Pacific Manufacturing
From Game Developer Research Institute
Pacific Kougyou (パシフィック工業株式会社; aka Pacific Manufacturing, Pacific Industries [1]) was a subsidiary of Taito established in 1963. It was merged with Nihon Jidou Hanbaiki (Japan Vending Machine [2]) in 1986. [3]
Tomohiro Nishikado was employed there when he was working on Space Invaders. [4] He joined in 1969. [5]
Research Methods: Online resources
With the exception of Space Invaders, the US copyright records for the games below have "Pacific Manufacturing Company, Ltd." as the author.
Arcade
- Alpine Ski (Taito)
- Big Event Golf (Taito)
- Elevator Action (Taito)
- Halley's Comet (Taito)
- Kage no Densetsu / The Legend of Kage (Taito)
- N.Y. Captor (Taito)
- Onna Sanshirou / Typhoon Gal (Taito)
- Riku Kai Kuu Saizensen / Land Sea Air Squad / Storming Party (Taito)
- Scramble Formation / Tokio (Taito)
- Space Invaders (Taito)