Bōken-Ou Topple

Bōken-Ou Topple is a game for Taito's IDYA motion ride hardware. The hardware features an enclosed cabinet which is able to tilt and move around in synchronization with the game footage. IDYA incorporated a laserdisc player for then-advanced prerendered CG footage along with a trackball controller to incorporate player inputs. This game's story features a space pirate theme, with players taking the role of the PPT anti-space pirate patrol as they face off against an evil space pirate in his spacefaring freighter. It features an unusual mixture of traditional animation and CGI; the ships and environments are fully prerendered 3D CGI, while all of the character animation is 2D. Players control the ship via the IDYA's trackball, using it to dodge in-game obstacles and to fire the ship's cannon. As this was an interactive game ride, not a traditional arcade cabinet, game rounds are brief; the full game and story sequence lasts only five minutes.