Bear's
Bear's Inc. (有限会社ベアーズ) was established in Tokyo in 1983 by Akihito Abe (安部彰人) [1], a former section chief at Data East. [2]
Bear's started out making computer games, but it would eventually tie up with Shouei System — which was in the same office building — developing Famicom/NES games exclusively for them. Abe left in 1987 to start a company in Hokkaido and handed Bear's over to Shouei president Hirotoshi Tokuyama. It is unknown what happened to Bear's as a corporate entity after that [3] [4] [5], but the Bear's team would continue developing games for 2-3 more years.
After the team split up, Shouei System would subcontract development to companies like Copya System and Office Koukan.
Research Methods: Actual mentions, hidden data, online resources, shared staff
Famicom/NES
- Baltron (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)
- Hokuto no Ken (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)
- Hokuto no Ken 3: Shinseiki Souzou - Seiken Retsuden (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)
- Hokuto no Ken II: Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu / Fist of the North Star (JP Publisher: Toei Animation; US Publisher: Taxan)
- Kamen no Ninja Akakage (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)
- Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Sekai Isshuu 80 Nichi Daibouken (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)
- Pachicom (JP Publisher: Toshiba EMI)
- Puss N' Boots: Pero's Great Adventure (US Publisher: Electro Brain)
- Sukeban Deka III (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)
- SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)
Famicom Disk System
- Pachicom (JP Publisher: Toshiba EMI)
MSX
- Pachicom (JP Publisher: Toshiba EMI)
PC-88
- Bug Attack (JP Publisher: Comptiq)
- Fathoms 40 (JP Publisher: Comptiq)
- Miner 2049er (JP Publisher: Comptiq)
- Nankai no Hyouteki (JP Publisher: Bear's)
- Developer?: Office Koukan
- Skyscraper (JP Publisher: Bear's)
Sharp X1
- Nankai no Hyouteki (JP Publisher: Bear's)
- Developer?: Office Koukan
SMC-777
- Bug Attack (JP Publisher: Sony)
