCP graphic chip which provides four graphic layers with sprite zooming capabilities
Dead Connection Dead Connection
Flyers : Normal Flyer
Magazine reviews : C+VG Oct '92 - SU Oct '92
 

Don Doko Don
1989
Expansion Board : Uses 2 x TC0280GRD graphic chips which provide both sprite rotation and sprite zooming
Don Doko Don Don Doko Don
Flyers : Normal Flyer
 

Drift Out / Drive Out
Visco - 1991
Expansion Board : Uses a TC0430GRW graphic chip which provides both sprite rotation and sprite zooming
Drift Out / Drive Out Drift Out / Drive Out
Drift Out / Drive Out Drift Out / Drive Out
Magazine reviews : SU Jan '92
 

Euro Champ '92
1992
Expansion Board : Uses a TC0480SCP graphic chip which provides four graphic layers with sprite zooming capabilities
Euro Champ '92 Euro Champ '92
Flyers : US Flyer - UK Flyer
 

Hat Trick Hero / Football Champ
1990
Expansion Board : Uses a TC0480SCP graphic chip which provides four graphic layers with sprite zooming capabilities
Hat Trick Hero / Football Champ Hat Trick Hero / Football Champ
Hat Trick Hero / Football Champ Hat Trick Hero / Football Champ
Flyers : Football Champ Flyer - Hat Trick Hero Flyer - Alternate Flyer
Sequels : Hattrick Hero '93 / Taito Cup Finals (1992) - Hattrick Hero '94 / International Cup '94 (1994) - Hattrick Hero '95 / Taito Power Goal (1994)
 

Metal Black
1991
Expansion Board : Uses a TC0480SCP graphic chip which provides four graphic layers with sprite zooming capabilities
Metal Black Metal Black
Flyers : Normal Flyer
 

Pu.Li.Ru.La
1991
Expansion Board : Uses a TC0430GRW graphic chip which provides both sprite rotation and sprite zooming
Pu.Li.Ru.La Pu.Li.Ru.La
Notes : Worthy of a mention for being THE oddest game ever made, try it and you`ll see what I mean, it's that strange...
 

Thunder Fox
1990
Expansion Board : Uses an extra TC0100SCN, this doubled the number of standard graphic layers
Thunder Fox Thunder Fox
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Normal Flyer
Pictures : Kit Picture
PCB : Picture
 

 

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