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'''Arc System Works Co., Ltd.''' (アークシステムワークス株式会社) is a publisher and developer based in Yokohama, Japan, with a European office in Bristol, UK. [http://arcsystemworks.eu/company.php] Minoru Kidooka (木戸岡稔) is president. [http://www.arcsystemworks.com/profile.html]
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[[Image:Arcsys.png|right|Arc System Works logo]]
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'''Arc System Works Co., Ltd.''' (アークシステムワークス株式会社) is a publisher and developer based in Yokohama, Japan, with a European office in Bristol, UK. [http://arcsystemworks.eu/company.php] Minoru Kidooka (木戸岡稔) is president. [http://www.arcsystemworks.com/profile.html] The company was established in May 1988 as '''Arc Co., Ltd.''' (株式会社アーク) In 1991, it was renamed and moved from the Nishi ward to the Kohoku ward. [http://www.arcsystemworks.com/profile.html]
  
The company was established in May 1988 as Arc Co., Ltd. In 1991, it was renamed and moved from the Nishi ward to the Kohoku ward. [http://www.arcsystemworks.com/profile.html]
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Originally only a contract developer, Arc System Works started publishing its own games in 1995 with the release of ''Exector'' for the PlayStation. Today, Arc is best known for the ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'' series. [http://www.arcsystemworks.com/profile.html]
  
Originally only a contract developer, Arc System Works started publishing its own games in 1995 with the release of ''Exector'' for the PlayStation. Today, it is best known for the ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'' series. [http://www.arcsystemworks.com/profile.html]
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Some early Arc staff left to start [[Minato Giken]]. Other staff left to start [[StarLight Marry]] in 1996.
  
Some early Arc staff left to start [[Minato Giken]]. Other staff left in 1996 to start Starlight Marry. [http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/す#.E3.82.B9.E3.82.BF.E3.83.BC.E3.83.A9.E3.82.A4.E3.83.88.E3.83.9E.E3.83.AA.E3.83.BC.EF.BC.88StarLight_Marry.EF.BC.89]
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, interviews, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]), [[Arc System Works (credits)|shared staff]]
 
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]), [[Arc System Works (credits)|shared staff]]
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===Arcade===
 
===Arcade===
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===Famicom/NES===
 
===Famicom/NES===
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*''Armadillo'' (sound driver) (JP Publisher: IGS)
 
*''Chiyonofuji no Ooichou'' (co-developed with [[Sankindo]]?) (JP Publisher: Face)
 
*''Chiyonofuji no Ooichou'' (co-developed with [[Sankindo]]?) (JP Publisher: Face)
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*<div style="color:red">''Dokuganryu Masamune'' (JP Publisher: Namco)</div>
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*''Final Lap'' (programming, sound?) (JP Publisher: Namco)
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:<small>Game Design? Graphics?: [[Nova]]?</small>
 
*''Great Battle Cyber'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
 
*''Great Battle Cyber'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
 
*''Hissatsu Shigoto Nin'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
 
*''Hissatsu Shigoto Nin'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
 
*''Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong II'' (JP Publisher: Capcom)
 
*''Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong II'' (JP Publisher: Capcom)
 
*''Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger'' (JP Publisher: Angel)
 
*''Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger'' (JP Publisher: Angel)
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*<div style="color:red">''Mappy Kids'' (JP Publisher: Namco)</div>
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*''Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox'' / ''Code Name: Viper'' (programming?) (JP/US Publisher: Capcom)
 
*''Pizza Pop!'' (JP Publisher: Jaleco)
 
*''Pizza Pop!'' (JP Publisher: Jaleco)
*''SD Sengoku Bujutsu Retsuden: Rekka no Gotoku Tenka o Tore!'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
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*''Rolling Thunder'' (programming, sound?) (JP Publisher: Namco; US Publisher: Tengen)
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:<small>Game Design? Graphics?: Nova?</small>
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*''SD Sengoku Bushou Retsuden: Rekka no Gotoku Tenka o Tore!'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
  
 
===Game Boy===
 
===Game Boy===
 
*''Minesweeper'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
 
*''Minesweeper'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
 
*''Ranma 1/2: Netsuretsu Kakutou-hen'' (sound) (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
 
*''Ranma 1/2: Netsuretsu Kakutou-hen'' (sound) (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
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*<div style="color:red">''Sailor Moon'' (which game?) (JP Publisher: Angel)</div>
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===Game Boy Color===
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*<div style="color:red">''Muteki-ou Tri-Zenon'' (JP Publisher: Marvelous Entertainment)</div>
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:<small>Some Programming: [[TNS]]?; Music: Studio PJ</small>
  
 
===Game Gear===
 
===Game Gear===
 
*''Gamble Panic'' (programming) (JP Publisher: Sega)
 
*''Gamble Panic'' (programming) (JP Publisher: Sega)
 
:<small>Sound: USP</small>
 
:<small>Sound: USP</small>
*<div style="color:red">''Sonic Drift 2'' (programming?) (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sega</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Sonic Drift 2'' (programming?) (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sega)</div>
 
*''Taisen Mahjong Hao Pai'' (JP Publisher: Sega)
 
*''Taisen Mahjong Hao Pai'' (JP Publisher: Sega)
 
*''Taisen Mahjong Hao Pai 2'' (JP Publisher: Sega)
 
*''Taisen Mahjong Hao Pai 2'' (JP Publisher: Sega)
  
 
===Mark III/Master System===
 
===Mark III/Master System===
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*<div style="color:red">''Battle Out Run'' (programming?) (EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)</div>
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*''Double Dragon'' (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
 
*''Michael Jackson's Moonwalker / Moonwalker'' (programming) (US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy; SK Publisher: Samsung)
 
*''Michael Jackson's Moonwalker / Moonwalker'' (programming) (US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy; SK Publisher: Samsung)
  
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*''Road Spirits'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
 
*''Road Spirits'' (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
 
*''Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Yami Shoubu!! Ankoku Bujutsukai'' (co-developed with TNS) (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
 
*''Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Yami Shoubu!! Ankoku Bujutsukai'' (co-developed with TNS) (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
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===PlayStation===
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*<div style="color:red">''Hyper Final Match Tennis'' (JP Publisher: [[Human]]; EU Publisher: JVC)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Queens Road'' (some graphics?) (JP Publisher: Angel)</div>
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:<small>Developer: TNS; Sound: Inner Brain</small>
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*<div style="color:red">''Zork I: The Great Underground Empire'' (JP Publisher: Shoeisha)</div>
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===Saturn===
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*''Virtual Open Tennis'' (JP Publisher: Imagineer; EU/US Publisher: Acclaim)
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*<div style="color:red">''Zork I: The Great Underground Empire'' (JP Publisher: Shoeisha)</div>
  
 
===Super Famicom/Super NES===
 
===Super Famicom/Super NES===
 
*''Battle Commander: Hachi Bushuu Shura no Hyouhou'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
 
*''Battle Commander: Hachi Bushuu Shura no Hyouhou'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
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*<div style="color:red">''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story'' (JP Publisher: Angel)</div>
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:<small>Developer: TNS</small>
 
*''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen'' (co-developed with TNS) (JP Publisher: Angel)
 
*''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen'' (co-developed with TNS) (JP Publisher: Angel)
*''Future GPX Cyber Formula / Cyber Spin'' (JP/US Publisher: Takara)
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*''Future GPX Cyber Formula'' / ''Cyber Spin'' (JP/US Publisher: Takara)
 
*''Gaia Savior: Hero Saidai no Sakusen'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
 
*''Gaia Savior: Hero Saidai no Sakusen'' (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
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*<div style="color:red">''Honoo no Doukyuuji: Dodge Danpei'' (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)</div>
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:<small>?: TNS</small>
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*<div style="color:red">''Ongaku Tsukuuru: Kanadeeru'' (programming?) (JP Publisher: ASCII)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Shougi Club'' (JP Publisher: Hect)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Shougi Club'' (JP Publisher: Hect)</div>
 
*''Suzuka 8 Hours'' (JP/US Publisher: Namco)
 
*''Suzuka 8 Hours'' (JP/US Publisher: Namco)
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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[http://www.arcsystemworks.jp/ Official website] (Japanese)
 
*[http://www.arcsystemworks.jp/ Official website] (Japanese)
*[http://www.e-smile.ne.jp/ E-Smile official website] (Japanese) - Company president Makoto Shiozumi ("Shiochi," et al.) was a programmer at Arc
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*[http://www.arcsystemworks.eu/ Arc System Works Europe official website]
::[http://www.e-smile.ne.jp/esmile/company/company_greeting.php Greetings from Shiozumi; career outline says he joined Arc System Works in 1988]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060213181122/http://www.e-smile.ne.jp/campany/keireki.php Makoto Shiozumi's (former Arc programmer, president of E-Smile) profile] (Japanese)
::[http://blog.e-smile.ne.jp/prg/cat2/cat11/ Blog entries by Shiozumi about games he worked on at Arc]
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::[http://blog.e-smile.ne.jp/prg/cat2/cat11/ Blog entries by Shiozumi about games he worked on at Arc] (Japanese)
:<small>[http://www.dennoh.jp/instructor/index.html Online resource]</small>
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*[http://blog.gamekult.com/blog/boulapoire/189980/an-afternoon-at-arc-system-works.html "An Afternoon at Arc System Works"] (French)
*[http://community.e-smile.ne.jp/old_web_file070207/campany/keireki.php]
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Revision as of 23:16, 14 April 2017

Arc System Works logo

Arc System Works Co., Ltd. (アークシステムワークス株式会社) is a publisher and developer based in Yokohama, Japan, with a European office in Bristol, UK. [1] Minoru Kidooka (木戸岡稔) is president. [2] The company was established in May 1988 as Arc Co., Ltd. (株式会社アーク) In 1991, it was renamed and moved from the Nishi ward to the Kohoku ward. [3]

Originally only a contract developer, Arc System Works started publishing its own games in 1995 with the release of Exector for the PlayStation. Today, Arc is best known for the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series. [4]

Some early Arc staff left to start Minato Giken. Other staff left to start StarLight Marry in 1996.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, interviews, online resources (see Links), shared staff

Arcade

  • Quiz Gakuen Paradise (sound) (Face)
  • Tokoro-san no Mah-Mahjong (Sega)

Famicom/NES

  • Armadillo (sound driver) (JP Publisher: IGS)
  • Chiyonofuji no Ooichou (co-developed with Sankindo?) (JP Publisher: Face)
  • Dokuganryu Masamune (JP Publisher: Namco)
  • Final Lap (programming, sound?) (JP Publisher: Namco)
Game Design? Graphics?: Nova?
  • Great Battle Cyber (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
  • Hissatsu Shigoto Nin (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
  • Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong II (JP Publisher: Capcom)
  • Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger (JP Publisher: Angel)
  • Mappy Kids (JP Publisher: Namco)
  • Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox / Code Name: Viper (programming?) (JP/US Publisher: Capcom)
  • Pizza Pop! (JP Publisher: Jaleco)
  • Rolling Thunder (programming, sound?) (JP Publisher: Namco; US Publisher: Tengen)
Game Design? Graphics?: Nova?
  • SD Sengoku Bushou Retsuden: Rekka no Gotoku Tenka o Tore! (JP Publisher: Banpresto)

Game Boy

  • Minesweeper (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
  • Ranma 1/2: Netsuretsu Kakutou-hen (sound) (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
  • Sailor Moon (which game?) (JP Publisher: Angel)

Game Boy Color

  • Muteki-ou Tri-Zenon (JP Publisher: Marvelous Entertainment)
Some Programming: TNS?; Music: Studio PJ

Game Gear

  • Gamble Panic (programming) (JP Publisher: Sega)
Sound: USP
  • Sonic Drift 2 (programming?) (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sega)
  • Taisen Mahjong Hao Pai (JP Publisher: Sega)
  • Taisen Mahjong Hao Pai 2 (JP Publisher: Sega)

Mark III/Master System

  • Battle Out Run (programming?) (EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
  • Double Dragon (JP/US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
  • Michael Jackson's Moonwalker / Moonwalker (programming) (US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy; SK Publisher: Samsung)

Mega CD/Sega CD

  • 3x3 Eyes Seima Densetsu (some game and animation programming) (JP Publisher: Sega)

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Battletoads (US Publisher: Tradewest; EU/JP/AS Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
  • Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (co-developed with TNS) (JP Publisher: Ma-Ba)

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

  • Cross Wiber: Cyber Combat Police (music programming) (JP Publisher: Face)
  • Fushigi no Yumi no Alice (programming assistance, music composition) (JP Publisher: Face)
  • Hany in the Sky (music, sound) (JP Publisher: Face)
  • Hany on the Road (JP Publisher: Face)
  • Mahjong Gakuen: Touma Soushirou Toujou / Mahjong Gakuen: Touma Soushirou Toujou Mild (some programming, sound) (JP Publisher: Face)
  • Obocchama-kun (under subcontract with Pack-In-Video) (JP Publisher: Namco)
Some Graphics: Graffiti Lab
  • Zipang (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)

PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-CD

  • Hihou Densetsu: Chris no Bouken (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
  • Minesweeper (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
  • Road Spirits (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
  • Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Yami Shoubu!! Ankoku Bujutsukai (co-developed with TNS) (JP Publisher: Banpresto)

PlayStation

  • Hyper Final Match Tennis (JP Publisher: Human; EU Publisher: JVC)
  • Queens Road (some graphics?) (JP Publisher: Angel)
Developer: TNS; Sound: Inner Brain
  • Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (JP Publisher: Shoeisha)

Saturn

  • Virtual Open Tennis (JP Publisher: Imagineer; EU/US Publisher: Acclaim)
  • Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (JP Publisher: Shoeisha)

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • Battle Commander: Hachi Bushuu Shura no Hyouhou (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
  • Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story (JP Publisher: Angel)
Developer: TNS
  • Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen (co-developed with TNS) (JP Publisher: Angel)
  • Future GPX Cyber Formula / Cyber Spin (JP/US Publisher: Takara)
  • Gaia Savior: Hero Saidai no Sakusen (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
  • Honoo no Doukyuuji: Dodge Danpei (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
?: TNS
  • Ongaku Tsukuuru: Kanadeeru (programming?) (JP Publisher: ASCII)
  • Shougi Club (JP Publisher: Hect)
  • Suzuka 8 Hours (JP/US Publisher: Namco)

Links

Blog entries by Shiozumi about games he worked on at Arc (Japanese)