|
|
Name |
Status |
Games |
 |
Absolute Entertainment |
Defunct |
4 |
 |
Acclaim Entertainment |
Defunct, brand now owned by Acclaim Games |
24 |
 |
Activision |
Now Activision Blizzard |
10 |
 |
Altron |
Active |
1 |
 |
American Game Cartridges |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
American Softworks |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Angel Studios |
Defunct (Rockstar San Diego is a different Angel Studios) |
2 |
 |
Arcadia Systems |
Now part of Sega Sammy. |
1 |
 |
ASCII Corporation |
Changed Business, Now ASCII MediaWorks |
14 |
 |
Asmik |
Changed Business, Now Asmik Ace Entertainment |
5 |
 |
Athena |
Active |
1 |
 |
Atlus |
Active |
4 |
 |
American Video Entertainment |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Bandai |
Now Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. |
17 |
 |
Banpresto |
Now part of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. |
1 |
 |
Brøderbund |
Now part of Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group |
7 |
 |
Bullet Proof Software |
Now part of Electronic Arts |
4 |
 |
Bunch Games |
Defunct |
4 |
 |
Camerica |
Defunct |
5 |
 |
Capcom |
Active |
41 |
 |
Coconuts |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Codemasters |
Active |
1 |
 |
Color Dreams |
Defunct |
13 |
 |
CSG Imagesoft |
Defunct |
2 |
 |
Culture Brain |
Active |
6 |
 |
Data East |
Defunct |
26 |
 |
DB-Soft |
Defunct |
3 |
 |
Electro Brain |
Defunct |
5 |
 |
Electronic Arts |
Active |
2 |
 |
Enix |
Now Square Enix, Co., Ltd. |
1 |
 |
Epic Sony Record |
Changed Business |
3 |
 |
FCI |
Changed Business |
15 |
 |
Gametek |
Defunct |
9 |
 |
HAL Laboratory |
Now part of Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
11 |
 |
Hector |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Hi Tech Expressions |
Defunct |
11 |
 |
Hot-B |
Defunct |
9 |
 |
Hudson Soft |
Now part of Konami Corporation |
24 |
 |
IGS |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Imagineer |
Active |
1 |
 |
Induction Produce |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Infocom |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Infogrames |
Active |
2 |
 |
INTV, Inc. |
Active |
1 |
 |
Irem |
Now part of Eizo Nanao Co. |
6 |
 |
Jaleco |
Now part of PCCW Co. |
18 |
 |
K Amusement |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Kemco |
Active |
14 |
 |
King Records |
Changed Business |
1 |
 |
Koei |
Active |
4 |
 |
Konami |
Active |
54 |
 |
Kyugo Boueki |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
LJN |
Defunct |
20 |
 |
Mattel |
Changed Business |
4 |
 |
Meldac |
Defunct |
2 |
 |
Microprose |
Now part of Infogrames Entertainment SA. |
2 |
 |
Milton Bradley |
Now part of Hasbro, Inc. |
9 |
 |
Mindscape |
Active |
16 |
 |
Namco |
Now Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. |
9 |
 |
Natsume |
Active |
4 |
 |
NCS |
Unknown |
1 |
 |
Nihon Bussan |
Active |
3 |
 |
Nintendo |
Active |
58 |
 |
NMK |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
NTVIC |
Changed Business |
2 |
 |
Ocean |
Now part of Infogrames Entertainment SA. |
8 |
 |
Pack-In-Video |
Defunct |
3 |
 |
Parker Brothers |
Now part of Hasbro, Inc. |
1 |
 |
Pony Canyon |
Changed Business |
12 |
 |
Romstar |
Defunct |
8 |
 |
Sachen |
This wasn't a legit company to begin with. |
1 |
 |
Sammy |
Now part of Sega Sammy Holdings |
11 |
 |
Seta |
Defunct |
4 |
 |
Sigma Entertainment |
Defunct |
2 |
 |
SNK |
Now SNK Playmore |
17 |
 |
SOFEL |
Changed Business |
7 |
 |
Sony Imagesoft |
Now Sony Computer Entertainment America |
5 |
 |
Squaresoft |
Now Square Enix, Co., Ltd. |
2 |
 |
Sunsoft |
Defunct |
13 |
 |
Taito |
Now part of Square Enix, Co., Ltd. |
26 |
 |
Takara |
Now K.K. Takara-Tomy |
1 |
 |
Taxan |
Changed Business |
7 |
 |
Tecmo |
Active |
22 |
 |
Telenet Japan |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Tengen |
Now part of Infogrames Entertainment SA. |
7 |
 |
THQ |
Active |
12 |
 |
Titus |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Toei |
Changed Business |
2 |
 |
Toho |
Changed Business |
5 |
 |
Tokyo Shoseki |
Defunct |
2 |
 |
Tomy |
Now K.K. Takara-Tomy |
1 |
 |
Tonkin House |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Toshiba EMI |
Changed Business, now EMI Music Japan. |
2 |
 |
Tradewest |
Defunct |
8 |
 |
Triffix |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
T.S.S. |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Ubisoft |
Active |
2 |
 |
Use |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Vaire |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Vap |
Changed Business |
2 |
 |
Vic Tokai |
Changed Business |
9 |
 |
Victor Interactive |
Changed Business |
4 |
 |
Virgin Interactive |
Part of Titus Software, now defunct. |
6 |
 |
Yonezawa |
Defunct |
1 |
 |
Yutaka |
Defunct |
1 |