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Toaplan Co., Ltd.
Toaplan
Native name
株式会社東亜プラン
Romanized name
Kabushiki gaisha Tōapuran
Type Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Video games
FoundedApril 1979;44 years ago (April 1979)
FounderKiyoshi Motoyoshi
DefunctMarch 1994;29 years ago (March 1994)
Fate Bankruptcy
HeadquartersShimizu, Suginami, Tokyo
Area served
 Japan
Key people
Products Video games

Toaplan Co., Ltd. [lower-alpha 1] was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo responsible for the creation of a wide array of scrolling shooters and other arcade video games. The company was founded in 1979 but its gaming division was established in 1984 by former Orca and Crux employees, who wanted to make games, after both companies declared bankruptcy. Their first shoot 'em up game, Tiger-Heli (1985) on arcades, was a success and helped establish Toaplan as a leading producer of shooting games throughout the 1980s and 1990s that would continue to characterize their output.

Contents

Though initially exclusive to arcades, they expanded with the Sega Genesis in 1990. The company ceased development of shoot 'em up projects before declaring bankruptcy in 1994. Several offshoot developers such as Tamsoft, Eighting, CAVE, Gazelle, and Takumi Corporation were formed prior to and after the closure, while former members later joined to other studios such as Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, Square Enix and Taito. Toaplan has since earned recognition from critics, being called one of the greatest and most influential Japanese shoot 'em up developers and "master" of the scrolling shooter genre. [1] [2]

History

Toaplan was established in April 1979 but its gaming division was established by former Orca and Crux members. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Performan was created by most of the same team that previously worked on several projects at Orca and Crux before both companies declared bankruptcy, [17] [18] [19] [20] after which a group of employees from the two gaming divisions would go on to form Toaplan and among them were composers Masahiro Yuge and Tatsuya Uemura. [6] [10] [11] [12] [13]

In 1992, Yoshiyuki Kiyomoto stepped down from his position as CEO at Toaplan, with Taizo Hayashi now serving as the company's president. [21] [22] Toaplan provided consultance and advising to Raizing (now Eighting) during the development of Sorcer Striker , as well as licensing their arcade board to the company, since the president of the latter company previously served as an employee of the former. [23] [24] Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves served as one of the final projects to be developed by Toaplan, as the company ceased development of shoot 'em up games before their closure. [10] [25]

The company declared bankruptcy on March 31, 1994. [25] [26] Its closure led to the formation of several offshoot companies. [27] [28] Prior to Toaplan's closure in 1994, several former employees formed or were involved with multiple companies, many of which were dedicated to arcade shooters: [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] Tamsoft, Raizing, CAVE, Gazelle, and Takumi (who continued development of Twin Cobra II after Toaplan's closure).

The rights to nearly every Toaplan IP are currently owned by Tatsujin, a Japanese company formed by Yuge. [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] In 2019, Japanese company M2 announced that in 2020 they will release every game by Toaplan (excluding Mahjong Sisters and Enma Daiō) for consoles in Japan. [42] [43] [44] [45] In August 2022, Tatsujin was acquired by Embracer Group for a retro gaming focused operative group. [46]

Staff

Various individuals have been important figures in the history of Toaplan:

Games

Developed

YearTitleOriginal platform(s)PublisherCo-developer
1984Jongō Arcade SNK —
1985 Performan Arcade Data East —
Tiger-Heli Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation Taito, Romstar Micronics (NES), Gazelle (PS1)
JongkyōArcadeData East—
1986 Guardian ArcadeTaito, Kitkorp—
Slap Fight Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Thomson MO5, Thomson TO8, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Sega Mega Drive Taito Probe Software (CPC/ZXS), Imagine Software (C64), France Image Logiciel (MO5/TO8), Abersoft Limited (ST), M.N.M Software (SMD)
Mahjong Sisters ArcadeToaplan—
1987 Flying Shark Arcade, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS, X68000, FM Towns Taito, Romstar, ElectrocoinCatalyst Coders (C64), Graftgold (ZXS/CPC), Images Software (AGA/ST), Software Creations (C64/NES), Banana Development Corporation (DOS), Kaneko (X68K), Ving (FMT)
Wardner Arcade, Famicom Disk System, Sega Genesis TaitoDaiei Seisakusho (FDS), Dragnet (SG)
Twin Cobra Arcade, PC Engine, NES, Sega Genesis, X68000, FM Towns, PlayStationTaito, RomstarA.I Company (PCE), Micronics (NES), Graphic Research (SG), Inter State (X68K), Ving (FMT), Gazelle (PS1)
1988 Rally Bike Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, X68000Taito Visco Corporation (NES), SPS (X68K)
Truxton Arcade, Sega Genesis, PC EngineTaito, Midway Sting Entertainment (PCE)
1989 Hellfire Arcade, Sega Genesis, PC Engine Super CD-ROM² Taito, U.S.A. Games NCS Corporation (SG), NEC Avenue (PCE SCD-ROM²)
Twin Hawk Arcade, Sega Mega Drive, PC Engine, PC Engine CD-ROM² TaitoCenter Tech (PCE), NEC Avenue (PCE CD-ROM²)
Demon's World Arcade, PC Engine Super CD-ROM²Taito, Catalina GamesNEC Avenue (PCE SCD-ROM²)
Zero Wing Arcade, Sega Mega Drive, PC Engine CD-ROM² Namco, Williams Electronics —
Fire Shark Arcade, Sega GenesisToaplan, Romstar, Dooyong—
1990 Snow Bros. Arcade, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega DriveToaplan, RomstarDual (GB), Soft House (NES)
Out Zone Arcade Tecmo, Romstar, Toaplan—
1991 Teki Paki ArcadeTecmo, Honest Trading, Spacy—
Vimana ArcadeTecmo, Toaplan—
Ghox ArcadeTaito—
1992 Pipi & Bibi's ArcadeToaplan, Nova Apparate—
Truxton II Arcade, FM TownsToaplanVing (FMT)
FixEight ArcadeToaplan—
Dogyuun ArcadeToaplan—
1993 Grind Stormer Arcade, Sega GenesisToaplan Tengen (SG)
Knuckle Bash ArcadeToaplan, Atari Games —
Enma Daiō ArcadeTaito—
Batsugun Arcade, Sega Saturn Toaplan, Taito, Unite TradingGazelle (SS)
1994 Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves ArcadeHanafram—

Published

YearTitlePlatformDeveloperCo-PublisherRef.
1990 MUSHA Sega Genesis Compile Seismic [56] [57]
1991 Snow Bros. Nintendo Entertainment System Soft House Capcom [10] [58]

Cancelled

TitleGenrePublisher(s)Planned Release Date/Last Year Developed or MentionedNotes/Reasons
Batsugun sequelShoot 'em upToaplan1 May 2001 [59]
Untitled Sega System 1 gameAction Sega 1 June 2009 [10]
Dynamic Trial 7Racing, Vehicular combatToaplan1 June 2009 [10]
Teki Paki 2 Puzzle—1 June 2009 [10]
Genkai Chōsen DistopiaAction, Hack and slash, Platform—1 June 2009 [10] [60]
Tank da Don!!Platform, Run and gun—27 October 2011 [25]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 株式会社東亜プラン, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Tōapuran

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<i>Tiger-Heli</i> 1985 video game

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<i>Twin Cobra</i> 1987 video game

Twin Cobra, known as Kyukyoku Tiger in Japan, is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Toaplan and released for arcades in 1987 by Taito in Japan and Europe, then in North America by Romstar. It is a sequel to the 1985 arcade game Tiger-Heli. Controlling the titular attack helicopter, the players must fight endless waves of military vehicles while avoiding collision with their projectiles and other obstacles. It was the fourth shoot 'em up game from Toaplan, and their tenth video game overall. It was ported to multiple platforms, with each done by different third-party developers that made several changes or additions.

<i>Out Zone</i> 1990 video game

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<i>Flying Shark</i> 1987 video game

Flying Shark, known as Sky Shark in North America, is a 1987 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed by Toaplan and published by Taito in Japan, Romstar in North America and Electrocoin in Europe. Controlling the titular biplane, the players must fight endless waves of military vehicles while avoiding collision with their projectiles and other obstacles. The plane has a powerful bomb at its disposal that can clear the screen of enemies when fired. It was the third shoot 'em up game from Toaplan, and their eighth video game overall.

<i>Truxton</i> (video game) 1988 video game

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<i>Demons World</i> 1989 video game

Demon's World is a 1989 run and gun arcade video game originally developed by Toaplan and published in Japan by Taito and in North America by Catalina Games. In the game, players assume the role of two ghost hunters to fight against several ghosts and monsters that were unleashed upon Earth by the titular demon king. Initially launched for the arcades, the title was then ported to the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² by NEC Avenue and published exclusively in Japan on 26 February 1993, featuring various additions and changes compared with the original release.

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<i>Hellfire</i> (video game) 1989 video game

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<i>Grind Stormer</i> 1993 video game

Grind Stormer is a 1993 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Toaplan in Japan and North America. It is considered to be the spiritual successor to Slap Fight. Based around a video game within a video game concept, players assume the role of a young secret agent assigned by the government taking control of the NA-00 space fighter craft in an attempt to defeat the titular virtual reality simulator, rescue the abducted players who lost against it and unveil its true purpose.

<i>Truxton II</i> 1992 video game

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<i>Knuckle Bash</i> 1993 video game

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<i>Dogyuun</i> 1992 video game

Dogyuun is a 1992 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and published by Toaplan. Set on the colonized fictional planet of Dino in the future, where an alien race of metallic robots have invaded a police communication center and held its inhabitants as hostages, players assume the role of two fighter pilots taking control of the Sylfers bomber space fighter crafts in an revenge attempt to overthrow the invaders and free the surviving colonists after one of their comrades is killed by one of them during a reconnaissance assignment.

<i>Guardian</i> (1986 video game) 1986 video game

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<i>Performan</i> 1985 video game

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<i>Enma Daiō</i> 1993 video game

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<i>Mahjong Sisters</i> 1986 video game

Mahjong Sisters is a 1986 eroge mahjong arcade video game developed and published exclusively in Japan by Toaplan. In the game, the players face off against a group of three sisters in a series of mahjong matches. As of 2019, the rights to the title is owned by Tatsujin, a company founded in 2017 by former Toaplan member Masahiro Yuge and now-affiliate of Japanese arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia alongside many other Toaplan IPs.

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