OutZone - Revision history

Dreamroad at 23:07, 20 November 2025

2025-11-20T23:07:19Z

Dreamroad: Corrected staff list

2025-10-18T05:04:04Z

Corrected staff list

Frostyryker at 16:48, 2 May 2024

2024-05-02T16:48:02Z

Trap15: Video index link

2023-11-20T08:34:36Z

Video index link

NullNotBub: /* Ports */ Various patches fixed most of the sound issues.

2023-04-04T06:11:49Z

Ports: Various patches fixed most of the sound issues.

NMS: /* Trivia */

2023-03-06T21:25:46Z

Trivia

NullNotBub: Added info about the recent port in 2023, hitbox information, and some grammar fixes.

2023-02-17T23:55:11Z

Added info about the recent port in 2023, hitbox information, and some grammar fixes.

Frostyryker at 21:55, 13 February 2023

2023-02-13T21:55:18Z

CHA-STG: /* Strategy */

2022-02-18T21:49:29Z

Strategy

CHA-STG: /* Strategy */ re-linking proper Strategy page

2022-02-18T21:47:53Z

Strategy: re-linking proper Strategy page

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 |music = Tatsuya Uemura
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-|program = Tatsuya Uemura
+|program = Tatsuya Uemura <br> Etsuhiro Wada
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 |art = Naoki Ogiwara <br> Miho Hayashi

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 |music = Tatsuya Uemura
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-|program = Naoki Ogiwara
+|program = Tatsuya Uemura
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-|art = Person C
+|art = Naoki Ogiwara <br> Miho Hayashi
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 |releasedate = August 1990

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 |imagescalepx = 180px
-|developer = Toaplan
+|developer = [[Toaplan]]
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 |music = Tatsuya Uemura
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 |art = Person C
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-|releasedate = Late 1990
+|releasedate = August 1990
 |previousgame = [[Same! Same! Same!]]
 |nextgame = [[Vimana]]
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 OutZone (アウトゾーン) is a vertical freely scrolling shmup developed by Toaplan in 1990. It was published by Tecmo in Japan, Romstar in North America, and Toaplan in Europe.
 OutZone never received any home console ports. M2's ShotTriggers division announced in April 2020 that they were developing a new port of OutZone for modern consoles. A PC port on [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2022920/Out_Zone/ Steam] was released in February 2023.
 == Gameplay Overview ==
-OutZone is a  vertical freely scrolling shmup with 8-way movement, a shot button and a bomb button.
+OutZone is a two-button game with 7 stages.
 === Controls ===

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 __TOC__
 == OutZone ==
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 </div>
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 == References & Contributors ==
+<small>* This template page was assembled by [[User:CHA-STG|CHA-STG]] and [[User:Plasmo|Plasmo]].</small>
 [[Category:Vertical orientation]]
 [[category:Puzzle_mechanic]]

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 *Practice mode
 *Online leaderboards, only accessible when not using assists.
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 The game contains several references to previous Toaplan works, such as
 * Pipiru, Toaplan's mascot, appears in Stage 1 if you shoot a specific area
-* Planes from [[Hishouzame]] help you if you shoot some bushes in Stage 2 in a specific order. Their behavior is reminiscent of Daisenpuu.
+* Planes from [[Hishouzame]] help you if you shoot some bushes in Stage 2 in a specific order. Their behavior is similar to the helper planes in [[Daisenpuu]].
 * The [[Zero Wing]] ship can give you a point bonus if you reach specific areas fulfilling a certain condition (see [[(OutZone)/Strategy#Advanced_Strategy|the Advanced Strategy page.]])
 * The ship from [[Tatsujin]] will help you if you have exactly 7 bombs upon destroy the door at the beginning of Stage 4. It follows you, automatically fires its signature 3-way shot at a slow rate and blocks bullets. The ship is destroyed after taking 20 hits and it's shot goes through some walls. The ship leaves when reaching the Stage 4 boss if it hasn't been destroyed at this point.

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 [[File:Outzonelogo.jpg|400px|center]]
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 {{GameInfobox
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 It was the 10th shmup developed by Toaplan.
-OutZone never received any home console ports. M2's ShotTriggers division announced in April 2020 that they were developing a new port of OutZone for modern consoles.
+OutZone never received any home console ports. M2's ShotTriggers division announced in April 2020 that they were developing a new port of OutZone for modern consoles. A PC port on [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2022920/Out_Zone/ Steam] was released in February 2023.
 == Gameplay Overview ==
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 {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
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 |[[File:Outzonebombitem.PNG|100px]]||'''Bomb:''' Adds 1 to your bomb stock.
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-| [[File:Outzoneenergybox.PNG|100px]][[File:Outzoneeenergyitem.PNG|100px]]||'''Energy item:''' Partially fills up your energy bar.
+| [[File:Outzoneenergybox.PNG|100px]][[File:Outzoneeenergyitem.PNG|100px]]||'''Energy item:''' Partially fills up your energy bar. In two-player games, two energy items will appear in each container, and can only be collected by the player of the matching color.
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 === Rank ===
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 == Version Differences ==
 * JP version contains additional text during the attract mode and after you beat the stage 7 boss.
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 == Trivia ==
 The game contains several references to previous Toaplan works, such as
-* Pipiru, Toaplan's mascot, appearing in Stage 1 if you shoot a specific area
+* Pipiru, Toaplan's mascot, appears in Stage 1 if you shoot a specific area
-* Planes from [[Hishouzame]] helping you if you shoot some bushes in Stage 2 in a specific order. Their behavior is reminiscent of Daisenpuu.
+* Planes from [[Hishouzame]] help you if you shoot some bushes in Stage 2 in a specific order. Their behavior is reminiscent of Daisenpuu.
-* The [[Zero Wing]] ship giving you a point bonus if you reach specific areas fulfilling a certain condition (see [[(OutZone)/Strategy#Advanced_Strategy]])
+* The [[Zero Wing]] ship can give you a point bonus if you reach specific areas fulfilling a certain condition (see [[(OutZone)/Strategy#Advanced_Strategy|the Advanced Strategy page.]])
-* The ship from [[Tatsujin]] will help you if you have exactly 7 bombs upon destroy the door at the beginning of Stage 4. It follows you, automatically fires its signature 3-way shot at a slow rate and blocks bullets. The ship is destroyed after taking 20 hits and its shot goes through some walls. The ship leaves when reaching the Stage 4 boss if it hasn't been destroyed at this point.
+* The ship from [[Tatsujin]] will help you if you have exactly 7 bombs upon destroy the door at the beginning of Stage 4. It follows you, automatically fires its signature 3-way shot at a slow rate and blocks bullets. The ship is destroyed after taking 20 hits and it's shot goes through some walls. The ship leaves when reaching the Stage 4 boss if it hasn't been destroyed at this point.
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 https://shmups.wiki/library/OutZone/Video_Index
 == References & Contributors ==

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 == Story ==

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 == Strategy ==
 <div style='text-align: center;'>
-''See [[(OutZone)/Strategy]] for '''stage maps''', '''enemy and boss descriptions''', '''walkthroughs''', and '''advanced play strategies'''.''
+''See [[OutZone/Strategy]] for '''stage maps''', '''enemy and boss descriptions''', '''walkthroughs''', and '''advanced play strategies'''.''
 </div>
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 ''(Currently evaluating whether or not this specific section should even include information outside of the separated Strategy pages. Worth thinking about as a community.)''
 == Story ==