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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Sunsoft!]] |
3 | [[http://sunsoft.jp/en Sunsoft]] is the video game division of Sun Electronics Corporation (Sun Denshi), a Japanese company founded in 1971. |
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5 | In 1978, Sun Electronics began producing UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s. The company never became a major player in the arcades, though Sunsoft continued sporadically to develop arcade games into the 1990s. |
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7 | In 1985, Sun Electronics began releasing games for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo Family Computer]] under the Sunsoft label. A few years later, the company began to distribute NES games in the U.S. through Sun Corporation of America. In 1988, Sunsoft formed a partnership with Tokai Engineering (TEC); it was actually a dummy corporation created by Sunsoft to circumvent Nintendo’s limitations on publishing how many games on the Famicom/NES in a year, coinciding with a dramatic improvement in their quality. Sunsoft also became heavily interested in producing {{Licensed Game}}s and console ports of computer games. |
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9 | The changing economics of video game development were not kind to Sunsoft. In 1995, the company escaped bankruptcy, selling off a few games to be released by Creator/{{Acclaim}}. A more serious decline became evident around 2001, when its international distribution channels closed. What saved Sunsoft from extinction was the advent of online game services; as well as making many of their older games available on Nintendo's UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole and other online platforms, Sunsoft has released a small number of original downloadable games. Most of their mobile output in the 2000s and 2010s was ''TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}'' and others in the PuzzleGame genre, but since the 2020s, a lot them are highly casual and simplistic 3D games similar in style to others known for receiving millions of downloads. While not as well-known or received as their previous output, one of them being called ''VideoGame/ClockTower: Ready for the Next'' that uses chibi sprites and locations inspired by ''VideoGame/ClockTower1995'' led to hopes on social media of them developing a sequel or remake in that series. That said, those rudimentary mobile games have been removed in 2023. |
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11 | !!Games developed/published by Sunsoft include: |
12 | [[index]] |
13 | * ''VideoGame/AeroTheAcroBat'' series (developed by Iguana Entertainment) |
14 | * ''VideoGame/AstraSuperstars'' |
15 | * ''VideoGame/AtlantisNoNazo'' |
16 | * ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' series |
17 | * ''VideoGame/BayRoute'' |
18 | * ''VideoGame/ChameleonTwist'' series (developed and released in Japan by Japan System Supply) |
19 | * ''VideoGame/ClockTower3'' (co-developed with Creator/{{Capcom}}) |
20 | * ''VideoGame/DazeBeforeChristmas'' (publisher) |
21 | * ''VideoGame/DeaeTonosamaAppareIchiban'' |
22 | * ''VideoGame/GalaxyFight'' |
23 | * ''VideoGame/Gimmick1992'' |
24 | * ''VideoGame/HardEdge'' (also known as ''T.R.A.G. - Mission of Mercy'' in North America) |
25 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hebereke}}'' |
26 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}'' is the European release of ''Hebereke''. |
27 | * ''Ikki'' |
28 | ** ''Ikki Unite'' |
29 | * ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'' |
30 | * ''VideoGame/{{Kangaroo}}'' |
31 | * ''VideoGame/PowerQuest'' (developed by Japan System Supply) |
32 | * ''VideoGame/QuestBriansJourney'' (developed by Imagineer in Japan, developed by Sunsoft in America) |
33 | * ''VideoGame/TheWingOfMadoola'' |
34 | * ''Trip World'' |
35 | * ''VideoGame/WakuWaku7'' |
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37 | !!Licenced Games |
38 | * ''[[VideoGame/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family: Uncle Fester's Quest]]'' |
39 | * ''VideoGame/{{Batman|Sunsoft}}'' games |
40 | * ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyRabbitRampage'' |
41 | * ''VideoGame/DaffyDuckFowlPlay'' |
42 | * ''VideoGame/DaffyDuckTheMarvinMissions'' |
43 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysBeautyAndTheBeastBellesQuest'' |
44 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysBeautyAndTheBeastRoarOfTheBeast'' |
45 | * ''VideoGame/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'' |
46 | * ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'' |
47 | * ''VideoGame/LooneyTunes'' |
48 | * ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesAcmeAnimationFactory'' (SNES game that uses the SNES Mouse) |
49 | * ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesBBall'' (Developed by Sculpted Entertainment, later known as [[Creator/{{Acclaim}} Acclaim Salt Lake City]]) |
50 | * ''VideoGame/PorkyPigsHauntedHoliday'' |
51 | * ''VideoGame/RoadRunnersDeathValleyRally'' (developed by ICOM Simulations) |
52 | * ''VideoGame/SpyHunter1983'' |
53 | ** ''VideoGame/SuperSpyHunter'' |
54 | * ''VideoGame/SpeedyGonzalesLosGatosBandidos'' |
55 | * ''[[VideoGame/FantasyZone Super Fantasy Zone]]'' |
56 | * ''[[VideoGame/TazManiaSunsoft Taz-Mania]]'' (developed by Visual Concepts for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] and Palmer Productions for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy) |
57 | * ''The Death and Return of Superman'' (developed by Creator/BlizzardEntertainment) |
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59 | !Cancelled/Unreleased games |
60 | * ''VideoGame/{{Sunman}}''[[note]][[{{Vaporware}} This game was never released.]][[/note]] |
61 | * ''Sylvester and Tweety'' |
62 | * ''Wile E.'s Revenge'' |
63 | [[/index]] |
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