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Today marks an exciting milestone! The Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol. 4 is officially released on both Steam and GOG. This volume holds special significance as it includes two games that have never seen an official release outside the arcade until now: Vimana and FixEight. Additionally, experience the classic chopper shooter Tiger-Heli and the fan-favorite Batsugun.

The Games In Detail

Tiger-Heli: This is where it all started. Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering bomb-based vertical shooter set the stage for an entire genre back in 1985!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG9XHhx19-k

Vimana: Uncover the magic of Indian mythology, unique power-ups, and an enchanting soundtrack in this electrifying space showdown!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXcYaaL2oFI

FixEight: Toaplan's thrilling vertical run-and-gun game features eight peerless warriors with cutting-edge weapons!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcSceYUoEJM

Batsugun: The epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series. Play the original or Batsugun Special. Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling sci-fi adventure!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjVc76ROHxI

You can purchase all four games together for 19.99$/€ or separately for 7.79$/€! Each game features quick save/resume, online leaderboards for single credit players, no assist and assisted modes, and Achievements (for bragging rights)! You can also showcase your skills online using the built-in video capture!

List of updates:

• Minimal Input Lag: Emulation, input processing, and rendering all complete on the same frame.
  
• Quick Save using F1-F10, Reload with Shift+ F1-F10
  
• Online leaderboards for Single Credit, No Assist, and Assisted plays.
  
• Instrument panels with extra gameplay information and artwork.
  
• Rewind the game between 10-18 minutes, depending on the action.
  
• Capture sharable replays to immortalize your interstellar victories (or funny moments).
  
• Assist Features such as auto-fire at multiple rates.
  
• Very Easy Mode: Lower the difficulty to breeze through the adventure.
  
• Pixel perfect or full-screen scaling in windowed or full-screen mode.
  
• Rotate the gameplay in 90-degree increments.
  
• Steam Achievements
  
• Choose between Raw Input on Windows or Steam Input.
  
• Hone your skills in the ultra-customizable practice mode!
  

With Vol.3 out, there’s just one more to go! Look forward to Truxton II, Dogyuun, Grind Stormer, and Twin Hawk. But more on that later.

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🚨BATSUGUN COMPETITION🚨

We’re teaming up with Japanese clothing company KumaGumi to celebrate the upcoming release of Batsugun on PC!

The aim of KumaGumi is to do quality retro gaming apparel. “Kuma”(熊 / Bear) “Gumi”(組 Group) reflects the days, evenings, years (oh wtf?!) spent hibernating and playing videogames with friends. A time of innocence, simplicity with no Internet. One of the many amazing collections from KumaGumiis a line of Batsugun clothes and now you have the chance to win a Skull Hornet coach jacket, Warning Kuma hoodie, or a Skull Hornets t-shirt from that very collection!

Participate in the competition on X/Twitter. Enter before 23:59 CET on January 31st 2023. Three winners will be selected and announced on February 1st.

Greetings shmupers! Today we’re bursting with excitement to reveal the next installment of our Toaplan releases on PC, Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3!

Vol. 3 is a mix of firsts and lasts and good ol' classics in between. We’re also bringing the enhancements from our two first volumes to Vol.3 for both veterans and newcomers alike to enjoy. You can purchase all four games together for 19.99$/€ or separately for 7.79$/€. Be sure to wishlist all four titles to prepare for launch day!

SHMUPS INCLUDED IN VOL.3


Tiger-Heli: This is where it all started. Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering bomb-based vertical shooter set the stage for an entire genre back in 1985!

Vimana: Uncover the magic of Indian mythology, unique power-ups, and an enchanting soundtrack in this electrifying space showdown!

FixEight: Toaplan's thrilling vertical run-and-gun game features eight peerless warriors with cutting-edge weapons!

Batsugun: The epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series. Play the original or Batsugun Special. Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling sci-fi adventure!

LIST OF UPDATES:

●     Minimal Input Lag: Emulation, input processing, and rendering all complete on the same frame.
●     Quick Save using F1-F10, Reload with Shift+ F1-F10
●     Online leaderboards for Single Credit, No Assist, and Assisted plays.
●     Instrument panels with extra gameplay information and artwork.
●     Rewind the game between 10-18 minutes, depending on the action.
●     Capture sharable replays to immortalize your interstellar victories (or funny moments).
●     Assist Features such as auto-fire at multiple rates.
●     Very Easy Mode: Lower the difficulty to breeze through the adventure.
●     Pixel perfect or full-screen scaling in windowed or full-screen mode.
●     Rotate the gameplay in 90-degree increments.
●     Steam Achievements
●     Choose between Raw Input on Windows or Steam Input.
●     Hone your skills in the ultra customizable practice mode!

We had a blast putting together this collection of classic shooters, and we hope you enjoy it. The team is now focusing on Vol.4 which will be the final collection, and we'll let you know when it's ready for launch.

February 1, 2024 is just around the corner. Get ready by adding all four games to your Wishlist and follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, to stay updated!