Aicom

Aicom/Yumekobo
Company typeVideo game developer
Founded1988 (1988)
Defunct2001
SuccessorSNK
HeadquartersJapan
The Yumekobo Logo circa 2000's

Aicom was a Japanese video game developer, founded in 1988. The Sammy Corporation website gives 1990 as its first year and says it was a subsidiary of Jaleco.[1] Sammy bought it in 1992.

Its games include The Mafat Conspiracy, Totally Rad and Vice: Project Doom on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Blaster Master Boy for the Game Boy and Pulstar for Neo Geo.

Aicom broke off from Sammy in 1996 and, with funding from SNK, became Yumekobo, producing games mainly for SNK systems.[2]

List of games

This is a list of Aicom games arranged by release date, the order in regions specifies where it was released first.[3][4][5] This list does not include Yumekobo label games.

Title Date Type Platform(s) Region(s)
Chuugoku Senseijutsu 1988 Miscellaneous Famicom JP
Amagon (Totsuzen! Macho Man in Japan) 1988, 1989 Action NES JP, NA
Hoops (Moero!! Junior Basket: Two on Two in Japan) 1988, 1989 Sports NES Worldwide
The Legendary Axe (Makyou Densetsu in Japan) 1988, 1989 Action TurboGrafx-16 JP, NA
A.B. Cop 1989 Driving Arcade NA
Flying Hero (BlazeBusters in USA) 1989 Action Famicom JP
P47 Thunderbolt 1989 Action PC Engine JP
All-Pro Basketball (Zenbei!! Pro Basketball in Japan) 1989 Sports NES NA, JP
Takeda Shingen 1989 Action PC Engine JP
Racing Hero 1989 Driving Arcade NA
The Astyanax (The Lord of King in Japan) 1989, 1990 Platform Arcade, NES Worldwide
Takin' It To The Hoop (USA Pro Basketball in Japan) 1989, 1990 Action TurboGrafx-16 JP, NA
The Mafat Conspiracy (Golgo 13 The Riddle of Icarus in Japan) 1990 Action NES JP, NA
Saint Dragon 1990 Action PC Engine JP
Ultimate Basketball (Taito Basketball in Japan) 1990, 1991 Sports game NES NA, JP
Totally Rad (Magic John in Japan) 1990, 1991 Action, Adventure NES JP, NA
Vice: Project Doom (Gun-Dec in Japan) 1991 Action, Racing / Driving NES JP, NA
Blaster Master Boy (Blaster Master Jr. in Europe, Bomber King: Scenario 2 in Japan) 1991 Action, Platform Game Boy Worldwide
Viewpoint 1992, 1995 Isometric shooter Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD JP, NA
Football Fury (Ultimate Football in Japan) 1992, 1993 Sports Super NES JP, NA
Battle Blaze 1992, 1994 Fighter Super NES JP, NA
Jyanshin Densetsu: Quest of Jongmaster 1994 Puzzle Arcade JP
Pulstar 1995 Action Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Arcade JP, NA
Fuuun Gokuu Ninjin 1996 Action PlayStation JP

As Yumekobo

This is a list of Yumekobo games arranged by release date, the order in regions specifies where it was released first.[6] This list does not include Aicom label games.

Title Date Type Platform(s) Region(s)
Blazing Star 1998 Shoot 'em up Arcade, Neo Geo NA, JP
Pocket Tennis 1998 Sport Neo Geo Pocket JP
Athena: Awakening from the Ordinary Life 1999 Adventure PlayStation JP
Puzzle Link (Tsunagete Pon! Color in Japan) 1999 Puzzle Neo Geo Pocket Color Worldwide
Pocket Tennis Color 1999 Sport Neo Geo Pocket Color Worldwide
Biomotor Unitron 1999 Role-playing video game, Strategy Neo Geo Pocket Color Worldwide
Fatal Fury: First Contact 1999 Fighter Neo Geo Pocket Color Worldwide
Prehistoric Isle 2 (Genshitou 2 in Japan; Jointly developed with Saurus) 1999 Shoot 'em up Arcade, Neo Geo NA, JP
Kikou Seiki Unitron 2000 Role-playing video game, Strategy Neo Geo Pocket Color JP
SNK Gals' Fighters 2000 Fighter Neo Geo Pocket Color Worldwide
Puzzle Link 2 (Tsunagete Pon! 2 in Japan) 2000 Puzzle Neo Geo Pocket Color JP, NA

References

  1. ^ "沿革｜企業情報｜サミー パチンコ・パチスロメーカー".
  2. ^ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Aicom Aicom history
  3. ^ "Aicom - GDRI :: Game Developer Research Institute".
  4. ^ "MobyGames: Game Browser".
  5. ^ "GameFAQs: Aicom". www.gamefaqs.com. Archived from the original on 2003-10-13.
  6. ^ "GameFAQs: Yumekobo". www.gamefaqs.com. Archived from the original on 2003-10-13.
  • Aicom at Game Developer Research Institute