Sunsoft

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Sunsoft is a video game development company founded in 1985 as a division of Sun Corporation, itself a division of Sun Electronics, or Sun Denshi (サン電子) in Japan (its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sunsoft of America, though games they published showed a logo that read only SUNSOFT). Originally, they specialized in creating products for the home video game console market, specifically the NES, PC games, and coin-operated arcade games, usually based on popular movie licenses of the day (e.g. Batman, The Addams Family, etc.)

Outside Japan, the definite golden era for the company was the 8-bit NES, on which their games were practically the state of the art in graphical and aural prowess. By the time 16-bit home consoles rolled out and Sunsoft switched to them, however, there was a marked drop in the overall quality of their games (compared to the general games of the time, AND to Sunsoft's earlier accomplishments), and finally in 1995, they heavily restructured in the face of bankruptcy, eventually resurfacing with a scant number of video games for the Sony PlayStation and the Game Boy Color. Additionally, a number of Sega games have been ported for Nintendo consoles by Sunsoft.

The last games released and published by this company in the USA were Eternal Eyes, Blaster Master: Blasting Again and Blaster Master: Enemy Below. Citing several factors, like yet-another "next generation" console transition, and high overhead production costs, Sunsoft closed its offices in America and Europe, and initiated a re-organization. To this day, Sunsoft has continued to operate in Japan, developing and publishing a steady trickle of RPG titles, pachinko games and such. On September 14, 2006, Nintendo Co., Ltd. announced that the developer was a partner on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console.^[1]

[edit] Notable titles

• ACME Animation Factory (for Super NES)
• Aero the Acro-Bat (for Super NES, Sega Genesis)
• Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (for Super NES, Sega Genesis)
• Arabian (for arcade)
• Astra Super Stars (for Sega Saturn)
• Babapapa (for PlayStation)
• Batman (for Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Batman (for Game Boy)
• Batman: Revenge of the Joker (for NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy)
• Blaster Master series:
  • Blaster Master (Chô Wakusei Senki Metafight in Japan) (for NES)
  • Blaster Master Boy (for original Game Boy; possible conversion of Hudson's Bomber Boy)
  • Blaster Master 2 (for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis)
  • Blaster Master: Enemy Below (Metafight EX in Japan) (for Game Boy Color)
  • Blaster Master: Blasting Again ("Blaster Master" in Japan) (Sony PlayStation)
• Bugs Bunny in Rabbit Rampage (for Super Nintendo)
• Clock Tower 3 (for PlayStation 2, published by Capcom in America)
• Chameleon Twist (for Nintendo 64)
• Chameleon Twist 2 (for Nintendo 64)
• Daedalian Opus (for Game Boy)
• Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (for Super NES, Game Boy)
• Daze Before Christmas (for Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis)
• Death and Return of Superman (for Super NES, Sega Genesis)
• Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest (for Sega Genesis)
• Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast (for Sega Genesis)
• Eternal Eyes (for PlayStation)
• Fester's Quest (for Nintendo Entertainment System
• Final Fantasy Adventure (for Game Boy; re-release of a Square title from the Seiken Densetsu series)
• Flashback (for Super Nintendo, Japan only)
• Freedom Force (NES)
• Galaxy Fight (for Neo Geo and Sega Saturn)
• Gimmick! (for NES)
• Gremlins 2 (for NES)
• Hebereke (Ufouria) series (for NES, SNES, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Arcade)
• Initial D: Takahashi Ryosuke no Typing Saisoku Riron (for PlayStation 2)
• Journey to Silius (for NES)
• Kangaroo (for arcade)
• Lemmings (for NES)
• Lemmings (for Super Nintendo)
• Logical (video game) (for Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Looney Tunes (for Game Boy and Game Boy Color)
• Looney Tunes BBall (for Super Nintendo, published by Acclaim)
• Mitokoumon (for Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Monsterseed (for PlayStation)
• Moomin's Tale (for Game Boy Color)
• Myst (for Sega Saturn)
• Pirates of Dark Water (for Sega Genesis, Super NES)
• Power Quest (for Game Boy Color)
• Project S-11 (for Game Boy Color)
• Road Runner's Death Valley Rally (for Super NES)
• Shanghai: True Valor (for PlayStation)
• Sky Kid (for NES)
• Speedy Gonzales - Los Gatos Bandidos (for Super Nintendo, published by Acclaim)
• Super Spy Hunter (for Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Super Fantasy Zone (for Sega Genesis)
• T.R.A.G. (for PlayStation)
• Trip World (for Game Boy)
• Waku Waku 7 (for Neo Geo and Sega Saturn)
• Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (for Super NES, Sega Genesis)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Japanese)Sun-Denshi Sunsoft's Japanese website