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Vimana

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**Vimana** (ヴィマナ) is a vertical scrolling shooting arcade game released in 1991 by Toaplan, and licensed to Romstar for US distribution. In 2024 it was released digitally for PC on the Steam and GOG storefronts by Bitwave games.

The title "Vimana" is an Indian word that refers to a vehicle that can fly in the sky. The game was based on the orthodox shooting game world of spaceship battles, but also featured fantastic characters that reminded us of the mythological world of India.

## Story

Long time ago, there existed a very prosperous planet. However, over time it became subject to corruption, madness and social deterioration. Only a few of the planet's inhabitants were able to survive. These survivors decided to save their planet by fighting the despair that befell their planet. They entrusted their lives and sanctity to a saint fighter named "Vimana", a warrior of great justice.

## Gameplay

Use one lever in eight directions and two buttons (shot and circle bomb) to control the ship. The game features shots that can be accumulated and shot, circle bombs that rotate around the ship, and a low difficulty level. There are 6 stages, and the game repeats after the 6th stage.

## External Links

* Steam store page
* Bitwave Games
Iceman

**Iceman** (アイスマン) is one of the main characters of *Batsugun*.

## Story

Codenamed Skull Black, Iceman is a mercenary hired for money. He was born in a conglomerate's house and was sick from an early age, being kidnapped during medical treatment at a villa. A storm sank the ship on its way to a foreign island, where he spent eight years in the jungle. He was then rescued by a shipwreck and traveled to the New World, where he lived a terribly poor life. He continued to be ambitious and enlisted in the Navy when he became very rich. Although his life in the army became wealthy, he could not bear the awkwardness of his heart and was discharged.

Although he spends his time as a first-class businessman, when a revolution occurred and he heard the information of "the annihilation of the army", he decided to confront the revolutionary army with a sense of justice. However, few know the fact that there is a reward of 5 million credits behind it.

Born March 31st, 32 years old, AB type. He is 185 cm tall and weighs 80 kg. His hobby is playing with fire (?). When he takes off the sunglasses that are hard to take, ... His favorite food is chocolate parfait (I can't tell people even if my mouth is torn ...) and he doesn't like sour foods. His favorite color is jet black and his disliked color is pure white. His favorite animal is a monkey, and his disliked animal is the army ant (he seems to have a terrible experience). His favorite instrument is bass.
Huge Fortress B1-B2

**Huge Fortress B1-B2** is the fifth boss of *Twin Cobra*.

## Details

The Huge Fortress B1-B2 appears as a pair of fortified structures. They are completely immobile, with the six guns on the front shooting bullets forward while the guns on the back shoot bullet spreads. The boss is surrounded by Cannons and Manholes, while Tanks will constantly appear from the sides.
Performan

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**Performan** (パフォーマン) is a fixed screen action game developed by Toaplan and released by Data East in 1985 for arcades.

## Gameplay

Performan is a top-down action game played with a 4-way lever with 2 buttons. Performan can dive underground (button 1) or send boomerangs (button 2). Also, if the player catches a wandering ghost, it becomes invincible for 5 seconds.

Mecha Stones placed on the ground can be detonated by hitting them with a boomerang, hitting them with no boomerang and pressing the button 2, or by digging under them and dropping them. If the player kills many enemies at once with the blast, it will get a high score. If Performan is caught in the blast, it will not be able to move for a while.

When the Mecha Stone is blown up, a gift box will appear, and when the last gift box is taken, a P item will appear near the center. If the player collects it, Performan will be in the colored ball time, and by collecting the 4 colored balls coming out of the enemy base the player gets an extra life. However, it is not color ball time during the invincible time. If the player hits a boomerang on the face of the remaining plane display that comes down from above, it will get 500 points.

## Trivia

* There has been no home port of the game to date. In May 2017, "TATSUJIN Co., Ltd." (headed by Masatoshi Yuge, the main staff member of this game) was established to acquire the intellectual property management of Toaplan works, but this work is excluded from their "titles available for handling" list, implying they don't currently own the game's rights.
Olisis R. Gladebaran

**Olisis R. Gladebaran** (オリシス＝Ｒ・グレイドバラン) is one of the main characters of *Batsugun*.

## Story

Codenamed Skull Purple, Olisis is the real son (second son) of Reno Selva-A. Gladebaran, the leader of the Revolutionary Army. Feeling wrong with his father's arrogant way, he abandoned his family and joined the government army. He now confronts the Revolutionary Army to thwart his father's ambitions.

Born November 23, 20 years old, AB type. He is 178 cm tall and weighs 58 kg. His hobby is looking in the mirror! (-\_-; The policy is to always have a red rose. His favorite is lamb meat rare shishkebab steak, and he hates natto. (Hey, it ’s a mess, it ’s a story ...) His favorite color is purplish blue, and his disliked color is brown. His favorite animal is tropical fish (because he doesn't go against his owner) and his disliked animals are all hairy creatures. His favorite instruments are the violin, piano and pipe organ.
Dynamic Trial 7

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**Dynamic Trial 7** (ダイナミック・トライアル７), also known simply as **DT7**, is an unreleased combat racing game developed by Toaplan. Despite being heavily advertised and close to completion the game ended cancelled after failing location tests.

## Gameplay

DT7 is a top-down racing game, with the player being able to choose between seven different cars, each with its own unique weapons. Weapons have limited uses but can be replenished by picking up the corresponding item on the circuit, and can be used both to clear obstacles and hit other competitors. Two players can play simultaneously on one machine, with four players simultaneous play being possible by connecting two machines.
Rock Bubbles

**Rock Bubbles** (ロックバブルス) is the final boss from *Snow Bros.*

## Details

Rock Bubbles appears as a pair of stone heads. Each of them stays on one side of the screen, constantly spitting bubbles which sometimes contain Hegeras inside, though they can also contain bombs or items. The bubbles will float upwards and pop up on the spikes at the top of the screen, dropping down what was inside them.
ZIG-01

**ZIG-01** is the player ship from *Zero Wing*.

## Overview

The ZIG-01 is a super dimensional space fighter developed by the Galactic Space Federation, possessing unrivaled ferocity despite its cute appearance. Though not particularly strong it compensates by coming equipped with the Zero Wings, option devices which follow it and both protect the ship from damage and add to its firepower.
Mahjong Sisters

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**Mahjong Sisters** (麻雀シスターズ) is an arcade strip mahjong game developed by Toaplan and released in 1986 for arcades.

## Gameplay

*Mahjong Sisters* plays much like other mahjong simulators. The player can choose between three girls at the start of the game, with the game's main objective being to beat them at a mahjong match and get them undressed.

* The eldest, Sayuri. Her hair color is blue, her skirt is green, and her feet are bare from the beginning.
* Yukari, the second daughter. Her hair is pink and her skirt is blue. Her face is not so innocent for a second daughter, and she wears a garter belt on her legs.
* Megumi, the third daughter. Her hair color is orange, her clothes and skirt are red, and she wears socks.

When a player's score is in the stream and the game is Tenpai, the following games will be played.

* Undersea Game: A game in which the player has to guess the winning tile from 5 tiles.
* Baseball Fist Game: Play Yakyuken. If the other player loses in the rock-paper-scissors game, an "ARE?" is played to indicate that you have won.

## Trivia

* Unlike most of Toaplan's games, the credit counter is four digits instead of the usual two or one digits.
Rally Bike

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**Rally Bike**, known as **Dash Rascal** (ダッシュ野郎) in Japan, is an arcade racing game released in 1988. It was developed by Toaplan and distributed by Taito. Romstar would also license this game for US distribution.

Rally Bike was ported and released for the Family Computer and the NES in 1990 and the Sharp X68000 in 1991. A Mega Drive version was also planned for release, but was cancelled.

## Gameplay

The player controls an motorcycle with an eight-way lever and two buttons (gas pedal and brake). The game is over if the player fails to exceed the qualifying rank for each stage at the finish line, or if the motorcycle runs out of fuel and stops (the motorcycle gradually slows down when it runs out of fuel, but the goal can be reached in the meantime). There are eight stages in total, including the six main stages and two bonus games.

The fuel tank is full at the start of the game, being consumed automatically while driving. The player can refuel by coming into contact with gas stations and items along the way. However, if you enter a gas station, you will lose your ranking.

Items are dropped onto the course from the sky by a helicopter during the race:

* Gas (GAS): Gives you a little extra fuel.
* Turbo (TURBO): Increases the maximum speed (2 levels). In some stages, you need to get this early in the race and have no accidents to be in first place.
* Helper (HELPER): Two motorcycles are mounted on either side of your motorcycle. Contact from both sides can destroy other vehicles.
* Bonus (1000 POINT): Increase your score by 1000 points.

### Bonus Game

A race with a time limit of 60 seconds. An helicopter is always on the course, dropping items and medals one after another. The race ends when the helicopter runs out of fuel (even if the time is up, the helicopter will be forced to run out of fuel) or crashes, and bonus points are awarded to advance to the next stage.

Bonus points are determined by the distance traveled and the number of medals picked up. For each medal picked up, the player receives a medal bonus of "(2 + the number of times the car has won) x 50" and a driving bonus of up to 9000 points depending on the distance traveled.

In addition, the bonus game itself has overtaking points (each time you overtake an enemy, your score goes up).

## Stages

The game has a total of eight stages:

* San Francisco
* Los Angeles
* Bonus Game 1
* Phoenix
* Denver
* Bonus game 2
* Boston
* New York City
FixEight

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**FixEight** (フィグゼイト -地獄の英雄伝説, *FixEight -Legend of the Heroes of Hell-*) is a top-down run and gun arcade game developed by Toaplan in 1992, and distributed by Taito. In 2024 it was released digitally for PC on the Steam and GOG storefronts by Bitwave games.

It is a scrolling shooting game (vertical type) that follows the system of *Out Zone* produced by the company in 1990. The player can select from eight characters, and three players can play at the same time, which is rare for a shooting game.

## Story

The human race was on the verge of extinction due to the mysterious invader "Gods" who appeared from another dimension. As a last resort, the Galactic Federation government asked eight warriors imprisoned in the Asteroid Final Prison to destroy Gods. In exchange for their release from the prison, they were sent to the planet Fortune, where the Gods were based.

## Gameplay

The character is controlled by an 8-way lever and two buttons (shot and bomber). The shot can be fired continuously by holding it down. There is no time limit, but if the player stays in the same place, a permanent pattern-preventing character will appear from behind. The game consists of seven levels, and the game loops over and over again until the remaining time is zero.

### Weapons

Each character can equip three types of weapons.

* Weapon A: Weapon A is the weapon used at the start of the game. Attacks in the direction of the lever.
* Weapon B: Attacks forward regardless of the lever.
* Special: Special item (see below) can be used by obtaining a secret item. Attacks in the direction the lever is pressed.

Weapon A and Weapon B can be switched as many times as necessary by stepping on the "change plate" located throughout the stage. If you step on the plate while equipped with a special weapon, you will return to the equipment you were using until just before you got the secret. In addition, there is a scene in the third and sixth stages where the player fights on an air bike, and the weapon used in this scene is the machine gun equipped on the bike.

### Items

* P: Weapons will be powered up by one level. The maximum power-up is five.
* B: One additional bomber. Up to 10 bombers can be possessed. When you use a bomber, you become invincible for a certain period of time and shoot a powerful attack forward. When playing with multiple players, all players share the stock.
* Secret Item: An item in the shape of ? An item in the shape of a ? When taken, it gives either a special, speed-up, or shield, or a 5000 point bonus if you already have it. Any of the equipment will be lost if you make a mistake.
* Gold Stick: Bonus of 100 to 1000 points.
* Statue of the Goddess: Bonus of 5000 points. When clearing a stage, there is an additional bonus depending on the number of items taken.

## Characters

* Howard Young
* Lucy Pamela
* GX-026
* Cull Horn
* Vistario
* Hayate Zigragi
* Agatha Bordeaux
* Remlias L'Angelo

## External Links

* Steam store page
* Bitwave Games
Toaplan

**Toaplan Co. Ltd** (とうあプラン in Japan, and sometimes spelt Toa Plan) was a Japanese company that developed mainly shooting games for arcade use from 1984 to 1994. The company was headquartered in Shimizu, Suginami-ku, Tokyo. The development department was sometimes located in Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, and sometimes in Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.

## About The Company And It's History

After Orca went bankrupt, the software team that had been working at the company established Clax. When Clax went bankrupt again due to financial difficulties, some of the staff moved to Toa Planning, which was a distributor of arcade games, and created a game software division, which is said to be the reason for the birth of Toaplan. Toa Planning itself was established in April 1979. The original president was Yoshiyuki Kiyomoto, who retired in 1992 and was replaced by Taizo Hayashi of Comet, who also served as president.

The company restarted from an environment of game development in a condominium room, initially producing games as a subcontractor for other manufacturers, mainly Taito. The success of Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger in Japan) raised the company's name recognition, and once the development environment was ready, the company began releasing games under its own brand, starting with Hellfire. Taito continued to handle distribution.

The "Flying Tigers" series, which included "Tiger Heli" and "Flying Shark (called Sky Shark in the US, and Hishou Zame in Japan)" laid the foundation for the vertical scrolling shooter genre. With the advent of the shooting boom, the company produced a series of titles such as "Truxton II (Tatsujin Oh in Japan)" that appealed to players with a high level of difficulty, triggering a boom in high difficulty shooting games. However, this was one of the reasons for the decline in the number of regular players.

Toward the end of the period, the company released "Batsugun" and other action games, which were designed to appeal to beginners, instead of focusing exclusively on shooting games, which had been the company's forte. However, at a time when the popularity of video games was shifting to fighting games, it was difficult to say that the company was well accepted in the market.

The company went bankrupt in 1994, with its main staff establishing a few offshot companies, namely Gazelle, Raizing, Takumi and Cave, which continued to produce arcade games such as "DonPachi" and others. The company is often mentioned along with SNK, Data East, Compile, and Psikyo as representative of the many arcade game makers that disappeared from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. The rights to Toaplan's intellectual properties were acquired by Tatsujin Co. Ltd., a company founded by Masahiro Yuge.
Giulio Di Cesare

New York, New York, British America

### Occupation

Opera Singer (Boy Soprano) \*Singer \* Musician \* Songwriter \* Record Executive \* Soundtrack Composer \* Music Producer

### Children

Khe NguyenOctavio Di Cesare

Giulia Di Cesare

Cesario Di Cesare

## Musical Career

### Associated acts

Di Cesare Orchestra \* The Quinphonic Plethorum \* Prince Ratte \* RJ Band \* Ensi \* Henry Barrington \* Giulia Di Cesare \* Neon Knights
Tatsujin Co. Ltd.

**Tatsujin Co. Ltd.** (株式会社TATSUJIN) is a video game developer and publisher and the current copyright holder of Toaplan's IPs.

## History

The company was established in May 2017 by Masahiro Yuge and is headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. It mainly works with sales and distribution, licensing Toaplan's games for other game companies. In August 2022 the company was acquired by Embracer Group, becoming one of its subsidiaries.

## References

1. ↑ http://tatsujin.tokyo/company.html
2. ↑ https://www.gematsu.com/2022/08/embracer-group-acquires-bitwave-games-gioteck-limited-run-games-middle-earth-enterprises-singtrix-tatsujin-tripwire-interactive-and-tuxedo-labs
Entrance Handbook

**Entrance Handbook** is a collection of various goals meant to guide new players in beginning and learning the game.

## Security Handbook

**Complete Main Quest Hero Certification to unlock.**

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## Benefits

**Complete Main Quest About Heroes to unlock.**

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## Hero Upgrade

**Complete Main Quest About Heroes to unlock.**

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## Skill

**Complete Main Quest Citizens' Rescue to unlock.**

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## Recruit

**Complete Main Quest Incident's End to unlock.**

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## Resonance

**Complete Main Quest Incident's End to unlock.**

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## Hero Rating

**Complete Main Quest Crisis at the Train Station to unlock**

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## Title

**Reach Agency Lv. 10 to unlock**

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## Gear Enhancement

**Complete Main Quest Hero's Basics to unlock**

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## Support Gear

**Complete Main Quest Hero's Basics to unlock.**

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## Friends

**Reach Agency Lv. 10 to unlock.**

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## Costume

**Reach Agency Lv. 10 to unlock.**

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\*NOTE: Cannot yet be completed

## Supplies

**Complete Main Quest Arena to unlock.**

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## Super Co-op Battle

**Complete Main Quest Teaching Training to unlock.**

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## Hero Daily Quests

**Reach Agency Lv. 13 to unlock.**

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## City Level

**Reach Agency Lv. 14 to unlock.**

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## Hero Training

**Reach Agency Lv. 15 to unlock.**

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## Hero Commission

**Reach Agency Lv. 15 to unlock.**

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## Dorm

**Reach Agency Lv. 15 to unlock.**

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## Support Card

**Complete Main Quest About Support Cards to unlock.**

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## Talent

**Reach Agency Lv. 16 to unlock.**

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## Team-up

**Complete Main Quest Hot Pursuit to unlock.**

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## Emergency Incidents

**Complete Main Quest Hot Pursuit to unlock.**

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## Agency Alliance

**Reach Agency Lv. 17 to unlock.**

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## Hero Trials

**Complete Main Quest Meaning of Heroes to unlock.**

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## Hero Theater

**Reach Agency Lv. 18 to unlock.**

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## Arena

**Reach Agency Lv. 19 to unlock.**

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## Agency Assessment

**Reach Agency Lv. 20 to unlock.**

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## Market

**Reach Agency Lv. 20 to unlock.**

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## Joint Operations

**Complete Main Quest No. 1 to unlock.**

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## Hero Daily Rush

**Reach Agency Lv. 25 to unlock.**

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## Mock Contest

**Reach Agency Lv. 25 to unlock.**

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## Virtual Battleground

**Reach Agency Lv. 25 to unlock.**

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## Operation X

**Reach Agency Lv. 26 to unlock.**

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## Chip

**Complete Main Quest Proving Your Prowess to unlock.**

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## Night Ops

**Complete Main Quest Proving Your Prowess to unlock.**

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## Boost Gear

**Reach Agency Lv. 30 to unlock.**

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## Modify Gear

**Reach Agency Lv. 30 to unlock.**

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## Gear Fusion

**Reach Agency Lv. 40 to unlock.**

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## Warzone Co-op Battle

**Reach Agency Lv. 40 to unlock.**

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Distopia

Design document

**Distopia** (幻界超戦デストピア, *Genkai Chousen Distopia*) is an unreleased side-scrolling platformer game developed by Toaplan. The game game was reportedly close to completion but was inevitably cancelled when Toaplan closed its doors in 1994.

## Gameplay

Distopia is a side-scrolling hack and slash action-platform game, where players assume the role of one of the four playable characters through multiple stages on a post-apocalyptic setting to fight against enemies and bosses that must be fought before progressing any further as the main objective. Each of the four playable characters have their own strengths and weaknesses, as well as their own method of fighting enemies on-screen.

At the beginning, players have the choice of selecting between four paths, with each hosting their own set of stages to play through. Some of the stages featured are linear in nature, populated with obstacles and enemies, requiring the player to traverse them by running, jumping, climbing, shooting or dodging enemies, while other stages that are featured later in the game become more maze-like and exploratory, making the player take different routes to reach the end and if the player takes too long to complete the level, the time ends and results in losing a life stock. Running out of time will also result in losing a life and once all lives are lost, the game is over unless the players insert more credits into the arcade machine to continue playing.

Along the way, players can pick up items left from defeated enemies, ranging between money, food to restore health and time increasers. Similar to *Out Zone*, players can also change their main form of attack by picking up a "weapon change" icon after destroying a capsule-shaped carrier.

## Gallery

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## Videos

Genkai Chousen Distopia (Arcade - Unreleased)
Jeeno Limrustedt

**Jeeno Limrustedt** is the main character of *Out Zone* and one of the main characters of *Batsugun*.

## Story

Codenamed Skull Blue, Jeeno is the official leader of the Skull Hornets. He has a very wild personality and a habit of getting enthusiastic about each and every one of his lines.He also has a passion for piloting, flying for as long as there is a sky.

Born on July 24th, 22 years old, A type. He is 173 cm tall and weighs 65 kg. His favorite food is hamburger, and the bad ones go down as soon as you drink it. His favorite color is ultramarine and his most disliked is pink. His favorite animal is the Prairie Dog and the most disliked is the Tanuki (because it deceives people). His favorite instrument is the electric guitar.
Lucy Pamela

**Lucy Pamela** (ルーシー・パメラ) is one of the main characters of *FixEight*.

## Story

The Princess of the Kingdom of East England, Lucy is a beautiful warrior with blonde hair and green eyes. She was convicted of assassinating the King and imprisoned for her plot of PO. She was taught by Howard Young to fight and is a female warrior who uses the same weapons as Howard.

## Weaponry

* Machine Gun: Weak standard continuous fire bullet
* Peace Masher: Strong standard rapid fire
* Ion Laser: Powerful laser that penetrates everything
Enma Daioh

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**Enma Daioh** (えんま大王, *Great King Enma*) is a quiz game developed by Toaplan and published by Taito in 1993.

## Gameplay

*Enma Daioh* is a quiz game set up as a polygraph test, where players must answer a series of random questions given by the in-game character. Depending on the question selected and the player's state, the titular deity either stays calm or becomes angry.
Hydro

## **Appearance**

Hydro has deep navy blue scales, and lighter webbing's. He has a small crocodile tooth necklace.

## **Personality**

Hydro is talkative, but very shy. He takes compliments and insults personally.

## **History**

Hydro was kicked out of the deep palace, because he wasn't physically active as his parents wanted him to be. He met Murk, Peach and Pyrope, and he befriended them, and lived with them on their beach. He was out exploring, and got lost. He soon found 078, and went with him. He is now travelling with him back to his friends huts.

## **Gallery**

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Vistario

**Vistario** (ヴィスタリオ) is one of the main characters of *FixEight*.

## Story

A lizard man from Oligo star, Vistario is a space pirate who have devastated the galaxy for 200 years. He is also unavoidably used by the Galactic Police to investigate Otori. He loves a glass of cappuccino. The special bullets shot by him are comparable to Bombers.

## Weaponry

* Gel Burner: Spray the burner from the mouth
* Acid Wide Diffusion gun from the mouth, fill by pressing the shot button
* Fool Option: Two lizards fire bullets
Snow Bros. 2

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**Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves**, known in Japan as **Otenki Paradise: Snow Bros. 2** (おてんきパラダイス・スノーブラザーズ 2) is a platform arcade game developed by Toaplan and published under their Hanafram label in 1994 for arcades. It was Toaplan's last officially developed game, following the company's bankruptcy at the time.

## Story

In order to revive the Great Demon King Atchich, his younger brother Attu the Great, who tried to steal the treasure of the Sunshine Kingdom, invaded the peaceful Weather Land and kidnapped the princess! If Atchich is revived, the princess and Weather Land will be in danger! Four princes stand up now to rescue their princesses and return Weather Land back to peace!

## Gameplay

Like its predecessor, Snow Bros. 2 is a platform game similar to Bubble Bobble where players must traverse through six increasingly difficult worlds composed of multiple stages, each with a boss at the end that must be fought before progressing any further to ultimately rescue the kidnapped princess as the main objective. Players fight enemies by throwing snow at them enemies until it is completely covered and turns into a snowball, while partially covered enemies in snow cannot move until it shakes it off. Once an enemy has been turned into a snowball, the player can roll it and rebound off of walls until eventually shattering against a wall, trapping any enemies on its way.

A new addition are three new playable characters, Bobby, Roy and Richard each with their own method of dispatching enemies from the playfield, along with Nick who returns from the previous game. Another gameplay objective is to complete the words "EXTRA" at the bottom center by grabbing orbs left by defeated enemies that changes between letters and completing "EXTRA" gives the player an extra live, in addition of immediately advancing to the next stage. As with the first entry, the game hosts a number of hidden bonus secrets to be found, which are crucial for reaching high-scores to obtain extra lives. If a single player is downed, their character is immediately respawned. Getting hit by enemy fire or colliding against solid stage obstacles will result in losing a live, as well as a penalty of decreasing the characters' firepower and speed to his original state and once all lives are lost, the game is over unless the players insert more credits into the arcade machine to continue playing.
Guardian

JP Flyer

**Guardian**, also known as **Get Star** (ゲットスター), is a side-scrolling action game developed by Toaplan and released in 1986 for Arcades. In 2021 it was included as a bonus DLC in the *Ultimate Tiger-Heli* compilation by M2. Outside of Japan, the game was licensed to KitKorp for US distribution.

## Story

The "Get Star" was sent from Earth to an enemy planet to defeat the "Big Demor" that controls the five stars. However, on each planet, a formidable opponent dominated by "Big Demor" will prevent it from going on.

## Gameplay

*Guardian*'s gameplay is reminiscent of Irem's *Kung-Fu Master*, with the player controlling the Get Star robot in a single plane of action. The screen constantly scrolls to the right, with the player being able to use punches and kicks to dispatch enemies. In addition to those the player can also obtain items to replenish life, gain temporary invincibility or get a laser weapon. The game has six stages, each of them culminating in a boss fight.
Toaplan Shooting Battle 1

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**Toaplan Shooting Battle 1** is a compilation developed by Gazelle and published by Banpresto, released in 1996 for the Sony PlayStation in Japan only. This compilation includes ports of the Arcade versions of Tiger-Heli and Twin Cobra, with the latter including both the Japanese and western versions of the game.

This compilation was originally planned to be the first of a series of compilations of Toaplan games, but with Gazelle going bankrupt further editions were cancelled.
Ultimate Tiger-Heli

PS4 cover

**Ultimate Tiger-Heli** (究極タイガーヘリ, *Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli*) is a compilation developed by M2 and released in 2021 for the Sony PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan only. It was the first release of M2's *Toaplan Arcade Garage* label and is also part of the *M2 ShootTriggers* series.

## Overview

This compilation initially comes bundled with the arcade versions of Tiger-Heli and Twin Cobra, including their regional revisions, while the console versions can be obtained as DLC. All games were remastered to include various options such as difficulty levels, screen options and such, as well as M2's gadgets, various panels which can be set on the non playable area of the screen and show various data from the gameplay, such as the level map, current difficulty level, score, enemy pictures, etc.

## Games

* Tiger-Heli (Arcade version)
* Kyukyoku Tiger (Arcade version)
* Twin Cobra (Arcade version)

### DLC games

* Tiger-Heli (NES version)
* Twin Cobra (NES version)
* Twin Cobra (Mega Drive version)
* Twin Cobra (PC Engine version)
* Get Star
Alteeno Trudy

**Alteeno Trudy** (アルティーノ＝トリューデュ) is one of the main characters of *Batsugun*.

## Story

Codenamed Skull Green, Alteeno is part of the maintenance staff of the Skull Hornet's secret submarine base. She loved to be crazy and longed to become a pilot. She couldn't stand when the Type B fighter Dragon's Whisper was ready to launch and boarded and launched it before the regular pilot (Lt. Wisemel) arrived.

Born January 1st, 18 years old, O type. She is 154 cm tall and weighs 45 kg. Her three sizes are B80 / W56 / H82. Her hobby is to disassemble various things, and one car can be disassembled in 30 minutes. Her favorite food is bavarois , and she doesn't like spicy food. Her favorite color is emerald green and her disliked color is pink. She likes any kind of animal she likes, and the animal she dislikes is humans, unless its a guy who looks particularly great. Her favorite instrument is tambourine. (Skill enough to win a prize in the world contest!)

## Trivia

* The text on her cap reads ∀・TOL∀NP, the same name of a internal newspaper from Toaplan.
Pipi & Bibi's

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**Pipi & Bibi's**, known in Japan as **Whoopee!!** (フーピー!!), is an adult arcade action game released by Toaplan in 1992. It was licensed to Romstar for US distribution. In 2023 a remastered port entitled *Spy Bros.: Pipi & Bibi's DX* was released for the Nintendo Switch and PC.

## Gameplay

This game is a fixed screen type action game which employs a control system in which the player moves his or her player left or right by operating the lever and attacks with button 1. The game consists of 24 stages of 6 x 4 screens, in which the player must use elevators and stairs to place bombs at designated locations and escape before the bombs explode. Some of the stages have a trampoline, and upon bouncing on the trampoline the player can fly high until colliding with the trampoline. The player can move left or right during the flight, at which point the fall begins.

When the first bomb is placed, H coins appear for a short time. 1 coin is earned for each picture of a girl that appears at the end of each level, and by collecting all 4 coins the player can see nude pictures.

## Trivia

* On the official website of Hiroyuki Maeda, an editor of a PC game magazine, "Secret Base of the Dennou World," writer Inanami stated that the operability of this game is similar to "Elevator Action," but the difficulty level is quite high even at the lowest difficulty level. Inanami also mentioned that, regarding the nude images displayed as a reward, he was surprised to see a mosaic on the first side, but on another side, he got used to the picture and only blew up when he saw the mosaic.
Sky Mirage

**Sky Mirage** (スカイミラージュ) is one of the selectable ships from *Batsugun*.

## Details

The Sky Mirage (Phantom of the Sky) is a fighter equipped with a secretly developed ultimate evolution system. Relatively easy to maneuver, the wide-angle machine gun damages all enemies in front. It is unclear how the evolution system will evolve in the battlefield, but we call the 6th generation combat weapons "Wings of the Gods", capable of thinking and growing by their own power and achieve even stronger evolution according to the strength of the enemy.

Its Megaway shot shoots bullets like an arrow forward. Depending on the power-up and level-up, it will spread like a fan and shoot missiles.
Ghox

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**Ghox** (ゴークス) is a paddle developed by Toaplan and published by Taito in 1991 for arcades.

## Story

Under the spell of the evil Magician Jagula, who plots to conquer the world, Lucia, the goddess of light, is confined by the Gates of the Netherworld. A dark age is ushered in and evil spirits from mountains and rivers roam throughout the world.

Deeply affected by the horror of the world, King Gitane of the Akuria Empire summons two burly and brave men from the Eastern Country and orders them to subdue Jagula. These two heroes journey through the evil spirits' lair which is cut off from the exclusive pious area. Freely manipulating their magic balls, Axis and Bilious plunge into action.

## Gameplay

*Ghox* is a top-down ball and paddle game similar to *Arkanoid*. The player controls a paddle at the bottom of the screen which can be steered horizontally, and must bounce off a ball in order to destroy all bricks on the screen. Aside from the bricks, the arenas also feature door which must be smashed in order to reach the bricks behind them, wandering enemies and treasure chests which contain various power-ups for the player to collect. Some of those include a duplicator, which allows the player to launch two balls at once, and a smart bomb which clears all bricks within its blast radius.
T-B1

**T-B1** is the second boss of *Twin Cobra*.

## Details

The TB-1 appears as a large blue tank. It moves both horizontally and vertically, being equipped with four guns from which it regularly shots bullet spreads, either covering the screen or directly aimed at the player. In Stage 8 two of them, a green and a brown one, are fought at once.
Truxton II

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**Truxton II**, known in Japan as **Tatsujin Oh** (達人王, lit. *Expert King*), is a vertical scrolling shooting game released by Toaplan in 1992 for Arcades. It was ported to the FM Towns by Ving.

## Story

Volcanic eruptions have been occurring on a deserted planet somewhere in deep space for quite some time. Then, on a fateful day, they culminated in a gigantic explosion, and a terrifying creature appeared. It is the emperor of the Gidans, thought to be defeated in the last galactic war. Now, the threat is back: the Gidans army is quickly assembled, and in a short time they dominate the galaxy again. Only a handful of refugees escape to deliver the news to the astroport. A pilot navigating the HyperFighter One aircraft is sent to stop the Gidans once and for all.

## Gameplay

*Truxton II* plays much like its predecessor, with improved graphics and much tougher gameplay. The game shares the same speed-up and power-up system (red: napalm shots in up to six directions, blue: homing lasers, and green: wide shots in front of you) and bombs as the previous *Truxton*, but the homing lasers that were so powerful in the previous game have become less useful due to the increased durability of the enemies. The game can be played by two players at the same time, and the second player can join in the middle of the game, but if one of the two planes runs out of power and disappears from the screen at the same time, the other one will return and be resurrected even if it still has power left.
The game is six stages long and loops to the next round after clearing it, with enemy bullet speed, bullet density, and enemy durability increasing on the second round (no change after that).

While the ship's hit detection is as large as it looks, the enemy durability is high, and the enemy barrage is surrounded by enemy formations that track the ship at high speed. Upon losing a life the player is sent back to the last resurrection point. In addition, each stage is known for its long duration, taking 7 to 8 minutes to clear even the shortest stage, and requires sustained concentration. This "no beginner allowed" finish could be said to be the pinnacle of high difficulty shooters of the time, and even on the first lap, it was extremely difficult to just clear a stage, let alone clear a stage with no misses or one coin.

## Trivia

* The audio output is monaural, but the game is programmed in stereo, and you can hear the stereo sound in "Toaplan Shooting Chronicle" released in November 2011.
* The 10 millionth point was achieved in the March 30, 1999 issue of Gamestop. It was reached on the second side of the eighth lap. The fact that it took eight years for a top player to reach 10 million points in a looping game is proof of the high level of difficulty.
Spy Bros.: Pipi & Bibi's DX

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**Spy Bros.: Pipi & Bibi's DX** is an action arcade game developed by Rawrlab Games and released in February 2023 for the Nintendo Switch and PC through Steam.

## Overview

*Spy Bros.* is a remastered port of *Pipi & Bibi's*. This version includes all stages from the original game, along with new, secret bonus areas. The adult artworks from the original game were also replaced with all new artworks.

In addition to the original characters, this version also introduces two new playable characters, as well as a new competitive gameplay mode in addition to the original cooperative mode, both of which can be played by up to four players.

## Videos

Spy Bros. (Pipi & Bibi's DX) - Nintendo Switch trailer
## External Links

* Official site
* Steam
Air Gallet

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**Air Gallet** (アクウギャレット) is a vertical scrolling shooting game developed by Gazelle and published by Banpresto in 1996 for arcades. It was directed by Tatsuya Uemura and designed by Junya Inoue.

## Gameplay

*Air Gallet* plays much like other vertical shooters, with player 1 controlling a F-15XX Midnight Eagle and player 2 a F/A-18G Killer Hornet, with one button used for firing the main weapon and another for using smart bombs. The game uses an incremental power-up system similar to *Truxton*, with the main shot being powered up after collecting four "P" icons while colored icons change the ship's shot type.

## Trivia

* In an interview published in the Guwange / ESP Ra.De Official Setting Documents, Junya Inoue revealed that due to the company's financial difficulties at the time the game had to be rushed for release, and thus they were unable to properly adjust its balance.
Teki Paki

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**Teki Paki** (洗脳ゲーム テキ・パキ, *Brainwashing Game Teki-Paki*) is a falling blocks puzzle arcade game developed by Toaplan and released in 1991. The game was only released in Asian territories, never receiving an official western release. A port to the Sega Mega Drive went into development but was never released. In 2021 it was released digitally by M2 for the Sony PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

## Gameplay

Square blocks of 6+2 colors (red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, [silver, gold]) fall down three by three. If five or more blocks of one color are placed next to each other in any arrangement, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, they will disappear. The blocks on top of the disappearing blocks will fall into the space where the disappearing block was, encouraging chain erasing.

There are two special blocks: "Smiley," which connects to all blocks, and "Dynamite," which erases all blocks in the screen when five or more are connected. A silver block is added at level 70, and a gold block at level 100. From then on, the game continues with 8 colors until level 999, and there are no cancels or endings. The game is over when the entire field of 8 horizontal rows x 10 vertical columns is filled.

When the sum of the number of times of dropping and erasing blocks reaches 5, the player's level increases by 1. When it explodes, it will add 1 unconditionally. Erasing 10 pieces earns an additional 5,000 bonus points. The flag seems to be different in the simultaneous erasing of the same color and the different color. Although there is no special score by the chain, it can be said that it is a necessary technology because it is necessary to make a score by the simultaneous erasure.

If the player can successfully clear the screen, it can get 100,000 points, but it often becomes a hindrance, and it takes luck and skill to aim and destroy it. Also, since "Smiley" and "Dynamite" can be used together, it is possible to use them to simultaneously erase 10 pieces and blow them up (consecutive bonus).
Demon's World

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**Demon's World**, known in Japan as **Horror Story** (ホラーストーリー) is a side scrolling run and gun game developed by Toaplan and released by Taito in 1989. It was ported to the PC Engine CD in 1993 by NEC Avenue.

## Story

Many irregular creatures appeared! The Demon King "Daemon", who had been sleeping deep in the ground, woke up. At this rate, the monsters manipulated by him will occupy the earth. Keep them in the dark so that they won't be able to leave again.

## Gameplay

*Demon's World* is a horror-themed horizontally-scrolling run and gun game where players assume the role of two ghost hunters through ten increasingly difficult linear autoscrolling stages across various locations, some of which have a boss at the end that must be fought before progressing any further in an effort to defeat several ghosts and monsters that were unleashed upon Earth by the titular demon king as the main objective.

The player characters are armed with a gun complete with energy pack reminiscent to the *Ghostbusters* franchise to shoot various ghosts and monsters that infest each stage, though players can also defeat enemies by jumping on them, in addition of performing a double jump to move across platforms as well. Along the way, players can collect multiple a weapon power-up to change their gun to fire lasers, bombs or a spread shot. Other items can also be collected during gameplay such as "P" icons that, after collecting three icons in a row, grants the players a shield that takes an extra enemy hit and heart icons that gives points. Firing on determined locations is crucial to reach high-scores and get extra lives, as certain setpieces in some stages hosts bonus secrets.

The opening stages of the title take place in an eastern setting, featuring various spirits and creatures of Japanese folklore. Some of these include ghostly karakasa, chochinobake, kappa, hitotsume-kozou and rokurokubi. The game then changes course, moving to a ghostly pirate ship and then the haunted American Old West, featuring a ghost town and a canyon inhabited by traditional ghosts and monsters from western culture such as Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and even Jason Voorhees-style masked monsters. The game's final stretch takes place in a medieval setting complete with cursed castles and dungeons infested with haunted armor, goblins and dragons.

*Demon's World* uses a checkpoint in which a downed single player will start off at the beginning of the checkpoint they managed to reach before dying. Getting hit by enemy fire, colliding against certain stage obstacles, falling off the stage or running against any enemy will result in losing a live and once all lives are lost, the game is over unless the players insert more credits into the arcade machine to continue playing. Although there is an ending, the game loops back to the first stage after completing the last stage as with previous titles from Toaplan, with each one increasing the difficulty.
Gazelle

**Gazelle Co., Ltd.** (式会社ガゼル株) was a short-lived video game developer, founded by ex-Toaplan employees in 1994 upon Toaplan's bankruptcy.

## History

Gazelle was founded by Tatsuya Uemura and Junya Inoue, and originally kept the rights to Toaplan's former IPs. During its short lifespan the company only produced three games, all of which were published by Banpresto, as well as a few ports Toaplan games. With the company's dissolution Uemura joined Raizing while Inoue joined Cave.

## Games

* Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (1995)
* Air Gallet (1996)
* Toaplan Shooting Battle 1 (1996)
* Batsugun (Saturn ver.) (1996)
* Quiz Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (1997)
Stage 9 (Twin Cobra)

**Stage 9** is the penultimate stage of *Twin Cobra*.

## Details

The level starts with a fight against the enemy fleet on the sea before moving on to a military base. The sea area has ships coming from multiple directions, while the base area is guarded by Tanks and Underground Artilleries. Two T-C3 tanks will also appear as regular enemies.
Hayate Zigragi

**Hayate Zigragi** (ハヤテ・ジグラギ) is one of the main characters of *FixEight*.

## Story

A Ninja of unknown origin and unidentified, Hayate has the highest power among the existing ninjas. His huge back sword surely shoots the enemy. Imprisoned for attempted assassination of the President of the Galactic Federation. He manipulates a weight that erases even the most destructive enemy bullets.

## Weaponry

* Back Sword: Fire in four directions, drawing an arc in the direction you are facing
* Weight: Fire a weight on the front that also erases enemy bullets, locks when touching an enemy or obstacle
* The Zen: With alter ego, each fires Kunai aiming at the enemy
NA-00

**NA-00** is the player ship from *Grind Stormer*.

## Weaponry

* Speed Up (S-UP): Increases up to 4 levels. After reaching the maximum speed, the gauge will decrease in speed (S-DOWN) until the machine reaches zero speed.
* SHOT: A weapon that the ship is equipped with from the start. It is equipped at the start of the game and is left blank until the weapon is changed. The options for this weapon are collected in front of the ship when it is not firing a shot and spread out in a fan shape when it is moving forward. When the options are gathered in front of the ship, the effect changes and the attack power is greater than when all the options are spread out, but the attack range is narrower.
* SEARCH: Normally, the option rotates around the ship, but if an enemy appears on the screen and the shot button is pressed, the option will automatically track and attack nearby enemies. If the enemy is durable, it will continue to stick around until the enemy is destroyed. It has the lowest attack power of the three weapons.
* Missile (MISSILE): When equipped, the option fires a destructive missile. The blast generated after a hit also has offensive power. It has the highest offensive power of the three weapons and is easy to use all-around[1].
* Power Up (POWER): Each weapon equipped with a power-up increases in power up to four levels, with two options becoming standard equipment for the first two levels and four options becoming standard equipment for the third and fourth levels. The difficulty level increases with each level.
* Barrier (SHIELD): A barrier which protects the ship from damage. This power-up is unavailable in Grind Stormer. In the Mega Drive port, the durability of the barrier changes depending on the difficulty level.
* Bomb (BOMB): Creates a large explosion in front of the ship. Unavailable in V-V.