Line #3 Creator/Toaplan


1	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Toaplan_logo_3558.png]]
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3	Toaplan Co., Ltd. (aka Toa Plan) 『東亜プラン』 was a Japanese company which developed arcade games, mostly {{Shoot Em Up}}s, from 1984 to 1994.
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5	Most of Toaplan's earlier games were distributed by {{Creator/Taito}}. Their later shoot-em-ups put more and more bullets on the screen, culminating in ''Batsugun'', the TropeMaker for BulletHell shooters.
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7	After Toaplan's demise, many of its employees went to {{Creator/CAVE}}, Creator/EightingRaizing, Takumi and Gazelle. The rights to Toaplan's games are now property of [[http://tatsujin.tokyo/ TATSUJIN]] (a company named after the Japanese version of ''Truxton''), so [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes/{{Rescued}} stay tuned for modern ports of them]]. TATSUJIN itself would later be acquired by Embracer as part of a mass buyout of existing game companies.
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9	In 2021, Creator/{{M2}} began porting Toaplan games to Platform/PlayStation4 and Platform/NintendoSwitch under the ''Toaplan Arcade Garage'' series, a sub-series of the ''[=M2 ShotTriggers=]'' lineup. M2 have stated that they plan to port almost every arcade Toaplan release.
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11	Bitwave is additionally [[https://youtu.be/B0w9v2-DpxY porting some of the Toaplan games to PC]]; the first batch of games was released on February 14, 2023, and includes ''[=OutZone=]'', ''Truxton'', ''Twin Cobra'', and ''Zero Wing''. [[https://twitter.com/u_brand_/status/1560457090455310336?t=gcOapxj6ALn6xjEGf6pUlw&s=19 Tatsuya Uemura]] (who founded TATSUJIN), [[https://twitter.com/hor11/status/1560204365348347904 Naoki Horii]] (president of M2), and [[https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=1500727#p1500727 Martin Lindell]] (senior advisor for Embracer) have reassured fans that the Embracer buyout will not affect the existing ''Toaplan Arcade Garage'' pipeline, and that M2 is still in charge of it.
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13	In 2022, Blaze Entertainment started releasing ''Toaplan Arcade'' CompilationRerelease cartridges for their Platform/{{Evercade}} line of retro game consoles and handheld systems. The first volume was released on December 14, 2022, while the second volume was released on April 28, 2023.
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15	The Taito Egret II Mini microconsole features ports of some of Toaplan's games, in particular ''Twin Cobra'' and ''Truxton''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8InjN5uCs The Astro City V microconsole]] by Creator/{{SEGA}} also features modern ports of many of Toaplan's games[[labelnote:Which ones]]''Truxton'', ''Fire Shark'', ''[=OutZone=]'', ''Truxton II'', ''Dogyuun'', ''V-V'', ''Batsugun''[[/labelnote]]. It was released in July 2022.
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17	In December 2021, a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for the documentary ''ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO TOAPLAN''[[note]]named after the "All your base are belong to us" meme from ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''[[/note]] was [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/josephmpierce/all-your-base-are-belong-to-toaplan launched]], with Joseph Pierce as director, Ilya Kay (known for his Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/c/ShmupJunkie/ Shmup Junkie]]) as co-director, Mark Bussler (of ''WebVideo/ClassicGameRoom'' fame) as the narrator for the English-language version, and former Toaplan staff member Tatsuya Uemura as advisor. The campaign raised ¥12,993,485 out of its ¥8,500,000 goal and is projected for a 2024 release.
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19	In September 2023, 20 years after the release of ''Batsugun'', TATSUJIN announced a new game in the form of ''Truxton Extreme'' (''Tatsujin Extreme'' in Japan), a sequel to ''Truxton II'' for the Platform/PlayStation5.
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22	!!Games developed by Toaplan:
23	[[index]]
24	[[AC:Shoot 'em ups]]
25	* ''VideoGame/{{Batsugun}}''
26	* ''VideoGame/{{Dogyuun}}''
27	* ''Final Star Force''
28	* ''VideoGame/FireShark'' (also known as ''Shark! Shark! Shark!'')
29	* ''VideoGame/SkyShark'' (also known as ''Flying Shark'')
30	* ''VideoGame/{{Fixeight}}''
31	* ''VideoGame/Hellfire1989''
32	* ''VideoGame/OutZone''
33	* ''Performan''
34	* ''Slap Fight'' (known in North America as ''ALCON'')
35	* ''VideoGame/TigerHeli''
36	* ''Truxton'' (known in Japan as ''TATSUJIN'')
37	** ''Truxton II'' (known in Japan as ''Tatsujin-ou'')
38	* ''VideoGame/TwinCobra'' (known in Japan as ''Kyuukyoku Tiger'')
39	* ''Twin Hawk''
40	* ''V-V'' (pronounced "Vee Five", known outside Japan as ''VideoGame/GrindStormer'')
41	* ''Vimana''
42	* ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''
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44	[[AC:Other games]]
45	* ''VideoGame/DemonsWorld''
46	* ''Guardian'' (known in Japan as ''Get Star'')
47	* ''VideoGame/KnuckleBash''
48	* ''Rally Bike''
49	* ''VideoGame/SnowBros''
50	* ''VideoGame/TekiPaki''
51	* ''VideoGame/{{Wardner}}''
52	[[/index]]
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54	!! ''Toaplan Arcade Garage'' rereleases:
55	# ''Kyukyoku Tiger Heli'' (October 28, 2021)
56	** ''Tiger Heli'' (Arcade, Famicom, and NES versions)
57	** ''Twin Cobra'' (1P arcade ''Kyukyoku Tiger'', 2P arcade ''Kyukyoku Tiger'', arcade ''Twin Cobra'', PC Engine, Famicom, NES, JP Mega Drive, and Genesis versions)
58	** ''Guardian'' (Arcade ''Guardian'' and arcade ''Get Star'' versions)
59	# ''Hishou Same! Same! Same!'' (April 28, 2022)
60	** ''Sky Shark'' (Arcade ''Hishouzame'', arcade ''Sky Shark'', arcade ''Flying Shark'', and NES versions)
61	** ''Fire Shark'' (1P arcade ''Same! Same! Same!'', 2P arcade ''Same!'', arcade ''Fire Shark'', JP Mega Drive ''Same!'', and Genesis versions)
62	** ''Wardner'' (Arcade ''Wardner no Mori'', arcade ''Wardner'', arcade ''Pyros'', and FDS versions)
63	# ''Zero Fire'' (July 20, 2023)
64	** ''Zero Wing'' (1P & 2P arcade, PC Engine CD-ROM[[superscript:2]], JP & EU Mega Drive versions)
65	** ''Hellfire'' (1P & 2P arcade, PC Engine CD-ROM[[superscript:2]], JP Mega Drive, and Genesis versions)
66	** ''Demon's World'' / ''Horror Story'' (Arcade 'A' and 'B and PC Engine CD-ROM[[superscript:2]] versions)
67	* ''Teki Paki'' (October 28, 2021) - A free download comes with every purchase of a ''Toaplan Arcade Garage'' title.

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