ADG Episode 143 - Full Throttle

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Published on April 16, 2015 2:09:36 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvF9If003JM

Game:

Full Throttle (1995)

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Show

Duration: 15:46

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Originally Released: July 19th, 2014

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This game is often dismissed because as far as LucasArts inventory adventure games are concerned, it's one of the least impressive of them all... but it's still a VERY decent game all the same, even if a bit short.

The instructions for installing the DOS version from a Windows CD can be found further down in this video description.

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Additional Information and Corrections:

* Anyone else notice that the logo for both BioForge and Full Throttle have the same colour scheme in-game? :o

* Thanks to a fan I've found out that the Full Throtte / Dark Forces combo disc comes with the full verison of Full Throttle, but only a demo version of Dark Forces. :B

* Ben's last name is actually "Throttle", though this isn't mentioned anywhere in-game or in the manual or such. The reason was to avoid sparking a lawsuit related to the "Throttle" character from the series "Biker Mice from Mars".

* Oddly enough, I remember the combat playing worse than it actually does. I think it's possible the combat may run better emulated than on real hardware, but I have no idea if this is really the case or not. :o

* There's a new remastered version of this game available on GOG for $15! Basically it's the same game, but with all new HD artwork, meant to run on modern systems. If you want to check it out you can get it here: https://www.gog.com/game/full_throttle_remastered/?pp=91dfde1d6e005e422f64a59776234f1f4c80b5e4

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= = = Installing the DOS Version from a Windows CD = = =

If you attempt to just run the game directly from the CD data, saving won't function. If you attempt to run the THROTTLE.EXE launcher without mounting everything properly, it'll just complain about not being able to find the CD. Thus in order to get the DOS version of Full Throttle working from the Windows CD, follow these steps:

1. Create an empty folder to install the game to. You can name it anything, let's call it "FT". In this folder, create two more folders. One should be named "THROTTLE", the other can be named anything you want, let's call it "CD".

2. In the "FT\CD" folder, copy in the "RESOURCE" folder from the actual Full Throttle CD. Don't just grab the contents of the folder, grab the folder too.

3. From inside the "FT\CD\RESOURCE" folder, copy all of the EXE files to the THROTTLE folder you created earlier. I don't actually know if it's necessary to copy all of them, but you need IMUSE.EXE, THROTTLE.EXE and DOS4GW.EXE for sure. :P

4. Launch DOSBox and make the following mounts:
mount c "c:\FT"
mount d "c:\FT\CD" -t cdrom -label THROTTLE

5. Go into the THROTTLE directory on the mounted C drive, run THROTTLE.EXE and the game should not only run properly, but more importantly, you should be able to save your game!

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