Toaplan
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was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. It was best known for its catalogue 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.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Toaplan Co., Ltd.
- Company.logo
- File:Toaplan logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 120px
- Company.trade_name
- Toaplan
- Company.native_name
- 株式会社東亜プラン
- Company.native_name_lang
- ja
- Company.romanized_name
- Kabushiki gaisha Tōapuran
- Company.type
- Kabushiki gaisha
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.fate
- Bankruptcy
- Company.founder
- Kiyoshi Motoyoshi
- Company.hq_location
- Shimizu, Suginami, Tokyo
- Company.area_served
- Japan
- Company.products
- Video games
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game publisher
- Official name
- 株式会社東亜プラン
- Notable work
- Zero Wing
- Country
- Japan
- Headquarters
- Tokyo
- Industry
- video game industry
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
- Official website
- www.toaplangames.co.jp/en.html
Show 4 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Toaplan games
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-00-00
- inception
- 1984-01-01
- product or material produced
- video game
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Article · Español
Toaplan (東亜プラン Tōa Puran?) fue una empresa japonesa dedicada al desarrollo de videojuegos. Esta empresa creó una amplia gama de videojuegos de scrolling shooters y arcades, sin embargo, la empresa se declaró en bancarrota en 1994. Algunos de los juegos más populares de Toaplan son Zero Wing, Snow Bros, , , y . Como puede resultar difícil encontrar estos juegos en su forma original, resulta más sencillo jugarlos utilizando algún emulador de arcade como pueden ser Tiburón o MAME.
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