Full Throttle

<strong>Full Throttle</strong> is a computer adventure game created by Tim Schafer. The game features voice actors Roy Conrad and Mark Hamill. It was developed in-house and released by LucasArts on April 30, 1995. It is the tenth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine. <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/cmlogo.jpg" border="0" /><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/corleyarts.jpg" border="0" /><div style="text-align: center;"> Players view Ben, the protagonist, in third-person. Using the mouse, players click the left button to move him and hold it over certain objects to view their interactive options; a graphic menu rendered as a flaming skull displays a fist ("use", "grab" or "hit"), eyes ("examine"), tongue ("speak" or "taste") and boot ("kick"). After the menu appears, the player then selects one of these icons for the desired interaction. The inventory of collected tools or weapons is invoked by right-clicking anywhere on the screen. It also contains portions where the player is required to drive, combating enemy bikers with punches and kicks, and later chains, planks, and other crude weapons. Dialogue plays a large part in the game, during which story elements and information necessary to advance are presented. Several choices of dialogue are presented in certain situations, allowing players to choose the path of conversation and ultimately advance the scene by selecting the right choice of words (something common in several LucasArts adventure games of the era). <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/ripburger_.jpg" border="0" /><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/nestor_2.jpg" border="0" /><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/bolus_2.jpg" border="0" /><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/miranda_2.jpg" border="0" /><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/mo_2.jpg" border="0" /><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/ben_.jpg" border="0" /><!--center--></div> The game, somewhat in contrast to other SCUMM engine games, may present situations where the player can die. During some sequences, it is possible to make a wrong choice of action, or react too slow, resulting in killing the main character. Such events are followed with Ben's voiceover ("Let me try that again" or "Damn"), after which the sequence starts over to allow the player to retry. There are no "lives" nor "game over" messages in Full Throttle and players may retry as often as necessary to advance. Full Throttle was released only on CD-ROM, featuring a full voiceover soundtrack. The project was led by Day of the Tentacle creator Tim Schafer, who was also its writer and designer. It was also one of the few LucasArts games to use externally recorded music, courtesy of The Gone Jackals. Certain tracks from their album, Bone to Pick, were featured in the game. Full Throttle employed several skilled voice acting professionals, such as Roy Conrad, Kath Soucie, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Hamilton Camp, Steven Jay Blum and Mark Hamill. Full Throttle was the first computer game to employ mostly SAG-registered professional voice actors instead of relying entirely on in-house talent, and also featured a few pieces of licensed music. <div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/qj_1s_X3I-0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qj_1s_X3I-0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/cn1KR8CXj1w&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cn1KR8CXj1w&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/xjqAN72DoyU&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xjqAN72DoyU&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><!--center--></div> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Throttle_%281995_video_game%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Throttle_%281995_video_game%29</a><!--center--></div><!--center--></div>