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Update Notes April 18Apr 18, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed an audio issue where operator 4 input modulation and voice feedback shift values were off by one Update 2024-04-17Apr 17, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsPractice Mode: after hit return direct to Practice Menu Don't show double menu after saving a game in Practice Mode and getting hit Mac Steam Input: Fixed the input mapping files The final Toaplan volume is out now!Apr 8, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThey're here and we couldn't be more delighted! Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 has landed on Steam and GOG, featuring heavy hitters such as Truxton II, Grind Stormer, Dogyuun, and Twin Hawk. We’re also launching an Ultimate Collection with all 16 games for the unrivaled Toaplan experience. The Toaplan PC project was announced back in August 2022, and the circle is now complete. At Bitwave, we take great pride in our collaboration with Tatsujin, aiding them in continuing the Toaplan legacy making games like Dogyuun available in home versions for the first time. SHMUPS INCLUDED IN VOL.4 Truxton II: Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics in one of the hardest and most unforgiving Toaplan games! Grind Stormer: Experience a vertically scrolling manic shooter featuring impressive pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack! Dogyuun: Known for its detailed pixel art, colossal bosses, and menacing difficulty. Take on the challenge with a friend and combine your ships into a space-wrecking vehicle! Twin Hawk: Call in a formation of six friendly fighter planes and take down powerful enemies in this classic military-themed shoot 'em up! COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION You can purchase all four games together for 19.99$/€ or separately for 7.79$/€. Complete your collection by diving into our Ultimate Collection or buy them all for 69.99$/€. 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. 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! Follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) (@bitwavegames) to stay updated on future projects!Update notes for April 8 2024Apr 8, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixes and Memory Optimizations coinciding with the release of Volume 4 Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.4 is coming soonMar 22, 2024 - Community Announcementshttps://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/43179534/feaf66d86a95bfa10d552a24c6e4988a5fe850a4.png Happy Friday, shmupers! We’re glad to tell you that Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.4 is coming soon! Vol.4 includes Truxton II, Grind Stormer, Dogyuun, and Twin Hawk, and you can wishlist them all today: Truxton II: Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics in one of the hardest and most unforgiving Toaplan games! Grind Stormer: Experience a vertically scrolling manic shooter featuring impressive pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack! Dogyuun: Known for its detailed pixel art, colossal bosses, and menacing difficulty. Take on the challenge with a friend and combine your ships into a space-wrecking vehicle! Twin Hawk: Call in a formation of six friendly fighter planes and take down powerful enemies in this classic military-themed shoot 'em up! We’ve got more news to share shortly. Please tune in ShooterFes on April 6th, 8am ET / 2pm CEST / 9pm JST, to learn more. See you there!Update Notes for March 19Mar 19, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsSpecial Version practice mode life counter was off by one causing continue screen instead of playing the last life Bombs don't reset each stage in practice mode when playing multi stage mode Palette fixes for text in stats overlay Update notes for March 6Mar 6, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed an achievement issue Patch Notes for March 1 2024Mar 1, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsPractice mode fixed missing Experience Bar etc. in UI Practice mode select number of lives to play Practice mode select single stage or multiple stages Update Notes Feb 26 2024 additional fixesFeb 26, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed Continue option on Game Settings More legible tutorial screen on Steam Deck. Update Notes for Feb 26 2024Feb 26, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsWhen entering a filename in save or record on a steam deck, the on-screen keyboard is dismissed on save/cancel. Update Notes Feb 23 2024Feb 23, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed the option names for the extra life in the game menu Update Notes 2024-02-20Feb 20, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsFixed the issue with P2 character completion achievements Update Notes for Patch 13 February 14 2024Feb 14, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsAccidentally left the "Attract Sound" option in the game menu even though the game doesn't have this option. Instead of removing it added the functionality outside of the game After game completion a Toaplan logo was missing and is now restored (both versions). Update Notes Patch 12 2024-02-09Feb 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsRemoved achievements for Batsugun Normal completing cycles, now Batsugun Normal completion achievements are given when game completes on first run Fixed achievements for completing game with Schneider, Alteeno and Olisis. Update notes for patch 11 Feb 6 2024Feb 6, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsDisplay Fire + Start for P2 Start instead of Autofire + Start Linear interpolation of digital audio to slightly improve audio quality The new Toaplan volume is out now!Feb 1, 2024 - Community Announcementshttps://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/43179534/304248c697ba25d478a79249ad99c56fe7b65cb9.png 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. Follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) to stay updated!Win Batsugun clothes from KumaGumi!Jan 25, 2024 - Community Announcementshttps://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/43179534/6d83105b44d1896408ae2006ee2ea38d36e930cc.jpg 🚨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. https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/43179534/eefb2ac5600dd655eb37293fc429026d06b793af.jpg https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/43179534/3757b6f561d5aa7f26efbd571570c7a17f8fd1ff.jpg https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/43179534/a340f92c32749e630c34d47f5828657114556772.jpgA new Toaplan collection lands on PC on February 1, 2024!Jan 10, 2024 - Community Announcementshttps://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/43179534/304248c697ba25d478a79249ad99c56fe7b65cb9.png 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!
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