Polymega just detailed all four of its Toaplan arcade discs

Playmaji has opened pre-orders for four distinct Toaplan arcade collection discs for the Polymega console, with shipping scheduled for August 2026.

I reported on the initial announcement a few days ago, but at the time, the details were a bit light. Now we know exactly what is on the docket. According to Polymega's official social media, the release is split across four separate physical CDs, covering different eras of the developer's arcade history.

16 games across four discs

The new releases make up Volumes 19 through 22 of the Polymega Collection series. Each disc costs $39.99 and comes in a PlayStation 1 style jewel case with a color manual and a controller reference card.

Volume 19 focuses on the studio's later output. It includes Batsugun, Dogyuun, Vimana, and Zero Wing. Zero Wing is mostly known today for the early internet meme spawned by its garbled English localization, but it remains a highly competent horizontal shooter in its own right.

Volume 20 is the Truxton disc. It bundles the original Truxton, Truxton II, Alcon, and Grind Stormer. The original Truxton hit arcades in 1988 and became famous for its punishing difficulty and the massive skull-shaped bomb animation that clears the screen. It also received a highly regarded Sega Genesis port in 1989.

Volume 21 pivots away from traditional space shooters to highlight top-down run-and-gun action. This disc includes five games: FixEight, Out Zone, Knuckle Bash, Ghox, and Guardian (Get Star).

Finally, Volume 22 abandons the shooter genre entirely to focus on platforming and puzzle games. It includes Snow Bros., Snow Bros. 2, Horror Story, Teki Paki, Pyros, and Rally Bike.

The bullet hell pioneers

Toaplan operated from 1979 until its bankruptcy in 1994. The studio essentially wrote the rulebook for the vertical shoot 'em up genre. Their final game, Batsugun, introduced smaller player hitboxes and massive waves of enemy projectiles. This laid the groundwork for the entire "bullet hell" subgenre. After Toaplan closed down, several former employees went on to found Cave, taking those mechanics to their logical extreme.

Having these games available on physical media is a nice option for collectors who bought into the Playmaji ecosystem. The Polymega console launched in 2021 as a modular system built around a base CD-ROM drive. When you insert one of these proprietary collection discs, the console installs the games directly to its internal storage alongside your ripped PlayStation and Sega CD games.

Buying all four volumes will set you back about $160. That price is a bit ambitious considering many of these exact same arcade ports just hit the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 last year in digital bundles. You are definitely paying a premium for the physical jewel cases and the printed manuals.

Pre-orders are open now, and Playmaji expects to start fulfilling orders next month.