<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Toaplan	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
November	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
titles	O
by	O
Toaplan	O
that	O
has	O
not	O
received	O
any	O
official	O
port	O
to	O
home	B-Device
consoles	I-Device
as	O
of	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
are	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	B-Application
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
alongside	O
many	O
other	O
IPs	O
from	O
the	O
defunct	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghox	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
reminiscent	O
of	O
Devilish	B-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
players	O
assume	O
control	O
of	O
Axis	O
(	O
P1	O
)	O
and	O
Bilious	O
(	O
P2	O
)	O
,	O
two	O
men	O
from	O
the	O
Eastern	O
Country	O
summoned	O
by	O
King	O
Gitane	O
of	O
the	O
Akuria	O
empire	O
,	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
where	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
on	O
each	O
stage	O
is	O
to	O
break	O
as	O
many	O
bricks	O
and	O
obstacles	O
as	O
possible	O
from	O
the	O
playfield	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
ball	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
walls	O
and/or	O
the	O
paddle	O
to	O
ricochet	O
the	O
ball	O
back	O
to	O
eliminate	O
them	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
every	O
seventh	O
stage	O
must	O
be	O
fought	O
before	O
progressing	O
any	O
further	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
overthrow	O
the	O
evil	O
magician	O
Jagula	O
from	O
conquering	O
the	O
world	O
along	O
with	O
his	O
legion	O
of	O
unleashed	O
evil	O
spirits	O
from	O
the	O
netherworld	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
of	O
rescuing	O
the	O
goddess	O
Lucia	O
from	O
her	O
captivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Failing	O
in	O
making	O
the	O
ball	O
rebound	O
from	O
the	O
paddle	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
losing	O
a	O
life	O
and	O
once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
unless	O
the	O
players	O
insert	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
unique	O
gameplay	O
feature	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
activate	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
item	O
that	O
spawns	O
multiple	O
balls	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
ball	O
,	O
however	O
only	O
one	O
bomb	B-Device
item	O
is	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
players	O
with	O
every	O
single	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scattered	O
on	O
the	O
playfield	O
of	O
every	O
stage	O
are	O
treasure	O
chests	O
containing	O
other	O
useful	O
items	O
such	O
as	O
fairies	O
,	O
additional	O
bomb	B-Device
stocks	O
,	O
money	O
and	O
heart-shaped	O
1UP	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
former	O
Toaplan	O
designer	O
Junya	O
Inoue	O
,	O
Ghox	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
envisioned	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
game	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
hardware	O
issues	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
retooled	O
into	O
a	O
single-screen	O
game	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
an	O
album	O
containing	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Rally	B-Application
Bike	I-Application
and	O
Teki	B-Application
Paki	I-Application
was	O
published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
City	O
Connection	O
under	O
their	O
Clarice	O
Disk	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Ghox	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
Truxtons	B-Application
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	B-Application
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
.	O
</s>
