Gazelle (software company)

Short description: Japanese video game developer 1994-2002

Gazelle Co., Ltd.

Native name

| 株式会社ガゼル

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Romanized name

| Kabushiki-gaisha Gazeru
Type| Kabushiki gaisha
Industry| Video games
Fate| Disbanded
Predecessor| Toaplan
Founded| 1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Defunct| 2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Headquarters|

Japan

Products| Software

Gazelle Co., Ltd.[lower-alpha 1] was a Japanese video game developer founded in 1994 by former Toaplan employees after the latter company declared bankruptcy the same year.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Games developed
* 3 Notes
* 4 References

## History

After Toaplan declared bankruptcy, Gazelle was founded by Tatsuya Uemura, Junya Inoue,[1] Mikio Yamaguchi, Kaneyo Ōhira, and Yoshitatsu Sakai. The new firm originally focused on printed circuit board exportation prior to game development.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Cave co-founder Tsuneki Ikeda refused to join the company. According to Uemura, his former Toaplan CEO sold the company's IPs to both Gazelle and Raizing but doubted about the procedure's overall legality.[4] During its existence, Gazelle developed three arcade titles for Banpresto, utilizing Atlus's chipset and platform: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Air Gallet, and Quiz Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Chiryoku Tairyoku Toki no Un.[3][8][9] The company also ported three Toaplan titles to fifth generation game consoles, among other projects.[4][6] Prior to ceasing game development and closure, many of the company's staff later joined Cave and Raizing.[3][4]

## Games developed

Title  | Details

|

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon

Original release date:
22 March 1995  | Release years by system:
1995 – Arcade game
Notes:

* Beat 'em up
* Published by Banpresto and Sega
* Based upon Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon shōjo manga and anime series[2]

Air Gallet

Original release date:
February 1996  | Release years by system:
1996 – Arcade game
Notes:

* Vertically scrolling bullet hell
* Published by Banpresto

Toaplan Shooting Battle 1

Original release date:
30 August 1996  | Release years by system:
1996 – PlayStation
Notes:

* Compilation
* Published by Banpresto
* 2-in-1 package conversion of the 1985 arcade original Tiger-Heli and its 1987 sequel Twin Cobra[4]

Batsugun

Original release date:
25 October 1996  | Release years by system:
1996 – Sega Saturn
Notes:

* Vertically scrolling bullet hell
* Published by Banpresto
* 2-in-1 package conversion of the 1993 arcade original and its unreleased 1994 special version[4]

Quiz Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Chiryoku Tairyoku Toki no Un

Original release date:
February 1997  | Release years by system:
1997 – Arcade game
Notes:

* Quiz game[10]
* Published by Banpresto
* Based upon Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon shōjo manga and anime series

## Notes

1. ↑ Japanese: 株式会社ガゼル Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Gazeru

## References

1. ↑ Kemps, Heidi (September 13, 2010). "The Art of Shooting with Junya Inoue". Otaku USA. Sovereign Media. https://www.otakuusamagazine.com/the-art-of-shooting-with-junya-inoue/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ciolek, Todd (November 12, 2008). "Paint a Vulgar Picture – The X Button". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-x-button/2008-11-12.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Neal, David (December 10, 2008). "A History of Toaplan - Post-Toaplan". Insomnia.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Iona; VHS; K-HEX (June 2009). "東亜プラン FOREVER". Floor 25 9: 1–70. (Translation by Gamengai. ).
5. ↑ CRV (November 1, 2011). "Gazelle". http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Gazelle.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kiyoshi, Tane; hally (VORC); Yūsaku, Yamamoto (3 February 2012). "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". Shooting Gameside (Micro Magazine) 4: 33–40. ISBN 978-4896373844. (Translation by Shmuplations. ).
7. ↑ Freeman, Will (8 December 2013). "DoDonPachi retrospective - The full extent of the Jam". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-06-dodonpachi-retrospective.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Interface - Developer Profile / Toaplan". Wireframe (Raspberry Pi Foundation) (13): 50–51. May 9, 2019. https://archive.org/stream/Wireframe13#page/n49/mode/2up.
9. ↑ Lambie, Ryan (21 June 2018). "Toaplan: the rise and fall of Japan's greatest shooting game company". Den of Geek. Dennis Publishing. https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/games/58480/toaplan-the-rise-and-fall-of-japans-greatest-shooting-game-company.
10. ↑ Eisenbeis, Richard (January 30, 2015). "The Sailor Scouts Don't Look Half Bad as Retro Game Sprites". Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/the-sailor-scouts-dont-look-half-bad-as-retro-game-spri-1682732925.

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* t
* e

Toaplan video games

Released|

| 1980s|

* Performan
* Tiger-Heli
* Guardian
* Mahjong Sisters
* Slap Fight
* Flying Shark
* Wardner
* Twin Cobra
* Rally Bike
* Truxton
* Hellfire
* Twin Hawk
* Demon's World
* Zero Wing
* Fire Shark

|

1990s|

* Snow Bros.
* Out Zone
* Teki Paki
* Vimana
* Ghox
* Pipi & Bibi's
* Truxton II
* FixEight
* Dogyuun
* Grind Stormer
* Knuckle Bash
* Enma Daiō
* Batsugun
* Snow Bros. 2

Cancelled|

* Dynamic Trial 7
* Teki Paki 2

Related games|

* MUSHA
* Sorcer Striker
* Twin Cobra II

People|

* Tatsuya Uemura
* Junya Inoue
* Yusuke Naora

See also|

* Tamsoft
* Eighting
* CAVE
* Gazelle
* Takumi Corporation

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