<s>
Truxton	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1988	B-Application
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Toaplan	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
by	O
Taito	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Midway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
a	O
future	O
where	O
the	O
Gidans	O
alien	O
race	O
led	O
by	O
Dogurava	O
invaded	O
the	O
fictional	O
planet	O
Borogo	O
,	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
fighter	B-Application
pilot	I-Application
Tatsuo	O
taking	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
Super	O
Fighter	O
ship	O
on	O
a	O
last-ditch	O
effort	O
to	O
overthrow	O
the	O
alien	O
invaders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
during	O
his	O
time	O
working	O
at	O
Toaplan	O
,	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
where	O
memorization	O
was	O
its	O
main	O
focus	O
,	O
inheriting	O
previously	O
established	O
ideas	O
from	O
Slap	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
and	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Hellfire	B-Application
,	O
although	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
had	O
already	O
started	O
privately	O
during	O
production	O
of	O
Twin	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
proved	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
for	O
Toaplan	O
among	O
players	O
in	O
Japanese	O
arcades	O
,	O
earning	O
several	O
awards	O
from	O
Gamest	O
magazine	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
was	O
less	O
successful	O
in	O
western	O
regions	O
and	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
game	O
magazines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
on	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
are	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
company	O
formed	O
by	O
Yuge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction-themed	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Tatsuo	O
taking	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
Super	O
Fighter	O
ship	O
through	O
five	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
levels	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
that	O
must	O
be	O
fought	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
last-ditch	O
effort	O
to	O
overthrow	O
the	O
invading	O
Gidans	O
led	O
by	O
Dogurava	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
ship	O
only	O
has	O
two	O
weapons	O
:	O
the	O
main	O
gun	O
that	O
travels	O
a	O
max	O
distance	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
's	O
height	O
and	O
three	O
bombs	B-Device
capable	O
of	O
obliterating	O
any	O
enemy	O
caught	O
within	O
its	O
blast	B-Device
radius	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Twin	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
,	O
there	O
are	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
weapons	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
destroying	O
incoming	O
carriers	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
the	O
red	O
wide-reaching	O
shot	O
,	O
the	O
blue	O
homing	O
laser	O
and	O
the	O
green	O
straight	O
beam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getting	O
hit	O
by	O
enemy	O
fire	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
losing	O
a	O
life	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
penalty	O
of	O
decreasing	O
the	O
ship	O
's	O
firepower	O
to	O
its	O
original	O
state	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
of	O
all	O
medals	O
collected	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
player	O
inserts	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
summary	O
of	O
Truxton	B-Application
varies	O
between	O
each	O
version	O
and	O
is	O
explained	O
through	O
supplementary	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
was	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
former	O
Toaplan	O
programmer	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
,	O
whose	O
previous	O
development	O
works	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
included	O
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
,	O
Slap	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
and	O
Twin	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
,	O
becoming	O
his	O
first	O
original	O
project	O
under	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
both	O
producer	O
and	O
composer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuge	O
wanted	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
would	O
become	O
increasingly	O
better	O
at	O
the	O
more	O
they	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
remember	O
specific	O
stage	O
designs	O
and	O
secrets	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
creating	O
sections	O
in	O
levels	O
that	O
required	O
a	O
specific	O
weapon	O
to	O
defeat	O
certain	O
enemies	O
,	O
while	O
Tatsuya	O
Uemura	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Hellfire	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
design	O
choices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
memorization	O
feature	O
and	O
its	O
usage	O
of	O
secrets	O
,	O
were	O
derived	O
from	O
ideas	O
previously	O
established	O
in	O
Slap	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ogiwara	O
had	O
already	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
designs	O
for	O
Truxton	B-Application
in	O
secret	O
during	O
production	O
of	O
Twin	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
due	O
to	O
his	O
interest	O
in	O
creating	O
science	O
fiction	O
artwork	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
finished	O
after	O
the	O
latter	O
was	O
completed	O
and	O
gave	O
inspirations	O
to	O
the	O
team	O
with	O
enemy	O
patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
developed	O
in-house	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
staff	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
release	O
after	O
Sega	O
discussed	O
with	O
Toaplan	O
in	O
regards	O
of	O
a	O
conversion	O
for	O
their	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1988	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
1989	B-Application
for	O
both	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
published	O
respectively	O
by	O
Taito	O
and	O
Midway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
version	O
was	O
named	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
word	O
for	O
"	O
master	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
June	O
1989	B-Application
,	O
an	O
album	O
containing	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
title	O
and	O
other	O
Toaplan	O
games	O
was	O
published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Datam	O
Polystar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
1989	B-Application
,	O
Truxton	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
by	O
Toaplan	O
and	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Sega	O
,	O
who	O
later	O
distributed	O
the	O
title	O
across	O
Europe	O
on	O
November	O
1990	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
later	O
received	O
a	O
conversion	O
to	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
by	O
Sting	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Taito	O
on	O
24	O
July	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
release	O
has	O
visual	O
and	O
audio	O
changes	O
but	O
introduces	O
an	O
options	O
menu	O
where	O
multiple	O
gameplay	O
settings	O
can	O
be	O
altered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
was	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Kaneko	O
,	O
however	O
despite	O
being	O
advertised	O
in	O
Japanese	O
publications	O
such	O
as	O
Oh	O
!	O
X	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2019	B-Architecture
,	O
Truxton	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
devices	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
MOBIRIX	O
Corporation	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
Classic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
was	O
also	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Toaplan	O
Arcade	O
1	O
compilation	O
for	O
Evercade	B-Application
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2023	O
,	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
published	O
by	O
Bitwave	O
Games	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
GOG.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
,	O
since	O
its	O
original	O
arcade	O
release	O
,	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
response	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
it	O
on	O
their	O
15	O
November	O
1988	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
,	O
outperforming	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Scramble	B-Application
Spirits	I-Application
and	O
World	B-Application
Stadium	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
well	O
received	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
with	O
Mean	O
Machines	O
summarising	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
fine	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
pure	O
,	O
no-frills	O
arcade	O
blast	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
version	O
was	O
also	O
well	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
GamesMaster	O
ranked	O
Truxton	B-Application
95th	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
for	O
the	O
arcades	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
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
its	O
Japanese	O
title	O
that	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	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>
<s>
The	O
Super	O
Fighter	O
ship	O
appears	O
in	O
Game	B-Application
Tengoku	I-Application
CruisnMix	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artist	O
Perry	O
"	O
Gryzor/Rozyrg	O
"	O
Sessions	O
cited	O
Truxton	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
influences	O
for	O
Super	O
XYX	O
.	O
</s>
