Top Gun (Taito/Midway [8080bw hardware], 76)
The Taito licensed version of the Midway game Top Gun is a Most Wanted ROM.

Acrobat TV (Taito, 77)
In MAME under the name Circus/Acrobat TV.

Top Bowler (Taito, 78)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive

Trampoline (Taito/Exidy, 78)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
This Taito version of Exidy's "Trapeze" is a Most Wanted ROM.

Submarine (Taito/Midway [8080bw hardware], 79)
The Taito licenced version of the Midway game Submarine is a Most Wanted ROM.

Ball Park (Taito/Midway [8080bw hardware], 79)
This game is in MAME under the name Tornado Baseball/Ball Park.

Ball Park II (Taito [8080bw hardware], 79)

Picture taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
Does a Midway version exist?

Warp 1 (Taito (Sun Electronics?), 79)

Flyer pictures taken from Emulation Status
Previous information gave the manufacturer as Sun Electronics, however the flyer is from Taito. Same game?

Astro Zone (Taito [8080bw hardware], 80)

Astro Zone (Taito ["Safari" hardware], 80)

Speed Race GP V (Taito, 80)
Super Speed Race GP V (Taito, 80)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
Appears to be Turbo with a few graphics changes. Flyers exist for both games, and the only difference seems to be the cabinet - upright for Speed Race and cockpit for Super Speed Race. Flyers show the same pictures for both games.

Steel Worker (Taito, 80)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive

Tri-Attacker (Taito, 80)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive

Western Gun Part II (Taito, 80)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
"Western Gun 2" and "Indian Battle" are possibly the same game. Seems to be a clone of Sheriff.

Janputer (Taito/Sanritsu, 81)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
The original Sanritsu version as well as the Taito licensed version of "Janputer" is a Most Wanted ROM.

Black Widow (Taito [prototype], 81?)
Only about 50 made, first game on "Qix"/"Zookeeper" hardware, rights were sold to Atari who made a a different (vector) game from it.

Frog and Spiders (Taito, 81)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive

Jungle Boy (Taito [prototype], 82)
The prototype for "Jungle King".

Big Combat (Taito, 82)

Ultra Quiz (Taito, 83)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive

Outer Zone (Taito, 84)

Cosmopolis (Taito [ever finished/released?], 84)

Picture taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
Developed by Taito America, not the same as the Sun Electronics game.

Seafly / セアフリー (Taito, 84)

Picture taken from Japanese page. Thanks to Randy Hoffman for pointing it out.
Game where you race a boat and can shoot missiles at your opponents. Incidentally, the Japanese 'katakana' characters are supposed to sound out "Sea Fly" but instead sound much closer to "Say a Flea" - could this be where Taito started their trend of horrible English translation?!?

Rumba Lumber (Taito, 84)

Pictures courtesy of Bruneras!

Change Colors (Taito, 84)
A game similar to Q*Bert

Sky Destroyer (Taito, 85)

ShimaPong scans from a Japanese magazine.
Info from ShimaPong:
The picturs seem to be the same as the Famicom/NES version, but it's really from a report of the arcade version from the magazine Beep! Differences are that the number of player fighters is always displayed on the screen, and more importantly that the horizon slants just like After Burner!

Super Dead Heat (Taito, 85)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
Top-down view racing game for four players, with four screens.

Ping Pong King (Taito, 85)
From WHATSNEW.TXT:
Missing MCU simulation etc.

Wyvern F-0 (Taito, 85)

Picture scans from Deb and Emulation Status.

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive

Yuke Yuke Yamaguchi-kun (Taito, 85)
In MAME under the name Go Go Mr. Yamaguchi/Yuke Yuke Yamaguchi-kun.

Scramble Formation (Taito, 86)
In MAME under the name Tokio/Scramble Formation.

Panic Road (Taito, 86)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
From WHATSNEW.TXT:
Encrypted gfx, like Mustache Boy?
Info from Dox:
T5182 is probably used only for sound/coins. Gfx is encrypted (address/data line swap). Main cpu is V20. Gfx not decrypted yet (working on it), but at least boots.
Why it's not emulated (Randy Hoffman):
"Moustache Boy" and "Dark Mist" and "Panic Road" all use the Toshiba T5182 CPU, which is encrypted.

Cycle Shooting (Taito, 86)

WIP picture from Dox.

Pictures courtesy of Bruneras.
This game isn't playable because of unemulated protection.

Midnight Landing (Taito [AIR system], 87)
Top Landing (Taito [AIR system], 88)

Picture from MAME WIP (click for full size) and testdriver.

Pictures courtesy of Bruneras!
Air Inferno (Taito [AIR system], 90)
Pilot a helicopter and put out fires in skyscrapers, tankers, etc.

Pictures taken from Emulation Status.
Info from Brian Troha:
Taito AIR system games don't work because of lack of support (emulation) of the TMS 320C25 DSP.

Yukiwo (Taito?, 89)

Picture scans courtesy of Bryan!.
Yukiwo appears to be a slight variant of "Master of Weapon" which is supported in MAME. "Yukiwo" is mentioned in the attract mode, and the main programmer's name is Yukiwo Ishikawa. Maybe Taito thought naming the entire game after this guy was going too far? Anyway, the screenshots show the text "Yukiwo" and "Buster" instead of "Stock" and "Piercing" which are in Master of Weapon.

Racing Beat (Taito [Z system], 91)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
From WHATSNEW.TXT:
serious video emulation issues (raster irq?)

Sonic Blast Man Returns: Real Puncher (Taito)

Picture taken in an arcade in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Full size picture here.

Galactic Storm (Taito, 92)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive

2 Minute Drill (Taito, 93)
NFL football throwing game (with a real net and ball) that included a video screen.

Cyber Sterra (Taito [prototype or limited release?, 93)

Screenshots taken from Emulation Status.

Chase Bombers (Taito, 94)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive

Dangerous Curves (Taito, 95)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
Sit down cabinet for two players - one controls a motorcycle and the other controls a car.

Super Football Champ (Taito [FX-1a hardware], 95)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
Magical Date (Taito [FX-1a hardware], 96)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
Bad dump?
Fighters' Impact (Taito [FX-1b hardware], 96)

Pictures taken from Arcade Flyer Archive
Fighters' Impact Ace (Taito [FX-1b hardware], 97)

Densya de Go (Taito [JC System], 97)
Densya de Go EX (Taito [JC System], 97)
Densya de Go 2 (Taito [JC System], 97)
Densya de Go 2 EX (Taito [JC System], 97)
Side By Side (Taito [JC System], 97)
Landing Gear (Taito [JC System], 97)
From WHATSNEW.TXT
Will need 68040 and mc68hc11m0 emulation before its going to work.

Psychic Force 2012 (Taito, 97)

Wild Boy ([ever finished/released?])
Announced in a Taito newsletter, but no other evidence has been seen.

Parasol Stars (Taito [ever finished/released?], 89)
This game was simply the PC-Engine / Turbografx version in an arcade cabinet. I remember myself around the time of the system's US launch that a local arcade had Victory Run and Galaga '90 - both in a cabinet advertising the Turbografx-16 system. So the same must have been true of Parasol Stars.
Just for curiosity's sake, I was sent this page in Spanish which seems to say that a picture of the arcade version was found on Bubble Bobble HQ. Thanks to Pedro for the English translation.
More information from Sixtoe and R. Belmont:
[sixtoe] We know for sure that there was never a parasol stars arcade pcb now, it was a console in a cab used for location testing, this came from the programmers themselves.
[rbelmont] From the actual Taito programmers, incidentally, so that's 100% official info.
Info from Andy:
I remember seeing this game in Morcam, Lancashire, England a seaside resort in one of its many arcades. I know this does not help much. But it does prove it has been seen out there by at least one other person..

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