<s>
Full	B-Application
Throttle	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Top	O
Speed	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
one-player	O
racing	O
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
in	O
style	O
to	O
the	O
Out	B-Application
Run	I-Application
games	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
features	O
a	O
fast	O
,	O
red	O
car	O
hurtling	O
through	O
the	O
US	O
countryside	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Full	B-Application
Throttle	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Top	O
Speed	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
Full	B-Application
Throttle	I-Application
and	O
Top	O
Speed	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
Hiroyuki	O
Sakou	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
Taito	O
's	O
Operation	B-Application
Thunderbolt	I-Application
a	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
billboards	O
in	O
Full	O
Throttle/Top	O
Speed	O
are	O
plugs	O
for	O
other	O
Taito	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Operation	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
and	O
Plump	O
Pop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
billboards	O
in	O
Full	O
Throttle/Top	O
Speed	O
features	O
two	O
detectives	O
who	O
are	O
obvious	O
references	O
to	O
Sonny	O
Crockett	O
and	O
Ricardo	O
Tubbs	O
from	O
Miami	B-Application
Vice	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taito	O
released	O
the	O
similar	O
Chase	B-Application
H.Q.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Full	B-Application
Throttle	I-Application
on	O
their	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
1987	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
most-successful	O
upright	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clare	O
Edgeley	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
gave	O
Top	O
Speed	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
favorably	O
to	O
Out	B-Application
Run	I-Application
and	O
stating	O
"	O
it	O
must	O
rank	O
amongst	O
the	O
top	O
as	O
a	O
realistic	O
racing	O
game	O
with	O
great	O
graphics	O
and	O
smooth	O
handling.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
User	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
rated	O
Full	B-Application
Throttle	I-Application
five	O
out	O
of	O
ten	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Out	B-Application
Run	I-Application
and	O
comparing	O
it	O
unfavorably	O
to	O
Sega	O
's	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
