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Super Dead Heat

Taito's four-screen monster of a racing game. Players select one of four different layouts for their monitor's worth of track, and collect power-ups to improve handling, acceleration, top speed, and body strength.

Staff Signatures#

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There are four names that replace the Taito logo on the high score screen with developer signatures. To enter these, the player must be rank 6 or lower. Enter the first two letters, then step on the gas while entering the third letter.

MTJ

JUN

TOR

HRS

Fukio Mitsuji

Jun Ishioka or Junji Yarita

Tohru Sugawara

Hiroshi Kawakami

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Graphics#

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An unused "programmer" graphic for the hidden credits.

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Two additional MTJ credits, found in the FG/BG and sprite banks respectively. There's no code to display these in-game.

(Source: Original TCRF research)