was a Japanese video game company founded in 1994 that is famous for developing

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's bankruptcy, some of the former staff went to Takumi. Among Toaplan's offshoots, only Takumi has developed any sequels to former Toaplan games. Takumi is one of the splinter companies formed when the company Toaplan disbanded in 1994, the others being

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. The company had also produced soundtrack albums.

Developed products

Video games

* ''

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 ...

'' (''Kyukyoku Tiger II'') (1995) * ''Tsunahiki Wars''Tsunahiki Wars - Undumped
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Giga Wing 2 is a 2000 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Takumi and published by Capcom on Sega's NAOMI arcade system board and later ported in 2001 to the Dreamcast console. The arcade version is notable both for its excessive scores (sc ...

'' (2000) * '' Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting'' (2000) * ''Night Raid'' (2001) * ''Weather Tales'' (''Otenki Kororin'') (2001) * ''Don Chan Puzzle: Hanabi de Don!'' (2003; co-developed with Aruze) * ''Kurukuru Fever'' (2003; co-developed with Aruze) * ''

Giga Wing Generations ''GigaWing Generations'', released in Japan as , is a 2004 vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Takumi and published by Taito on their Taito Type X The Taito Type X is an arcade system board released in 2004 by game developer a ...

'' (2004) * ''Elemental Monster'' * '' Milon no Hoshizora Shabon: Puzzle Kumikyoku'' (2006) * ''Fishing Master'' (2007) * ''Fishing Master World Tour'' (2008) * ''Mesaze!! Tsuri Master DS'' (2009)

Medal games

* ''Crusher Mako-chan'' (1999) * ''Horutoru Bomber'' (1999) * ''Koro Koro Quest'' (1999) * ''Shuffle Gakuen'' (Unknown)

Prize games

* ''4x4 Rally'' * ''Bingo de Bingo!'' * ''Go! Go! Pen-Suke'' * ''Rolling Soccer''

Soundtracks

* "Kyuukyouku Tiger II" Official soundtrack * "Giga Wing" Official soundtrack * "Mars Matrix/Giga Wing 2" Official soundtrack * "Night Raid" Official soundtrack * "Blast! Shooting Game Sound Omnibus Vol.1"

References

External links

* via

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