Truxton                             Manufacturer: Toaplan               Year: 1988 Descpription: Truxton is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developedby Toaplan in 1988. Like many other shooters, the game is set in space, where the player takes control of a small spaceship across several planets. The game is played with an 8-way joystick and two buttons (a shot and a bomb button) through 8 levels with non-stop action and 5 bosses. By picking up items the player can upgrade his/her ship. Picking an S increases the speed (up to four times), picking a B increases the number of bombs, pick up 5 Ps to increase power by 1 degree, up to 4 P remain if the player dies. Pick up 1up or 2up icons to increase the number of lives. Pick up a red icon for a "Power shot", a green icon for a "Sun laser"or a blue icon for the "Tatsujin beam".