<s>
Headed	O
by	O
Tamsoft	O
founder	O
and	O
Battle	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
Toshinden	I-Application
producer	O
Toshiaki	O
Ōta	O
,	O
Dogyuun	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
that	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
several	O
projects	O
at	O
Toaplan	O
such	O
as	O
Snow	B-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
and	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
work	O
at	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
offshoots	O
after	O
the	O
company	O
declared	O
bankruptcy	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
putting	O
emphasis	O
on	O
visuals	O
instead	O
of	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
notable	O
for	O
marking	O
the	O
debut	O
of	O
mangaka	O
and	O
Knuckle	B-Application
Bash	I-Application
designer	O
Junya	O
Inoue	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
graphic	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dogyuun	B-Application
was	O
praised	O
by	O
reviewers	O
for	O
its	O
visuals	O
,	O
sound	O
design	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
challenge	O
and	O
overall	O
intensity	O
but	O
others	O
felt	O
that	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
mechanics	O
were	O
underdeveloped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
former	O
Toaplan	O
member	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
and	O
now-affiliate	O
of	O
Japanese	O
arcade	O
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
alongside	O
many	O
other	O
Toaplan	O
IPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dogyuun	B-Application
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction-themed	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Aero	B-Application
Fighters	I-Application
and	O
Recca	B-Application
,	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
two	O
pilots	O
who	O
took	O
a	O
part	O
on	O
a	O
reconnaissance	O
mission	O
on	O
planet	O
Dino	O
taking	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
Sylfers	O
bomber	O
space	O
fighter	O
crafts	O
through	O
ten	O
stages	O
in	O
a	O
revenge	O
effort	O
to	O
defeat	O
an	O
invading	O
alien	O
race	O
of	O
metallic	O
robots	O
who	O
have	O
captured	O
a	O
police	O
communication	O
center	O
and	O
its	O
inhabitants	O
after	O
their	O
comrade	O
,	O
Kyle	O
,	O
was	O
killed	O
by	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Gun	B-Application
Frontier	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
hosts	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
hidden	O
bonus	O
secrets	O
to	O
be	O
found	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
crucial	O
for	O
reaching	O
high-scores	O
to	O
obtain	O
extra	O
lives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dogyuun	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
future	O
where	O
transmission	O
with	O
a	O
police	O
communication	O
center	O
at	O
the	O
planet	O
Dino	O
has	O
ceased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dogyuun	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
that	O
worked	O
on	O
previous	O
projects	O
at	O
Toaplan	O
such	O
as	O
Snow	B-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
and	O
who	O
would	O
also	O
later	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
work	O
at	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
offshoots	O
after	O
the	O
company	O
declared	O
bankruptcy	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
at	O
Toaplan	O
originally	O
had	O
plans	O
on	O
making	O
a	O
mecha	O
game	O
featuring	O
a	O
robot	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
protagonist	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
convey	O
the	O
experience	O
of	O
destruction	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
mech	O
but	O
after	O
initial	O
testings	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
felt	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
work	O
and	O
they	O
settled	O
on	O
doing	O
a	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
instead	O
,	O
although	O
Uemura	O
has	O
since	O
stated	O
that	O
remaining	O
work	O
done	O
on	O
the	O
scrapped	O
mech	O
title	O
was	O
repurposed	O
into	O
Dogyuun	B-Application
,	O
whose	O
name	O
was	O
suggested	O
and	O
approved	O
by	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Junya	O
Inoue	O
designed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
in	O
his	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
role	O
prior	O
to	O
Knuckle	B-Application
Bash	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inoue	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
gaming	O
industry	O
during	O
his	O
youth	O
with	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Ghosts	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Goblins	I-Application
and	O
joined	O
Toaplan	O
in	O
1991	O
after	O
looking	O
at	O
a	O
recruitment	O
ad	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
on	O
Gamest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dogyuun	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
on	O
November	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dogyuun	B-Application
garnered	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
seven	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Gamest	O
during	O
its	O
1992	O
AOU	O
Show	O
appearance	O
and	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
well	O
regarded	O
title	O
from	O
Toaplan	O
by	O
reviewers	O
in	O
recent	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
served	O
as	O
an	O
influence	O
for	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
FULLSET	O
's	O
upcoming	O
Project	O
Neon	O
for	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Dogyuun	B-Application
and	O
many	O
other	O
IPs	O
from	O
Toaplan	O
are	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
company	O
named	O
after	O
Truxton'''s	O
Japanese	O
title	O
that	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
former	O
Toaplan	O
employee	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
now	O
affiliated	O
with	O
arcade	O
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
.	O
</s>
