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GAME · 1995 · USA

Full Throttle

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Full Throttle is a 1995 adventure game. Its sound design mixed everyday gadgets with a Star Wars sample to voice the Corley hovercraft.

11 Interesting Facts About Full Throttle

Interesting Facts (8)

  1. #001

    Tim Schafer has said Full Throttle was once planned to include a sequence in which Ben takes a hallucinogenic trip brought on by peyote. The developers eventually cut it because they couldn't get it to "work out" with the publisher. The idea later became the foundation for Psychonauts.

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  2. #002

    According to Tim Schafer, the writers spent an entire day arriving at the name "Pre-regulation Destroyer-Class Solid Fuel Recoil-Booster" for the bike part used in one of the game's puzzles.

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  3. #003

    Ben's bike sound effects combined a lion's roar, a Bengal tiger's growl and a jet engine's whistle.

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  4. #004

    Tim Schafer has said that in the original story Maureen had a wealthy twin sister, Tina, and the two were to have a "prince-and-pauper" subplot in which they secretly swapped identities. Tina was ultimately cut from the storyline and Maureen stayed. Both characters took their names from real twin sisters Schafer was friends with in college.

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  5. #005

    The Cavefish bike's sound effects blended bees buzzing inside a jar, a Formula 1 engine, a dentist's drill, and a steel concrete saw under strain.

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  6. #006

    To build the Corley hovercraft's sound, the team blended a wah-wah pedal, a dust-buster, a hairdryer and the in-flight X-Wing from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).

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  7. #007

    Early in the bar scene, Ben says some joker took his keys. That "joker" was voiced by Mark Hamill, known for playing the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.

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  8. #008
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    Tim Schafer wanted an "action sequence" in which a character spots a villain in a reflective surface just as he is about to strike from behind. That notion grew into Maureen "specializing" in toaster repair and the scene in which she takes down Bolus.

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Easter Eggs & References (2)

  1. #009

    The knife game Emmett plays at the Kickstand is playable as a mini-game/Easter egg. Ben has to ask Emmett "Let me show you how to do that" 4 times and complete 2 passes to win; stabbing his hand too many times means losing.

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  2. #010

    Full Throttle, like numerous other LucasFilm and LucasArts titles, is packed with nods to Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). "Ben" was the alias Obi-Wan Kenobi went by, and Miranda says to Ben, "Help me, Ben! You're my only hope!" A close-up of Emmet's arm reveals a tattoo of the Imperial emblem, while one of the Rottwheelers has a Rebel Alliance emblem inked on his forehead. The Melonweed gas tower is modeled after the Millennium Falcon.

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Deeper Meaning (1)

  1. #011

    Tim Schafer first wanted Soundgarden to handle the soundtrack and was invited to preview the game for the band's label. After hearing the score, especially the police theme, one executive said it sounded like "porn".

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