Arc System Works
From Game Developer Research Institute
Started in May 1988 as simply Arc (アーク) and headed by Minoru Kidooka (木戸岡稔) [1], Arc System Works (アークシステムワークス) was originally primarily a contract developer. At some point (probably around 1995), the company was renamed to its current name and started developing and self-publishing original games. Today, the company is known mostly for the Guilty Gear fighting game series.
Some early Arc staff left to start Minato Giken.
For the time being, the list below does not cover games published from 1995 onward.
Arcade
- Quiz Gakuen Paradise (sound?) (Face)
Famicom/NES
- Chiyonofuji no Ooichou (JP Publisher: Face)
- Some Planning, Some Programming: Sankindo?
- Actual mention | Shared staff
- Great Battle Cyber (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
- Hissatsu Shigoto Nin (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
- Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong II (JP Publisher: Capcom)
- Kyouryuu Sentai Juuranger (JP Publisher: Angel)
- Pizza Pop! (JP Publisher: Jaleco)
Game Boy
- Minesweeper (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
- Actual mention
Game Gear
- Taisen Mahjong Hao Pai (JP Publisher: Sega)
- Actual mention | Online resource
Mark III/Master System
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker / Moonwalker (programming) (US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy; SK Publisher: Samsung)
Mega Drive/Genesis
- Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (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)
- Actual mention | Shared staff
- 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)
- Actual mention | Shared staff
- Zipang (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
- Actual mention | Shared staff
PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-CD
- Hihou Densetsu: Chris no Bouken (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
- Actual mention | Shared staff
- Minesweeper (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
- Actual mention
- Road Spirits (JP Publisher: Pack-In-Video)
- Actual mention
- Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Yami Shoubu!! Ankoku Bujutsukai (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
Super Famicom/Super NES
- Gaia Savior: Hero Saidai no Sakusen (JP Publisher: Banpresto)
- Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula / Cyber Spin (JP/US Publisher: Takara)
- Shougi Club (JP Publisher: Hect)
- Actual mention
Links
- Official website (Japanese)
- E-Smile official website (Japanese) - Company president Makoto Shiozumi ("Shiochi," et al.) was a programmer at Arc