was a Japanese

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best known for the ''

Summon Night is a series of role-playing video games, mixed with elements of a visual novel based dating sim. The series is primarily developed by Flight-Plan, published by Banpresto, and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The character designs are by ...

'' series of

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s published by

Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Ba ...

. Founded in 1989, Flight-Plan began by developing the '' Black/Matrix'' series of

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s, published by NEC Interchannel (later Interchannel Holon) in Japan. In January 2007, Flight-Plan began self-publishing some of its games, such as ''Dragon Shadow Spell'' and '' Sacred Blaze''. Other clients of the company have included

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, and

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. In August 2010, the company quietly closed its offices and ceased business, and their website was taken offline.

Games

''Titles released outside of Japan have a * after their title.'' *'' Metamor Jupiter'' - (1993,

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) *''CAL III: Kanketsuhen'' - (1994, Turbo CD) *''Chiki Chiki Boys'' - (1994, Turbo CD) *'' Dōkyūsei''- (1995, Turbo CD) *''Dōkyūsei if'' - (1996,

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) *''Dōkyūsei 2'' - (1997, Saturn) *''Refrain Love'' - (1997, Saturn) *''NOel 3: Mission on the Line'' - (1998,

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/Saturn) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors''* - (2002,

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) *''Dragon Shadow Spell'' - (2007,

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) *'' Eternal Poison''* - (2008, PlayStation 2) *'' Shining Force Feather'' - (2009,

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) *'' Sacred Blaze'' - (2009, PlayStation 2)

Black/Matrix series

*'' Black/Matrix'' - (1998, Saturn) *'' Black/Matrix AD'' - (1999,

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) *'' Black Matrix Cross'' - (2000, PlayStation) *'' Black Matrix Zero'' - (2002,

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) *'' Black Matrix 2'' - (2002, PlayStation 2) *'' Black Matrix 00'' - (2004, PlayStation)

Summon Night series

*''

'' - (2000, PlayStation) *'' Summon Night 2'' - (2001, PlayStation) *''

Summon Night 3 is the third main entry in the ''Summon Night'' series of video games. The game was initially developed by Flight-Plan and released by Banpresto for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. The game was later remade for the PlayStation Portable in 2012. Both ...

'' - (2003, PlayStation 2) *'' Summon Night: Swordcraft Story''* - (2003, Game Boy Advance) *'' Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2''* - (2004, Game Boy Advance) *'' Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari: Hajimari no Ishi'' - (2005, Game Boy Advance) *'' Summon Night EX-Thesis: Yoake no Tsubasa'' - (2005, PlayStation 2) *'' Summon Night 4'' - (2006, PlayStation 2) *'' Summon Night: Twin Age''* - (2007, Nintendo DS) *'' Summon Night DS'' - (2008, Nintendo DS) *'' Summon Night 2 DS'' - (2008, Nintendo DS) *'' Summon Night X: Tears Crown'' - (2009, Nintendo DS) *'' Summon Night Gran-These'' - (2010, PlayStation 2)

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* (archived from the original) {{Authority control Video game companies established in 1989 Video game companies disestablished in 2010 Defunct video game companies of Japan