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V-V (marketed as Grind Stormer in Western regions) is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan and released for arcades in 1992. The player controls a fighter craft through successive stages of enemy formations, collecting items that grant selectable weapon upgrades. The Japanese and...

Slap Fight is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan and released in 1986. Distributed in North America under the title Alcon, the game distinguishes itself with a progressive weapon upgrade system. Players collect colored power-up icons to selectively enhance their shi...

Twin Cobra II is a 1995 vertical shoot 'em up released by Toaplan. It follows the arcade format of a player-controlled aircraft moving through vertically scrolling combat stages, collecting power-ups while avoiding enemy fire and defeating hostile formations. The game is historically significant wit...

Flying Shark is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Toaplan in 1987. Distributed in North America under the title Sky Shark, the game tasks players with piloting a biplane through scrolling, enemy-filled environments. The title is historically recognized as one...

Tiger-Heli is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan and released in 1985. The player controls a military attack helicopter tasked with destroying enemy forces across various land and sea landscapes. It is historically significant as one of the Japanese developer's first...

Truxton II, also known as Tatsujin II, is a 1992 arcade vertical scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan. Serving as the sequel to the original Truxton, the game tasks players with navigating a futuristic spacecraft through waves of enemy units and large bosses. It is distinguished by its detail...

Hellfire is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan and released for arcades in 1989, with later versions produced for home systems including the Mega Drive. Its defining mechanic lets the player switch among four firing formations aimed forward, backward, vertically, or diagonall...

Developed by Toaplan and released in arcades in 1993, Batsugun is a vertical scrolling shooter widely recognized as a foundational title for the bullet hell subgenre. The game introduced exceptionally dense overlapping bullet patterns and smaller hitboxes, directly influencing subsequent developers...

Vimana is a vertical shoot-'em-up arcade game developed and published by Toaplan and released in 1991. The player controls a craft through vertically scrolling stages, avoids enemy fire, and uses a weapon system based on collecting and deploying power-ups. Its visual setting draws on mythological im...

Tatsujin Oh is a vertically scrolling arcade shoot-'em-up developed by Toaplan and released in 1992. It is the sequel to Tatsujin, known outside Japan as Truxton, and continues its focus on heavy enemy fire, weapon power-ups, and demanding stage layouts. The game uses a difficulty-rank system in whi...

Fire Shark is a vertically scrolling arcade shoot-'em-up developed by Toaplan and released in 1989. In Japan it was released as Same! Same! Same!, and it places the player in control of a biplane fighting a large military force. The game uses conventional arcade-shooter elements including weapon pow...

Dogyuun is a vertical arcade shoot 'em up released by Toaplan in 1992. It supports two-player play and includes a distinctive docking system in which the two player ships can combine, changing the available firepower and the form of the controlled craft. The game is intended for arcade shooter playe...

Grind Stormer is a vertical arcade shooting game developed by Toaplan and released in 1992. It was also released under the title V-Five, and it combines conventional stage-based shooting with a power-up system that lets the player switch between different attack priorities. The central choice is bet...

FixEight is a vertical arcade shooter developed by Toaplan and released in 1992. It gives players a choice of eight characters, each representing a different way to approach the game's battles and stages. The game is part of Toaplan's late arcade output and appeared shortly before the company dissol...

Twin Cobra is a vertical arcade shooter developed by Toaplan and released in 1987; in Japan it was titled Kyukyoku Tiger. The player controls a military helicopter through stages filled with enemy vehicles, aircraft, and projectile patterns, and the game supports two-player cooperative play. Its dir...