<s>
1	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
is	O
a	O
top-down	O
multi-directional	O
shooter	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
both	O
single-player	O
or	O
with	O
two	O
players	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
way	O
,	O
the	O
players	O
must	O
open	O
gift-wrapped	O
containers	O
concealing	O
either	O
weapons	O
or	O
score-increasing	O
bonus	O
items	O
;	O
these	O
various	O
weapons	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
defeat	O
several	O
different	O
varieties	O
of	O
enemies	O
(	O
Heitai	O
,	O
Cars	O
,	O
Tanks	O
,	O
Domdoms	O
,	O
Trumps	O
,	O
Osaru	B-Application
,	O
Robots	O
and	O
occasionally	O
the	O
evil	O
wizard	O
Mahou	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
typically	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
only	O
one	O
type	O
of	O
weapon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Namco	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Takefumi	O
Hyodoh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
previously	O
directed	O
Battle	B-Application
City	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
well-received	O
sequel	O
to	O
Tank	B-Application
Battalion	I-Application
(	O
1980	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
he	O
created	O
a	O
prototype	O
named	O
Space	O
Alamo	O
where	O
players	O
fought	O
enemy	O
aliens	O
in	O
an	O
open-world	O
,	O
science	O
fiction-inspired	O
setting	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Namco	O
's	O
previous	O
game	O
Warp	B-Application
&	I-Application
Warp	I-Application
(	O
1981	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
took	O
his	O
suggestion	O
and	O
turned	O
the	O
game	O
into	O
one	O
based	O
around	O
fairy	O
tales	O
and	O
Christmas	O
,	O
making	O
its	O
characters	O
toys	O
and	O
renaming	O
it	O
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
characters	O
and	O
artwork	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
Hiroshi	O
Fuji	O
,	O
the	O
artist	O
and	O
character	O
designer	O
for	O
Valkyrie	B-Application
no	I-Application
Bōken	I-Application
,	O
while	O
the	O
in-game	O
sprites	O
were	O
drawn	O
by	O
Hiroshi	O
"	O
Mr.	O
Dotman	O
"	O
Ono	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
ragtime-inspired	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Junko	O
Ozawa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
was	O
released	O
to	O
arcades	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
April	O
1986	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
hardware	O
as	O
Libble	B-Application
Rabble	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
conversion	O
for	O
the	O
Sharp	B-Device
X1	I-Device
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Dempa	O
Shinbunsha	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
did	O
not	O
garner	O
much	O
attention	O
until	O
1995	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
through	O
the	O
compilation	O
Namco	O
Museum	O
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
uses	O
the	O
original	O
source	O
code	O
running	O
through	O
a	O
JAMMA	O
emulator	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
near-perfect	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
is	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
Namco	O
History	O
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
digitally	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
4	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
internationally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
as	O
being	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
twentieth	O
most	O
popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
May	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
theme	O
based	O
on	O
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
is	O
featured	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
99	I-Application
,	O
as	O
special	O
DLC	O
.	O
</s>
