Toaplan

Toaplan (東亜プラン, Tōapuran^?), sometimes written as Toa Plan, 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.

Games developed (Arcade)

Companies spun off from Toaplan

After Toaplan closed its doors in 1994, several former employees formed or were involved with the following companies:

• CAVE
• Raizing/8ing (When Raizing was folded into 8ing, some employees left for CAVE.)
• Gazelle (creators of Air Gallet and the Sailor Moon arcade game; both distributed by Banpresto. Gazelle did not last long; after its closure, some employees left to join CAVE.)
• Takumi (creators of Giga Wing and Mars Matrix, published Twin Cobra II after Toaplan's closure. Current status unknown.)

References

External links

• Toaplan (formerly known as Toaplan.com), unofficial source of information on Toaplan games.
• Toaplan System 1 and Toaplan System 2 game list and statistics.
• Toaplan history (Neo-Arcadia), History of Toaplan (in French)