Production
Although G.rev had previously produced an arcade puzzle game, Doki Doki Idol Star Seeker, Border Down was the project G.rev formed to make. Upon establishing his independent company, G.rev president Hiroyuki Maruyama lamented that he didn't have the finances to fund his vision. By doing subcontracted work for Treasure and Taito, and releasing a simple puzzle game, G.rev was able to generate the revenue needed to create Border Down.
The concept of Border Down owes much to the Taito classic Metal Black. Although many G.rev employees were formerly a part of Taito's arcade division, none of them worked on Metal Black except for composer Yasuhisa Watanabe. Rather, Maruyama was simply a big fan of this game. In an interview for French television, Maruyama said that all he wanted was to make Border Down, and if the company collapsed after this, he would have been content.
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