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Through which the player controls interactions with objects andĬharacters. It was the first LucasArts game to be released for Microsoft Windows and the first to be distributed only on CD-ROM. It featured full motion video and action sequences, using LucasArts' INSANE animation engine, which was previously utilized in Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire. A remastered version of the game was developed by Double Fine Productions and was released in April 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, with later ports for the iOS and planned for the Xbox One.įull Throttle was LucasArts' eleventh adventure game overall and the tenth to use the company's in-house game engine, SCUMM. Set in the near future, the game's story follows Ben, the leader of a biker gang, who is framed for the murder of a beloved motorcycle manufacturing mogul and seeks to clear his and his gang's names. It was Schafer's first game as project lead and head writer andĭesigner, after having worked on other LucasArts titles including The Secret of Monkey Island (1990), Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991), and Day of the Tentacle (1993). The game was released on April 30, 1995, for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. Laurie Force says doctors didn't know if her husband would be able to walk again.Full Throttle is a graphic adventure video game developed by LucasArts and designed by Tim Schafer. They hit the throttle, and at 315 miles per hour, Force's rear tire exploded. Anything can go wrong."īut nothing could prepare him for the race against Kenny Bernstein in Dallas back in 2007. "I've been known to scream a time or two out of fear. "Motor explodes, body can fly, fire can come up in the cockpit," he says. "He just threw a flurry and was missing like crazy, but he was giving it his all."įorce rolled his car over on its roof trying to get to the finish line.Ĭatastrophic Collision At Texas Motorplexįorce says you never forget the close calls.
"He was like the boxer on the ropes, bloody and one last gasp of hope," Pedregon says. No matter what he did, Force couldn't beat Pedregon that year. Force had a nickname for Pedregon's McDonald's-sponsored car: "The Hamburger Stand From Hell." Pedregon first met Force during Pedregon's rookie year in 1992. Force climbs out of his car after winning at the 2006 Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif.įrom Montreal to Indianapolis, Force was unstoppable.Įven his rivals, including driver Cruz Pedregon, respected his tenacity.
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