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Dogyuun
is a 1992 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and published by Toaplan. Set on the colonized fictional planet of Dino in the future, where an alien race of metallic robots have invaded a police communication center and held its inhabitants as hostages, players assume the role of two fighter pilots taking control of the Sylfers bomber space fighter crafts in an revenge attempt to overthrow the invaders and free the surviving colonists after one of their comrades is killed by one of them during a reconnaissance assignment. Headed by Tamsoft founder and ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' producer Toshiaki Ōta, ''Dogyuun'' was created by most of the same team that previously worked on several projects at Toaplan such as ''Snow Bros.'' and who would later go on to work at one of its offshoots after the company declared bankruptcy in 1994, putting emphasis on visuals instead of gameplay. The team originally planned on making a mecha title but later settled on doing a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogyuun Art Design
is a 1992 Shoot 'em up#Types, vertically scrolling shooter Arcade game, arcade video game developed and published by Toaplan. Set on the colonized fictional planet of Dino in the future, where an alien race of metallic robots have invaded a police communication center and held its inhabitants as hostages, players assume the role of two fighter pilots taking control of the Sylfers bomber space fighter crafts in an revenge attempt to overthrow the invaders and free the surviving colonists after one of their comrades is killed by one of them during a reconnaissance assignment. Headed by Tamsoft founder and ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' Video game producer, producer Toshiaki Ōta, ''Dogyuun'' was created by most of the same team that previously worked on several projects at Toaplan such as ''Snow Bros.'' and who would later go on to work at one of its offshoots after the company declared bankruptcy in 1994, putting emphasis on visuals instead of gameplay. The team originally planned on m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toaplan
was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo responsible for the creation of a wide array of Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters, scrolling shooters and other arcade 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. Though initially exclusive to arcades, they expanded with the Sega Genesis in 1990. The company ceased development of shoot 'em up projects before declaring bankruptcy in 1994. Several offshoot developers such as Tamsoft, Eighting, Cave (company), CAVE, Gazelle (software company), Gazelle, and Takumi Corporation were formed prior to and after the closure, while former members later joined to other stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junya Inoue
is a Japanese manga artist. He is also known by the name ''Joker Jun''. In 1991 he replied to a recruitment ad for Toaplan. Along with some other staff Inoue was transferred to Gazelle before he left to join Cave, where he worked as character and graphic designer, sound producer, and a video game director. ESP Ra.De. was his first title as graphic director. He debuted as a manga artist in 2002, with his work . He is best known in the West for his manga ''Btooom! ''Btooom!'' (stylized as ''BTOOOM!'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Junya Inoue. It was serialized in Shinchosha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Comic Bunch'', where it ran from 2009 until 2018, with its chapters collect ...'', which was serialized from 2009 to 2018. Works Games Films * '' The Great Yokai War: Guardians'' (2021) – yōkai designer ith Katsuya Terada and Hiromitsu Soma">Katsuya_Terada.html" ;"title="ith Katsuya Terada">ith Katsuya Terada and Hiromitsu Somaref name="Eiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Uemura
is a Japanese arcade game musician and programmer. He has composed the following scores for arcade games: *''Flying Shark'' *''Tiger-Heli'' *''Guardian'' *'' Hellfire'' *''Twin Cobra'' *'' Out Zone'' *'' Dogyuun'' *''Zero Wing'' (with Toshiaki Tomisawa and Masahiro Yuge) After Toaplan closed in 1994, Uemura joined the Toaplan offshoot company Gazelle, and served as director of the 1996 shooter '' Air Gallet'' (''Akuu Gallet''; distributed by Banpresto). In 1999, he worked for 8ing/Raizing as a programmer for the shooter ''Battle Bakraid'' (a follow-up to 1996's ''Battle Garegga''). In 2000, his music for ''Zero Wing'' was sampled by the band, The Laziest Men on Mars, and resulted in "All your base are belong to us", an Internet phenomenon / meme that was popular in the early 2000s. External linksHomepage in japanese [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill Screen
''Kill Screen'' (stylized as ''KILL SCREEN'') was a print and online magazine founded in 2009 by Jamin Warren and Chris Dahlen and owned by Kill Screen Media, Inc. It focused on video games and culture, but also included articles based on entertainment. The name is based on the video game term of the same name. In 2009, both Warren and Dahlen were former writers for ''Pitchfork'' when they decided to found the magazine. After a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the magazine, the first issue was released in March 2010. After partnerships with ''Pitchfork'', StoryCode and Film Society of Lincoln Center, the magazine eventually founded an annual video game conference, two5six, in 2013. The magazine's website did a redesign in January 2014 and the print magazine itself was redesigned and overhauled after a second successful Kickstarter campaign in November 2015. In 2016, two5six's name was changed to Kill Screen Festival. After 2016, Kill Screen ceased publication, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun Frontier (video Game)
is a 1990 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and originally published by Taito in Japan. Set on the fictional planet of Gloria in the 22nd century, where an alien race of space pirates known as the Wild Lizards have invaded the location and enslaved its inhabitants for gold extraction, players assume the role of settlers who were part of the planet's colonization team taking control of revolver-shaped fighter aircraft in an attempt to overthrow the invaders and free their surviving civilization from slavery. Conceived by Takatsuna Senba during his time working at Taito, which served as his first original work under the role of both designer and producer, ''Gun Frontier'' became one of the several projects created to promote the then-newly released Taito F2 System hardware and had a turbulent development cycle, undergoing through various changes before its eventual launch to the market. Initially launched for the arcades, the game was later ported to the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |