Polymega's Snow Bros. arcade collection is up for order

Playmaji has opened orders for Polymega Collection Vol. 22: SNOW BROS., detailing the six Toaplan arcade games included on the physical disc. The collection was initially revealed earlier in July alongside three other Toaplan volumes, but the official Polymega store page is now live with a scheduled shipping date of August 2026.

I make it a point to support companies that still press physical media. Getting a pressed CD of arcade ROMs for $39.99 fits the bill, especially for a closed ecosystem like the Polymega that relies entirely on optical drives and cartridge slots.

Beyond the snowball fights

The disc is headlined by 1990's Snow Bros. and its 1994 sequel Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves. The original game was Toaplan's answer to Bubble Bobble, swapping bubbles for snowballs in a fixed-screen platformer. The sequel expanded the roster to four players and ended up being Toaplan's final release before the studio filed for bankruptcy.

The rest of the disc digs into Toaplan's non-shooter catalog. You get the 1989 run-and-gun Horror Story (released in Japan as Demon's World), the 1991 falling-block puzzle game Teki Paki, the 1987 fantasy platformer Pyros (also known as Wardner), and the 1988 top-down motorcycle racer Rally Bike.

Toaplan is mostly remembered for defining the vertical shoot-'em-up genre and laying the groundwork for bullet hell games. Seeing their attempts at competitive puzzle games like Teki Paki or fuel-management racing in Rally Bike provides a look at a studio trying to survive in a rapidly changing arcade market.

$40 for a physical disc

The $39.99 package includes the game DVD, a visual companion booklet, a controller reference card, and a sticker. Early orders also include a promotional Snow Bros. pin. The disc works with the standard Polymega Base Unit and the newer Polymega Remix hardware.

This release caps off a four-part wave of Toaplan collections from Playmaji, joining Volumes 19 through 21 which cover the studio's famous shoot-'em-ups like Batsugun and Truxton. After Toaplan closed in 1994, its staff splintered off to form studios like Cave and Raizing. Having these non-shooter cuts on a single disc is a much cheaper alternative to tracking down the original arcade PCBs, which have only climbed in price over the last decade.