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Tiger-Heli 1985 Taito

1985

Tiger-Heli (c) 1985 Taito.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Board Number : GX-551 (not a Konami board!)
Prom Stickers : A47
Main CPU : (2x) Z80, M68705
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 280 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

>>> TRIVIA
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Developed by Toaplan.
This is the first shooter to use a 'Megabomb'.
Pony Canyon released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Kyukyoku Tiger : G.S.M. Taito 2 - D28B0008) on 21/11/1988.

>>> GAME UPDATES
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Bootlegs don't uses the M68705 @ 2 Mhz :-)

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* 10,000 Points Bonus : At the start of the game, count your shots until arriving at the first railroad. If you've counted every 16 shots (16, 32, 48, 64 ...), a little car should enter the screen on the right side. Destroy it with next shot to get a 10,000 points bonus. There are similar cars throughout the game, but making them appear is a mystery.
* A Second 10,000 Points Bonus : Near the beginning there is a 'school house' with a red drum on the top. If you hit the red drum enough times, you'll get a 10,000 points bonus.
* Second Chance : If you get shot soon after starting a new game, the game will often let you off and just fire a super bomb instead.
* Warp : Lose your first player without scoring any points (make sure the second chance super bomb doesn't hit anything). The game puts you forward to a railway where a car will appear that can be shot for 10,000 points.
* Hint : Blast everything. Civilian cars and houses, etc, all give 50 points each.

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Music & sound created by : Tatsuya Uemura

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1986)
Sony PlayStation (1996, 'Toaplan Shooting Battle 1')
FM Towns Marty
* Computers :
Sharp X68000 (1993)

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.

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