A wonderful arcade game that somehow didn't end up with a home conversion for roughly three decades.
Toaplan's non-shoot 'em ups rarely succeeded commercially, but Snow Bros. at least managed to become a bit of a cult classic, spawning a sequel and a modern revival, too.
A game so vital to Toaplan's history that a successor studio named themselves using its Japanese moniker, Tatsujin.
Toaplan made an Elevactor Action-style single-screen arcade game featuring a bunch of weirdos, and also made it an eroge. Sure, why not.
Toaplan and Taito worked together throughout Toaplan's existence, as well as shortly after its demise, and now, decades later, too.
Or Dash Rascal, as it was known in Japan. A top-down bike racer that translates Toaplan's memorizer gameplay systems to a new genre.
Toaplan's first shoot 'em up was a hit that set the direction of the studio from that point forward.
Toaplan, one of the great arcade studios of its era, was highly influential in its 10-year run... and well after its closure, too.
Toaplan closed down in March of 1994, but the studio lives on in a number of ways in the present.
A futuristic racer from Capcom's past that separates itself from the pack with some unique mechanics.
A licensed game with some fascinating concepts that should be revisited in the present.
Capcom starts to find their portable Mega Man groove
