Toaplan
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Toaplan (東亜プラン Tōa Puran) was a video game developer from Japan. They were responsible for the creation of a wide array of relatively famous scrolling shooters and arcade games, yet the company declared bankruptcy in 1994.
Popular games from Toaplan include Zero Wing, Snow Bros, Tiger Heli, Flying Shark, Twin Cobra and Out Zone. As it may be difficult to find these games in their original form, a common way to play them now is using an arcade emulator such as Shark Emulator or MAME.
[edit] Games Developed (Arcade)
| Year | Game | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Jong Ou (Mahjong King) | SNK |
| 1985 | Performan | Data East |
| 1985 | Tiger Heli | Taito Corporation |
| 1985 | Jong Kyou (Mahjong Mania) | Data East |
| 1986 | Guardian / Get Star | Taito Corporation |
| 1986 | Alcon / Slap Fight | Taito Corporation |
| 1986 | Mahjong Sisters | Toaplan |
| 1987 | Flying Shark / Hishouzame | Taito Corporation |
| 1987 | Pyros / Wardner No Mori | Taito Corporation |
| 1987 | Twin Cobra / Kyokyoku Tiger | Taito Corporation |
| 1988 | Rally Bike / Dash Yarou | Taito Corporation |
| 1988 | Truxton / Tatsujin | Taito Corporation |
| 1989 | Hellfire | Taito Corporation |
| 1989 | Twin Hawk / Daisenpu | Taito Corporation |
| 1989 | Zero Wing | Toaplan |
| 1989 | Demon's World / Horror Story | Taito Corporation |
| 1989 | Fire Shark / Same! Same! Same! | Romstar |
| 1990 | Out Zone | Romstar |
| 1990 | Snow Bros | Romstar |
| 1991 | Vimana | Romstar |
| 1991 | Teki Paki | Toaplan |
| 1991 | Ghox | Romstar |
| 1992 | Pipi & Bibi's / Whoopee!! | Romstar |
| 1992 | Dogyuun!! | Toaplan |
| 1992 | Truxton II / Tatsujin Ou | Toaplan |
| 1992 | FixEight | Toaplan |
| 1993 | Grind Stormer / V-V | Toaplan |
| 1993 | Enma Daio (King of Hell) | Toaplan |
| 1993 | Knuckle Bash | Toaplan |
| 1993 | Batsugun | Toaplan |
| 1994 | Snow Bros. 2 (Otenki Paradise) | Hanafram |
[edit] Companies spun-off from Toaplan
After Toaplan closed its doors in 1994, several former employees formed or were involved with the following companies:
- Cave
- 8ing/Raizing
- Gazelle (creators of Air Gallet and the Sailor Moon arcade game; both distributed by Banpresto)
- Takumi (creators of Giga Wing and Mars Matrix)
[edit] External links
- Toaplan.com (archived), unofficial source of information on Toaplan games.
- Toaplan history (Neo-Arcadia), History of Toaplan (in french)
