first announced to be released on the Nintendo Switch but the arcade version was later included alongside the PC Engine, Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis versions in the Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli compilation for Switch and PlayStation 4 as part of M2's Toaplan Arcade Garage label. Reception According to Masahiro Yuge and Tatsuya Uemura, Twin Cobra proved to be a popular hit for Toaplan, though Flying Shark was "the biggest" hit for them. In Japan, Game Machine listed it on their 1 January 1988 issue as being the fourth most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as Thundercade and Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2. It went on to become Japan's highest-grossing arcade conversion kit of 1988. Computer and Video Games reviewer Clare Edgeley gave an overall positive outlook to the arcade original. Legacy A sequel, Twin Cobra II, was originally under development by Toaplan but the studio closed down in 1994 until Taito allowed Toaplan offshoot Takumi Corporation to finish work on the project as their first release in 1995, before being ported to Sega Saturn in 1997 under the name Kyukyoku Tiger II Plus. Former Seibu Kaihatsu artist Toshinobu Komazawa claimed that Seibu borrowed ideas from Twin Cobra when developing Raiden. Artist Perry "Gryzor/Rozyrg" Sessions cited Twin Cobra as one of the main influences for Super XYX. The rights to Twin Cobra and many other IPs from Toaplan are now owned by Tatsujin, a company named after Truxton's Japanese title that was founded in 2017 by former Toaplan employee Masahiro Yuge, who are now affiliated with arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia. Notes References External links Twin Cobra at GameFAQs Twin Cobra at Giant Bomb Twin Cobra at Killer List of Videogames Twin Cobra at MobyGames Twin Cobra at The Toaplan Museum 1987 video games A.I Company games Arcade video games CBS Sony Group games FM Towns games Helicopter video games Mobile games Nintendo Entertainment System games PlayStation (console) games Romstar games Vertically scrolling shooters Sega Genesis games X68000 games Taito games Taito arcade games Toaplan games TurboGrafx-16 games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Masahiro Yuge Video games scored by Tatsuya Uemura Video games scored by Tsukasa Masuko Aircraft carriers in fiction