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Tiger-Heli
is a vertically scrolling shooter game developed by Toaplan and released for arcade game, arcades in 1985. It was published in Japan by Taito and in North America by Romstar. Controlling the titular attack helicopter, the player must fight endless waves of military vehicles while avoiding collision with their projectiles and other obstacles. The Tiger-Heli has a powerful bomb at its disposal that can clear the screen of enemies when fired. It was the first shoot 'em up game from Toaplan, and their third video game overall. ''Tiger-Heli'' was the creation of video game composers Masahiro Yuge and Tatsuya Uemura, who had previously worked on several titles for Japanese companies Orca and Crux before both of them declared bankruptcy. The development team drew inspiration from the arcade game ''Gyrodine''. The team wanted to create a scrolling shooter that balanced between being entertaining and fun, and to have players keep wanting to play it after dying. The staff chose a helicopte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Cobra
''Twin Cobra'', known as in Japan, is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Toaplan and released for arcades in 1987 by Taito in Japan and Europe, then in North America by Romstar. It is a sequel to the 1985 arcade game ''Tiger-Heli''. Controlling the titular attack helicopter, the players must fight endless waves of military vehicles while avoiding collision with their projectiles and other obstacles. It was the fourth shoot 'em up game from Toaplan, and their tenth video game overall. It was ported to multiple platforms, with each done by different third-party developers that made several changes or additions. ''Twin Cobra'' was a success for Toaplan, garnering positive reception from western critics and earning several awards from ''Gamest''. The game was met with mixed response from magazines, specifically the home versions. In 1995, the sequel '' Twin Cobra II'' was released. The rights to the game are owned by Tatsujin, a Japanese company formed by Masahiro Yu ... [...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 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, Gazelle, and Takumi Corporation were formed prior to and after the closure, while former members later joined to other studios such as Namco, Capcom, Square Enix and Taito. Toaplan has since earne ... [...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 A meme ( ) is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. A meme acts as a unit fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Cobra II
''Twin Cobra II'' is a vertically scrolling shooter arcade game originally developed by Takumi Corporation and published in 1995 by Taito in Japan, Asia and Europe. It is the sequel to ''Twin Cobra'' from 1987. Taking place after the events of the previous game, players assume the role of two pilots taking control of their respective attack helicopters to overthrow the returning enemy forces. ''Twin Cobra II'' was originally under development by Toaplan but the studio closed down in 1994 in video gaming, 1994. Taito allowed Toaplan offshoot Takumi Corporation to finish work on the project as their first release. Initially launched for the arcades, the game was later received a Video game conversion, conversion for the Sega Saturn by Naxat Soft and published exclusively in Japan on 18 December 1997 in video gaming, 1997 under the name ''Kyukyoku Tiger II Plus'', featuring changes and additions compared with the original version. ''Twin Cobra II'' has been met with mixed critical re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |