, also known as System Sacom Sales Corp., is a Japanese company which sells electronic devices. They are more notable for their past, in which they developed
video games
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This feedb ...
. In the 1980s, they mainly published games for computers, but they changed focus to home consoles in the 1990s. Its head office is located in
Tokyo
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.
Sacom had particular success with their series, which had tremendous effect within the
sound novel
A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...
and
visual novel
A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...
genres. In the series, they tried to create a fusion of sound and the written word.
When the
Famicom Disk System
The commonly shortened to the Famicom Disk System or just Disk System, is a peripheral for Nintendo's Family Computer home video game console, released only in Japan on February 21, 1986. It uses proprietary floppy disks called "Disk Cards" for ...
was popular, Sacom was a member of DOG (Disk Original Group), of which
Square
In Euclidean geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles (90-degree angles, π/2 radian angles, or right angles). It can also be defined as a rectangle with two equal-length a ...
was a prominent member.
Currently, all System Sacom IPs are owned by
D4 Enterprise.
Games list
''Note --- This is taken directly from Japanese Wikipedia''
For computer
* DOME (PC-8801 / PC-9801 / X1 / FM-7 / MSX2 / MZ-2500 / X68000)
* Shati (シャティ) (PC-8801)
* Soft de Hard na Monogatari (ソフトでハードな物語) (PC-9801 / X68000)
* Soft de Hard na Monogatari 2 (ソフトでハードな物語2) (PC-9801 / X68000)
* 38 man Kiro no Kokū (38万キロの虚空) (PC-9801 / X68000 / FM-TOWNS)
* Yami no Ketsuzoku (闇の血族)(X68000)
* Yami no Ketsuzoku -Kanketsuhen- (闇の血族 -完結編-) (X68000)
* Yami no Ketsuzoku Special (闇の血族Special) (FM-TOWNS)
* Providence (プロヴィデンス) (PC-8801)
* Märchen Veil (メルヘンヴェール) (PC-9801 / PC-8801 / PC-8801mk II SR / X1 / FM-7 / MZ-2500 / MSX2)
* Märchen Veil 2 (メルヘンヴェールII) (PC-9801)
* Metal Sight (メタルサイト) (X68000)
* Euphory (ユーフォリー) (X1)
* Valna (ヴァルナ) (PC-8801)
* Yūreikun (幽霊君) (MSX2)
* Valiant (ヴァリアント) (PC-9801)
* Moon Ball (ムーンボール) (PC-9801)
* Brown Zuran (ブラウンズラン)
* Zone (ゾーン) (PC-9801)
* Highway Star (ハイウェイスター) (PC-9801)
* EVOLUTION (FM-TOWNS)
*
Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You (ときめきメモリアル ~forever with you~) (WINDOWS 95)
*
Tokimeki Memorial Taisen: Puzzle Dama (ときめきメモリアル 対戦ぱずるだま) (WINDOWS 95)
*
Gradius Deluxe Pack (グラディウス DELUXE PACK) (WINDOWS 95)
* Henry Explorers (ヘンリーエクスプローラーズ) (WINDOWS 95)
*
Gensō Suikoden (幻想水滸伝) (WINDOWS 95)
*
Vandal Hearts (ヴァンダルハーツ) (WINDOWS 95)
For console
* Grandslam Tennis Tournament '92 (グランドスラムテニストーナメント'92)(MD)
*
Yumemi Yakata no Monogatari (夢見館の物語)(MCD)
*
Gekitotsu Dangan Jidōsha Kessen: Battle Mobile (激突弾丸自動車決戦 バトルモービル)(SFC)
*
Smart Ball (ジェリーボーイ)(SFC)
* Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata: Tobira no Oku ni Dareka ga... (真説・夢見館 扉の奥に誰かが...)(SS)
* Gekkamugentan Torico (月花霧幻譚~TORICO~)/
Lunacy(SS)
* Jikū Tantei DD (時空探偵DD)(SS / PS)
* Jikū Tantei DD2 (時空探偵DD2)(PS)
* Eurasia Express Satsujin Jiken (ユーラシアエクスプレス殺人事件)(PS)
* Are! Mo Kore? Mo Momotarō (あれ!も これ?も 桃太郎)(PS)
*
Gale Racer (ゲイルレーサー)(SS)
*
Astronōka (アストロノーカ)(PS)
* Iblard -Laputa no Kaeru Machi- (イバラード 〜ラピュタの孵る街〜)(PS)
* Running High (ランニング・ハイ)(PS)
*
Cyber Daisenryaku (サイバー大戦略)(PS)
*
Deep Fear (ディープフィアー) (SS)
References
Software companies based in Tokyo
Video game companies of Japan
Video game development companies
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