Editing Out Zone (section)

{{About|the 1990 arcade game|the 1991 video game|Outzone}}
{{Short description|1990 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Out Zone
| image = Out Zone arcade flyer.jpg
| developer = [[Toaplan]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|[[Tecmo]]|NA|[[Romstar]]|EU|Toaplan}}
| designer = Naoki Ogiwara
| composer = Tatsuya Uemura
| platforms = [[Arcade video game|Arcade]], [[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[steamOS]], [[Linux]]
| released = {{vgrelease|WW|August 1990}}
| genre = [[Shoot 'em up#Run and gun|Run and gun]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Cooperative video game|co-op]]
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Out Zone'''''|アウトゾーン|''Auto Zōn''||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a [[Shoot 'em up#Run and gun|run and gun]] [[Arcade game|arcade]] [[video game]] developed by [[Toaplan]] and published in Japan by [[Tecmo]], North America by [[Romstar]] and Europe in August 1990. Set in a [[future]] where an alien race from the fictional planet Owagira are threatening to wipe out humanity after multiple failed attempts to defend [[Earth]] against their attacks, players assume the role of cyborg mercenaries recruited by the [[United Nations]] in a last-ditch effort to overthrow the invaders.

''Out Zone'' received positive reception from critics since its release and has been praised for its visuals, sound design, gameplay, multiplayer, challenge and overall intensity but some lamented the lack of a console release. A [[spiritual successor]], ''[[FixEight]]'', was released for arcades in July 1992. As of 2019, the rights to the title is owned by Tatsujin, a company founded in 2017 by former Toaplan member Masahiro Yuge and now-affiliate of Japanese arcade manufacturer [[exA-Arcadia]] alongside many other Toaplan [[Intellectual property|IP]]s.