Shangri-La

Shangri-La Corporation (株式会社シャングリ・ラ) was established in August 1986 [1] as Copya System Ltd. (有限会社コピアシステム) In 1996, the company changed names [2] and moved away from contract work. It likely closed around 2000. Former staff started Soyuz that year and continued development of the Panzer Front tank simulation series.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources, shared staff

As Copya System

3DO

• Keiba Saishou no Housoku (JP Publisher: Copya System)

Game Boy

• Dead Heat Scramble (JP Publisher: Copya System; US Publisher: Electro Brain)
• Go! Go! Tank (JP Publisher: Copya System; US Publisher: Electro Brain)
• Hokuto no Ken: Seizetsu Juuban Shoubu / Fist of the North Star (under subcontract with Shouei System?) (JP Publisher: Toei Animation; US Publisher: Electro Brain)

Direction, Game Design: Shouei System

• Magic Eclipse (unreleased) (Copya System) [3]
• Popeye (JP Publisher: Sigma)
• Popeye 2 (JP Publisher: Sigma; US Publisher: Activision)
• Scotland Yard (under subcontract with Shouei System?) (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)

Direction, Game Design: Shouei System

• Shi-Kin-Jou (under subcontract with Shouei System?) (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)

Direction, Game Design: Shouei System

• Volleyfire (sound?) (JP Publisher: Toei Animation)
• Vs. Battler / Bionic Battler (JP Publisher: Use; US Publisher: Electro Brain)
• Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh / Raijinou (sound) (JP/CN Publisher: Tomy)

Developer: Micronics?

Mega Drive/Genesis

• Air Diver (JP Publisher: Asmik; US Publisher: Seismic)
• Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel (JP Publisher: Asmik)

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

• Power Drift (JP Publisher: Asmik)

PlayStation

• Houma Hunter Lime: Special Collection Vol. 1 (JP Publisher: Asmik) [4]
• Houma Hunter Lime: Special Collection Vol. 2 (JP Publisher: Asmik)
• Keiba Saishou no Housoku '95 (JP Publisher: Copya System)
• Keiba Saishou no Housoku '96 Vol. 1 (JP Publisher: Copya System)
• Nobunaga Shippuuki: Kou (JP Publisher: BPS)

Supervision, Game Design: Muse Soft

Saturn

• Houma Hunter Lime: Perfect Collection (JP Publisher: Asmik)

Super Famicom/Super NES

• Acrobat Mission (sound) (JP Publisher: Teichiku)

Developer: Micronics?

• Bing Bing! Bingo (JP Publisher: KSS)
• Civilization: Sekai Shichi Dai Bunmei / Civilization, Sid Meier's (JP Publisher: Asmik; US Publisher: Koei) [5]
• Galaxy Robo (JP Publisher: Imagineer)
• Koutetsu no Kishi (sound) (JP Publisher: Asmik)

Developer: Dual

• Koutetsu no Kishi 2: Sabaku no Rommel Shougun (sound) (JP Publisher: Asmik)

Developer: Dual

• Lennus: Kodai Kikai no Kioku / Paladin's Quest (JP Publisher: Asmik; US Publisher: Enix)
• Raiden Densetsu / Raiden Trad (sound) (JP Publisher: Toei Animation; US Publisher: Electro Brain)

Developer: Micronics

• Super Air Diver / Lock On (JP Publisher: Asmik; US Publisher: VIC Tokai; EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
• Super Air Diver 2 (JP Publisher: Asmik)
• Super Baken Ou '95 (JP Publisher: Teichiku)

As Shangri-La

Dreamcast

• Panzer Front (JP Publisher: ASCII)
• Yume Baken '99 Internet (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)

PlayStation

• "Butagee" de Iin Janai? (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)
• Buckle Up! (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)

Sound: Studio Cliche?

• Civilization, Sid Meier's (JP Publisher: Asmik) [6]

CG Graphics: Plus One

• Keiba Eight: '98 Aki Fuyu (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)
• Keiba Eight: '98 Haru Natsu (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)
• Keiba Saishou no Housoku '96 Vol. 2: GI-Road (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)
• Keiba Saishou no Housoku '97 Vol. 1: Nerae! Banbaken (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)
• Keiba Saishou no Housoku '97 Vol. 2: To Hit (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)
• Keiba Saishou no Housoku '99 Aki Fuyu (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)
• Lupin Sansei: Cagliostro no Shiro - Saikai (JP Publisher: Asmik)

Planning: Image Works; CG Production: Omnibus Japan, SAINS, Image, Marcus, Tomason

• Nibiiro no Koubou: 32-nin no Sensha Chou (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)
• Panzer Front (JP Publisher: ASCII)

Sound Direction, Sound Effects: T's Music

• Shin Shikoutei (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)

Windows

• High Stakes Owner's Club (JP Publisher: Shangri-La)

Links

• Official Shangri-La website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine) (Japanese) [7] [8]
• Developer Table entry for Copya System (Japanese)
• Hideo Ishibashi's profile (worked at Copya System from 1994-1995) (Japanese)
• Former programmer on Facebook