Editing Out Zone (section)

== Development and release ==
''Out Zone''{{'}}s [[Soundtrack#Video game soundtracks|soundtrack]] was composed by Tatsuya Uemura, who also created the [[sound effects]] while Naoki Ogiwara served as [[Video game designer|designer]].<ref name="TFf25v9">{{cite magazine|author1=Iona|author2=VHS|author3=K-HEX|title=東亜プラン FOREVER|magazine=Floor 25|volume=9|date=June 2009|pages=1–70|lang=ja}} ([https://www.gamengai.com/#/cmnt-info?id=2332 Translation] by Gamengai. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010170328/https://www.gamengai.com/#/cmnt-info?id=2332|date=2020-10-10}}).</ref><ref name="TSCa">{{cite web|url=https://sweeprecord.com/srin-1100/|title=東亜プラン シューティングクロニクル|work=SweepRecord|publisher=SuperSweep|date=14 November 2011|access-date=2020-02-27|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021030143/https://sweeprecord.com/srin-1100/|archive-date=2019-10-21|url-status=live}} ([http://shmuplations.com/toaplan-chronicle/ Translation] by Shmuplations. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711134859/http://shmuplations.com/toaplan-chronicle/|date=2018-07-11}}).</ref><ref name="STGv4a">{{cite magazine|last1=Kiyoshi|first1=Tane|author2=hally (VORC)|last3=Yūsaku|first3=Yamamoto|title=東亜プラン特集 - 元・東亜プラン 開発者インタビュー: 上村建也|magazine=Shooting Gameside|volume=4|publisher=Micro Magazine|date=3 February 2012|pages=33–40|lang=ja|isbn=978-4896373844}} ([http://shmuplations.com/toaplan-uemura1/ Translation] by Shmuplations. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906023755/http://shmuplations.com/toaplan-uemura1/|date=2019-09-06}}).</ref><ref name="PAoz">{{cite podcast|host1=Brian Mosley|host2=James Brunner|url=https://pixelatedaudio.com/out-zone/|title=Out Zone with guest Tatsuya Uemura – PA76|publisher=Pixelated Audio|date=March 2017|access-date=2019-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023230947/https://pixelatedaudio.com/out-zone/|archive-date=2019-10-23|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Uemura recounted its development process and history in interviews, stating that it was difficult for him as he could not apply his experience from [[Shoot 'em up#Types|vertical-scrolling shooter]]s with flying ships, as players controlled the game on-foot and could not design its progress.<ref name="PAoz"/> The project was fundamentally different due to the lack of forced scrolling, which did not require skills from vertical shoot 'em ups and players could move or stop freely.<ref name="STGv4a"/><ref name="PAoz"/> Uemura said that the intro was written during creation of the demonstration sequence, as the game's world was already established.<ref name="TSCa"/> The team integrated puzzle elements not found in ship-based shooters, which took time to plan out and Uemura said that the schedule for sound production was constantly being reduced, barely implementing the music during development.<ref name="PAoz"/> For the first stage's music, Uemura revealed in response to a user on [[Twitter]] that the main melody was originally composed based on ''[[Taiyō ni Hoero!]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1435407156103180288|user=u_brand_|title=良いですね〜元々この曲のメインメロは「太陽にほえろ」のイメージで作ったんだけど、2コーラス目のギターはまさにそんな感じです。ありがとうございます。|date=2021-09-07|access-date=2021-09-08|lang=ja|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908005835/https://twitter.com/u_brand_/status/1435407156103180288|url-status=live}}</ref> When composing music for the last stage, Uemura wanted to convey the sense of a "decisive battle".<ref name="PAoz"/> Uemura has since regarded the project as "the most difficult product he worked on".<ref name="PAoz"/>

''Out Zone'' was released in arcades worldwide in August 1990 by [[Tecmo]], [[Romstar]] and [[Toaplan]].<ref name="B!MD7">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/beep-megadrive-1990-04/page/99/mode/1up|title=極楽VGブラザーズ: 東亜プラン - Out Zone|magazine=[[:ja:ゲーマガ#BEEP!メガドライブ|Beep! MegaDrive]]|issue=7|publisher=[[SB Creative|SoftBank Creative]]|date=April 1990|page=99|lang=ja}}</ref><ref name="MBASICM99">{{cite magazine|last=Yamashita|first=Nobuyuki|url=https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1990-09#page/n237/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information - Video Game! (アーケード・ゲーム): アウトゾーン|magazine=[[:ja:マイコンBASICマガジン|Micom BASIC Magazine]]|issue=99|publisher=[[:ja:電波新聞社|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation]]|date=September 1990|page=244|lang=ja}}</ref><ref name="ATVGL:JaO1971-2005">{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n50/mode/1up|title=テクモ（テーカン）Tecmo; 東亜プラン (Toa Plan); Romstar; O|work=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement News Agency]]|date=13 October 2006|pages=49, 50, 130, 160|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}</ref><ref name="AJARCoz">{{cite magazine|last=Labiner|first=Michael|url=https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Joker_1990-10_Joker_Verlag_DE#page/n89/mode/2up|title=Coin-Op|magazine=[[:de:Amiga Joker|Amiga Joker]]|issue=10|publisher=Joker-Verlag|date=October 1991|pages=90–91|lang=de}}</ref> On October 21 of the same year, an album containing music from the title and ''[[Snow Bros.]]'' was co-published exclusively in Japan by [[Scitron]] and [[Pony Canyon]], featuring an arranged song composed by Uemura.<ref name="PAoz"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vgmdb.net/album/642|title=PCCB-00044 &#124; Out Zone • Snow Bros.|work=vgmdb.net|publisher=VGMdb|access-date=2019-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111195646/http://vgmdb.net/album/642|archive-date=2017-01-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Unlike several other releases by Toaplan, the title remained exclusive to arcades and did not receive any official [[Porting#Porting in gaming|port]] to [[Home video game console|home console]]s.<ref name="RG73oz">{{cite magazine|last=Lambie|first=Ryan|title=The Unconverted: Out Zone|magazine=[[Retro Gamer]]|issue=73|publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]]|date=February 2010|page=57}}</ref><ref name="OZwireframe">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Wireframe13#page/n51/mode/2up|title=Interface - Developer Profile / Toaplan: Bullet time - A decade of Toaplan|magazine=[[Raspberry Pi Foundation#Magazine|Wireframe]]|issue=13|publisher=[[Raspberry Pi Foundation]]|date=May 9, 2019|pages=52–53}}</ref> By 2020, a new version of ''Out Zone'' by [[M2 (game developer)|M2]] was announced as part of their M2 ShotTriggers publishing label.<ref>{{cite news|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2020/04/toaplan-shoot-em-ups-twin-cobra-truxton-ii-flying-shark-and-out-zone-coming-to-consoles|title=Toaplan shoot 'em ups Twin Cobra, Truxton II, Flying Shark, and Out Zone coming to consoles - M2 porting the late 80s and early 90s titles|work=Gematsu|date=April 18, 2020|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-date=2020-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424171500/https://www.gematsu.com/2020/04/toaplan-shoot-em-ups-twin-cobra-truxton-ii-flying-shark-and-out-zone-coming-to-consoles|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McFerran|first=Damien|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/04/m2_is_making_a_stupidly_expensive_shooter_more_affordable_on_home_consoles|title=M2 Is Making A Stupidly Expensive Shooter More Affordable On Home Consoles - Along with some other amazing Toaplan titles|work=[[Nintendo Life]]|publisher=Nlife Media|date=April 18, 2020|access-date=2020-03-23|archive-date=2020-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424212451/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/04/m2_is_making_a_stupidly_expensive_shooter_more_affordable_on_home_consoles|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wong|first=Alistair|url=https://www.siliconera.com/toaplans-flying-shark-twin-cobra-truxton-ii-and-out-zone-coming-to-modern-platforms/|title=Toaplan's Flying Shark, Twin Cobra, Truxton II, and Out Zone Coming to Modern Platforms|work=[[Siliconera]]|publisher=[[Curse LLC]]|date=April 19, 2020|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-date=2020-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419132733/https://www.siliconera.com/toaplans-flying-shark-twin-cobra-truxton-ii-and-out-zone-coming-to-modern-platforms/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Moyse|first=Chris|url=https://www.destructoid.com/out-zone-twin-cobra-and-other-classic-toaplan-shmups-coming-soon-from-m2-587574.phtml|title=Out Zone, Twin Cobra, and other classic Toaplan shmups coming soon from M2 - Save your quarters|work=[[Destructoid]]|publisher=[[Enthusiast Gaming]]|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031000532/https://www.destructoid.com/out-zone-twin-cobra-and-other-classic-toaplan-shmups-coming-soon-from-m2-587574.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref> It was first announced to be released on the [[Nintendo Switch]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ndw.jp/nd200708-315/|title=Switchにくる! 東亜プランの4タイトル|magazine=Nintendo Dream|issue=315|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]]|date=July–August 2020|lang=ja|access-date=2020-07-26|archive-date=2020-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813084259/https://www.ndw.jp/nd200708-315/|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2020, the game was made available on the iiRcade arcade console, marking its first appearance outside the arcades.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iircade.com/pages/all-games|title=all-games|publisher=iiRcade|access-date=2022-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423175434/https://www.iircade.com/pages/all-games|archive-date=2021-04-23|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was included in 2022 as part of the Sega Astro City Mini V, a vertically-oriented variant of the Sega Astro City mini console.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202112/17245100.html|title=『アストロシティミニ V』2022年夏発売決定＆予約開始。初移植となる『アウトゾーン』『デザートブレイカー』など22本を収録|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|publisher=Kadokawa Game Linkage|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=2021-12-17|lang=ja}}</ref>