Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

Out Zone (c) 1990 Toaplan.

A vertically scrolling run and gun game, in which the player controls a soldier who must fight his way through 7 increasingly difficult levels. At the end of each level a boss must be defeated before the player can progress any further.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID: TP-018

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 3.5 Mhz) Sound Chips: YM3812 (@ 3.5 Mhz)

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 3

- TRIVIA -

Out Zone was released on August 1, 1990 (Wednesday) in Japan.

Several characters from other Toaplan games make cameo appearances as powerups or bonuses: * Six plane squadron from "Flying Shark" fly on the screen shooting enemies in an upside down V shape pattern. * The "Truxton" ship follows the player helping out. * ZIG-01 from "Zero Wing" flies on the screen dragging a bunch of '5000' points bonuses. * Pipiru, Toaplan's mascot from "Zero Wing" can be summoned in level 1 from shooting a hole in a rock. It is vulnerable to all weapons, but it will bring a significant score bonus if safely taken to the level's boss.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Out Zone, Snow Bros. - PCCB-00044) on 21/10/1990.

- UPDATES -

Out Zone new version uses different enemies in some stages and has extra bonuses compared to the old version. The music sequences are also in different orders between the sets.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hidden Functions: If the 'Invulnerability dip switch' is enabled, you are invulnerable but you may also 'Pause' the game with P2 Start and restart with P1 Start.

- STAFF -

Music and sound created by: Tatsuya Uemura

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

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Open Play on this page to start Out Zone. Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Out Zone is filed in our catalog as a 1990 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Toaplan as developer.