Bitwave Games in partnership with Japanese developer Tatsujin have announced the launch date of their first collection of retro arcade shoot 'em up for PC. The Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.1 will be available from February 14, 2023 for $19.99. Accompanying the announcement was a new trailer:

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Each game in the collection features a raft of carefully crafted quality-of-life features. Bringing these signature shooters to the modern gamer, the Toaplan Arcade Shmup Vol. 1 games feature quick save/resume, online leaderboards for single credit, no assist and assisted plays, as well as Steam Achievements for the completionist gamer. To help players share the experience, a capture option has been included, immortalising those interstellar victories.

Some quality-of-life updates to those retro titles include:

• Quality Emulation featuring minimal input lag, input processing, and rendering all complete on the same frame.
• Instrument Panels featuring additional gameplay information and artwork.
• Rewind feature allowing gamers to rewind between 10-18 minutes of play.
• Assist features facilitating options such as auto-fire.
• Very Easy Mode, allowing beginners to master each game at their own pace.
• Pixel-perfect display option or full-screen scaling in both windowed and full-screen modes.
• Rotate option allowing the action to be rotated in 90-degree increments.
• Choose between Raw Input on Windows or Steam Input.
• Practice mode, allowing gamers to hone their skills.

While the whole collection will cost $19.99, individual titles forming Volume 1. will also be available to purchase separately for $7.99 per game and can be wishlisted via Steam and GOG.

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[JuanMena]

Wow! Didn't knew Toaplan still exists!

Edit: No BATSUGUN!?

 

[NeoGranzon]

I hope it comes out for Nintendo Switch too!

 

[RedoLane]

Day one. Great time to revisit these memorable SHMUPs!

 

[Evilengine]

Felt the need to post this here, as these collections go more and more into using bezels and shaders for games, which is pretty cool





https://forums.libretro.com/t/cyberlab-mega-bezel-death-to-pixels-shader-preset-pack/35606

 

[RAHelllord]

Wow! Didn't knew Toaplan still exists!

Edit: No BATSUGUN!?

They did shut down in 1994 and the rights to all their IPs were sold to Tatsujin, and that entire studio got acquired by Embracer Group in August this year.
Embracer seemingly wants to port all of their retro games in due time, and might even use their knowhow to port old games from other studios that belong to them through Tatsujin in the future.

 

[JuanMena]

They did shut down in 1994 and the rights to all their IPs were sold to Tatsujin, and that entire studio got acquired by Embracer Group in August this year.
Embracer seemingly wants to port all of their retro games in due time, and might even use their knowhow to port old games from other studios that belong to them through Tatsujin in the future.

Snow Bros 2!
Maybe we'll get a proper sequel in the future?

 

[ertaboy356b]

Why not just include the whole library in the collection like dude, where is Batsugun?

 

[subcon959]

Why not just include the whole library in the collection like dude, where is Batsugun?

Why do that when they can milk the fans with multiple volumes.

 

[eyeliner]

So, will we see the line "All your base are belong to us," or will the "enhancements" remove that?

Considering this is the first collection, I'm sure the next one will have that game people crave for.

 

[pokota]

If it's being emulated then I'm sure AYBABTU will be intact. It was for NSO.

 

[slaphappygamer]

Everyone get ready to rotate your flat screens 90 degrees!

 

[J-Machine]

why won't anyone port their games? or rebuild with the original as reference? if its emulated your competition is something that is free and already has qol improvements

 

[ZoeLain]

oh hello toaplan
*truxton flashbacks*

 

[gZa]

MOVE 'ZIG'.

 

[duwen]

Out Zone is an underrated classic - love that game! I have the Megadrive releases of all the ones that were available on Sega's 16bit machine, but Out Zone never had a home port.