<s>
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1992	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Toaplan	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Truxton	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
earlier	O
on	O
arcades	O
in	O
1988	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
various	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
two	O
fighter	B-Application
pilots	I-Application
taking	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
HyperFighter	O
space	O
fighter	O
crafts	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
overthrow	O
the	O
returning	O
Gidans	O
alien	O
race	O
led	O
by	O
Dogurava	O
and	O
free	O
the	O
galaxy	B-Application
from	O
enslavement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
launched	O
for	O
the	O
arcades	O
,	O
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
later	O
received	O
a	O
conversion	O
to	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
by	O
Ving	O
and	O
published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
April	O
1993	O
,	O
featuring	O
various	O
changes	O
compared	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
since	O
its	O
initial	O
arcade	O
launch	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
,	O
garnering	O
praise	O
for	O
the	O
detailed	O
presentation	O
,	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
design	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
criticized	O
the	O
length	O
and	O
noted	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
standard	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
since	O
gained	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
title	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	O
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
alongside	O
many	O
other	O
Toaplan	O
IPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction-themed	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
that	O
plays	O
similarly	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Truxton	B-Application
,	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
two	O
pilots	O
taking	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
HyperFighter	O
space	O
fighter	O
crafts	O
through	O
six	O
stages	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
last-ditch	O
effort	O
to	O
overthrow	O
the	O
returning	O
Dogurava	O
and	O
his	O
Gidan	O
army	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
weapons	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
destroying	O
incoming	O
carriers	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
red	O
napalm	O
bombs	B-Device
that	O
act	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
red	O
Bakuryu-housen-ka	O
(	O
Exploding	O
Flower	O
)	O
shot	O
from	O
Robo	B-Application
Aleste	I-Application
,	O
the	O
blue	O
homing	O
laser	O
from	O
Truxton	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
wide-reaching	O
salvos	O
of	O
green	O
shots	O
,	O
which	O
replace	O
the	O
red	O
weapon	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
and	O
each	O
weapon	O
can	O
be	O
powered-up	O
several	O
times	O
by	O
collecting	O
the	O
respective	O
color	O
of	O
each	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
only	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
collectible	O
items	O
;	O
speed	O
increasers	O
for	O
the	O
ship	O
and	O
bombs	B-Device
capable	O
of	O
obliterating	O
any	O
enemy	O
caught	O
within	O
their	O
blast	B-Device
radius	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Dogyuun	B-Application
and	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	O
scores	O
to	O
obtain	O
extra	O
lives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getting	O
hit	O
by	O
enemy	O
fire	O
or	O
colliding	O
against	O
solid	O
stage	O
obstacles	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
and	O
speed	O
to	O
its	O
original	O
state	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	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
defeat	O
of	O
Dogurava	O
and	O
his	O
Gidan	O
army	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
where	O
volcanic	O
eruptions	O
have	O
been	O
occurring	O
on	O
a	O
planet	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
culminated	O
in	O
an	O
explosion	O
that	O
revealed	O
the	O
returning	O
Dogurava	O
from	O
his	O
previous	O
defeat	O
and	O
the	O
resurrection	O
of	O
the	O
Gidan	O
army	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
Gidans	O
quickly	O
dominated	O
the	O
galaxy	B-Application
,	O
while	O
few	O
surviving	O
refugees	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
escape	O
from	O
their	O
grasp	O
to	O
deliver	O
news	O
about	O
the	O
current	O
situation	O
to	O
the	O
astroport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
fighter	B-Application
pilots	I-Application
taking	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
HyperFighter	O
space	O
fighter	O
crafts	O
are	O
dispatched	O
to	O
counterattack	O
the	O
invaders	O
and	O
overthrow	O
their	O
dominance	O
in	O
the	O
galaxy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
marked	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
Toaplan	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
PCM	B-Algorithm
for	O
sound	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
company	O
still	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
FM	O
as	O
well	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
memory	O
constrains	O
,	O
Yuge	O
only	O
used	O
PCM	B-Algorithm
for	O
drums	O
,	O
prompting	O
him	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
FM	O
sound	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
former	O
Taito	O
designer	O
Tomonobu	O
Kagawa	O
revealed	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
that	O
he	O
was	O
involved	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
at	O
Toaplan	O
as	O
graphic	O
designer	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
creating	O
the	O
HyperFighter	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kagawa	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
graphic	O
designers	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
pixel	O
art	O
,	O
among	O
them	O
being	O
Naoki	O
Ogiwara	O
as	O
lead	O
artist	O
,	O
who	O
later	O
worked	O
on	O
DoDonPachi	B-Application
at	O
Cave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
II	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
arcades	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
later	O
received	O
a	O
faithful	O
conversion	O
to	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
by	O
Ving	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
April	O
1993	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
a	O
cropped	O
resolution	O
and	O
the	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
was	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
M2	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
M2	O
ShotTriggers	O
publishing	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
on	O
their	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
1992	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
sixth	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
has	O
been	O
met	O
with	O
positive	O
critical	O
reception	O
from	O
reviewers	O
since	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
in	O
arcades	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andreas	O
Knauf	O
of	O
German	O
magazine	O
Video	O
Games	O
praised	O
the	O
elaborated	O
and	O
detailed	O
presentation	O
,	O
regarding	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
better	O
than	O
Vimana	B-Application
,	O
although	O
Knauf	O
criticized	O
its	O
length	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
GameFan	O
praised	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
port	O
for	O
the	O
presentation	O
,	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
,	O
regarding	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Truxton	B-Application
but	O
some	O
ultimately	O
noted	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
standard	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
magazine	O
gave	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
port	O
high	O
praise	O
as	O
well	O
but	O
also	O
slight	O
criticism	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
infinite	O
continues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damien	O
McFerran	O
of	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
regarded	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
port	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
"	O
perfect	O
three	O
"	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truxton	B-Application
II	I-Application
has	O
since	O
gained	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
,	O
being	O
cited	O
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
for	O
Cho	B-Application
Ren	I-Application
Sha	I-Application
68K	I-Application
,	O
while	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
predecessor	O
's	O
Japanese	O
title	O
that	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
Yuge	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
now	O
affiliated	O
with	O
arcade	O
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
.	O
</s>
