The Tin Star

The Tin Star
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Platform: Arcade (Taito SJ system) Released internationally: December 1983 This game has hidden developer credits. This game has unused text.

The Tin Star (The definite article is important; this game does not contain robots or any character by the name of Tiny Johnson) is yet another action game set in the Wild West. Shoot bandits, varmints, etc. Remember: Move with the joystick, aim with the knob.

Original Title

Text and code for an older title screen, back when it was called "Gun Fighter", is still in the game but is dummied out by a JP opcode. Put the following code in MAME's tinstar.xml cheat file to see the early title screen:

  <cheat desc="Old Title">
    <script state="run">
      <action>maincpu.mb@13D3=CD</action>
      <action>maincpu.mb@1595=C9</action>
      <action>maincpu.mw@19E2=0000</action>
      <action>maincpu.mb@19E4=00</action>
    </script>
    <script state="off">
      <action>maincpu.mb@13D3=C3</action>
      <action>maincpu.mb@1595=C8</action>
      <action>maincpu.mw@19E2=2BCD</action>
      <action>maincpu.mb@19E4=13</action>
    </script>
  </cheat>

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Developer Credits

This string is at the very end of the main CPU at 0x7FCB:

1983 COMPUTER SERVICE
PROGRAMMED BY T.I & H.F

(Source: MAME's History.dat file)