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'''Nihon Soft Hanbai''' (日本ソフト販売株式会社) was a publisher and developer of PC Engine games and accessories (specifically the Battle Pad and Battle Tap) based in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, and established in May 1980. [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-december-1988/PC%20Engine%20Fan%20-%20December%201988/page/84/mode/2up] [https://twitter.com/gdri/status/1511493543918985219] Eiko Iida (飯田英子) was the president. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/1ekYAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22%E9%A3%AF%E7%94%B0%E8%8B%B1%E5%AD%90%22+%22%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E8%B2%A9%E5%A3%B2%22&bsq=%22%E9%A3%AF%E7%94%B0%E8%8B%B1%E5%AD%90%22+%22%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E8%B2%A9%E5%A3%B2%22] It was previously called '''Big Club''' (株式会社ビッグ・クラブ). [https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/PCE_1990Q1.html] Before getting into the software business, Big Club operated a chain of Famicom repair shops. [https://archive.org/details/family-computer-magazine-issue-23-november-21st-1986/Family%20Computer%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%2023%20-%20November%2021st%201986%20%28Compressed%29/page/94/mode/1up] [https://twitter.com/gdri/status/1511495008993558536] The company declared bankruptcy on April 19, 1990. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/1ekYAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22%E9%A3%AF%E7%94%B0%E8%8B%B1%E5%AD%90%22+%22%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E8%B2%A9%E5%A3%B2%22&bsq=%22%E9%A3%AF%E7%94%B0%E8%8B%B1%E5%AD%90%22+%22%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E8%B2%A9%E5%A3%B2%22]

'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, shared staff

===PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16===
*''Armed F'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
:<small>Originally supposed to be published by Big Club. [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-september-1989/PC%20Engine%20Fan%20-%20September%201989/page/n89/mode/2up] Later supposed to be published by Nihon Soft Hanbai. [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-october-1989/PC%20Engine%20Fan%20-%20October%201989/page/n95/mode/2up] [https://twitter.com/gdri/status/1412914105363615752] Retail release has "Big Don" in the copyright notice.</small>
*''Blade Land'' (unreleased) (Nihon Soft Hanbai) [https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/PCE_1990Q1.html]
:<small>Originally supposed to be published by Big Club [https://archive.org/details/pc-engine-fan-september-1989/PC%20Engine%20Fan%20-%20September%201989/page/n89/mode/2up]</small>
*''Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart'' (JP Publisher: I'Max)
:<small>Takane Ohkubo said in an interview that he worked on this game at Big Club. [https://shmuplations.com/zombienation/] He left Big Club to join [[Live Planning]]; this most likely would have been in 1989, which would mean the game was developed long before it was released (1992). The name [https://web.archive.org/web/19980215215925/http://www.parkway.ne.jp/hp/manjyudo/ Manjyudo] appears on the retail release, which was another company run by Eiko Iida. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090209181328/http://www.manjyudo.co.jp:80/information.html]</small>
*''Jinmu Denshou'' (JP Publisher: Big Club)
:<small>Planning, Some Music: Wolf Team; Some Music: Goblin Sound</small>
*''Rock-On'' (JP Publisher: Big Club)

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