Toaplan

Toaplan (東亜プラン, Tōa Puran) 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. Popular games from Toaplan include Zero Wing, Snow Bros, Tiger Heli, Flying Shark, Twin Cobra and Out Zone. As it may be difficult to find these games in their original form, a common way to play them now is using an arcade em... more

Toaplan (東亜プラン, Tōa Puran) 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. Popular games from Toaplan include Zero Wing, Snow Bros, Tiger Heli, Flying Shark, Twin Cobra and Out Zone. As it may be difficult to find these games in their original form, a common way to play them now is using an arcade emulator such as Shark Emulator or MAME. After Toaplan closed its doors in 1994, several former employees formed or were involved with the following companies: less