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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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