Full Throttle
Developer(s)	LucasArts
Publisher(s)	LucasArts
Designer(s)	Tim Schafer
Engine	SCUMM v7, INSANE
Release date(s)	May, 1995
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (13+)
Platform(s)	DOS, Mac
Media	CD (1)
System requirements	486DX/33MHz CPU, 8MB RAM, 1MB Hard disk space, 256 colour VGA, DOS 5.0

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Plot

The story focuses on Ben, the leader of a biker gang called the Polecats. He is approached in a bar by Malcolm Corley, the CEO and founder of the last domestic motorcycle manufacturer in the country, Corley Motors. When he declines an offer, he is knocked out and thrown in a dumpster by the sinister vice president of Corley Motors, Adrian Ripburger, who seems to have designs on taking over the company. He attempts to link up with the Polecats, whom Ripburger has coerced into escorting Corley and himself to the annual shareholder's meeting. Along the way, he meets a female mechanic named Mo, who later is revealed to be Corley's illegitimate daughter.

Ben finds his gang in time to witness Ripburger murder Corley and pin the murder on the Polecats. A fugitive, he is forced to cross the desert to find a way to clear his name, save his gang, and prevent Ripburger from turning Corley Motors into a minivan producer. He crosses paths with a number of other motorcycle gangs: the speed addicted Vultures (of whom Mo used to be a member), the brutish Rottwheelers and the enigmatic Cavefish. He arrives at the shareholders meeting in time to catch Ripburger announcing his new control of and plan for the company. He and Mo expose Ripburger as the murderer, and broadcast the last will and testament of Malcolm Corley, who names Mo as the rightful successor to his company. Ben is able to free his gang, and the game ends with Ben and his gang riding off into the sunset. The game was admired for its polished look and involving storyline; its only major criticism was that it was of insufficient length.

Full Throttle running in ScummVM.

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Technical information

The game 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, and featured the vocal talents of Roy Conrad (as Ben) and Mark Hamill (as Ripburger)— known to be a consistent contributor to LucasArts' games. It was also one of the only LucasArts games to use externally recorded music, courtesy of the Gone Jackals. Certain tracks from their then current album, Bone to Pick, were featured in the game. The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (DoTT) is a graphical adventure game, originally released in 1993, and published by LucasArts. ... Tim Schafer in 2005 speaking at the DICE summit in Las Vegas. ... Roy Conrad (1940-2002) was an actor and voice actor, more commonly known among the LucasArts fandom as the voice of Ben Whatisname in the game Full Throttle. ... Mark Hamill Mark Hamill (born September 25, 1951 in Oakland, California) is an American actor and voice actor. ... The Gone Jackals is a hard rock and roll band, based in San Francisco, California. ...

In 2003, development on the sequel Full Throttle II: Hell on Wheels began. A video teaser was released and an interactive demo was shown at E3 that year, but shortly afterwards the game was cancelled. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This artical is about the Electronic Entertainment Expo. ...

Voice cast

Full Throttle employed plenty of skilled voice acting professionals, such as Kath Soucie, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Hamilton Camp 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. Kath Soucie (sometimes credited as Souci) is a prolific voice actress, perhaps best known for her work as the voice of the twins Phil and Lil DeVille in the popular animated series Rugrats (and its subsequent spinoff All Grown Up!), her voicing of Kanga in the Walt Disney series of... Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor, born in Toronto. ... Tress MacNeille (born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actor who is best known for providing various voices on the animated television shows The Simpsons and Futurama. ... Hamilton Camp (October 30, 1934 - October 2, 2005) was a British/American singer, songwriter, and actor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also

• LucasArts adventure games

Before concentrating almost exclusively on Star Wars titles, LucasArts was known for their point-and-click adventure games, nearly all of which received high scoring reviews at the time of their release. ...

External links

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Ben Throttle

• Full Throttle at MobyGames
• Full Throttle at The Internet Movie Database
• The Kickstand fansite at The International House of Mojo
• ScummVM, an open-source tool to play Full Throttle on modern computers.
• The Gneech's Full Throttle page
• Lucasarts' Full Throttle: The Movie (Edited by VMGD)