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'''Japan System Supply Ltd.''' (日本システムサプライ株式会社) was an Osaka-based developer and publisher established on September 25, 1985, that also produced educational and Internet software (not included below). [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.titan.co.jp/english/e_cpro.html] The company went out of business around October 2000. [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本システムサプライ_(JSS)] Katsumi Kawamura (河村克己) was the CEO. [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.titan.co.jp/english/e_cpro.html]
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'''Japan System Supply Ltd.''' (日本システムサプライ株式会社) (JSS) was an Osaka-based software publisher and developer established on September 25, 1985. Katsumi Kawamura (河村克己) was the CEO. [https://web.archive.org/web/20010509192121/http://www.titan.co.jp/english/e_cpro.html]
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JSS made online games in its later years, including the first Japanese-developed MMORPG for Windows, ''Lifestorm''. [https://twitter.com/DragEnRegalia/status/1618059886411096066] The company was declared bankrupt by the Osaka District Court on October 13, 2000. [https://web.archive.org/web/20010113210300/http://www.dp.gamersdream.ne.jp/whats_new/sa.html]
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DigiPark Inc. (株式会社デジパーク) is a company based in Tokyo headed by Taeko Nagata (長田妙子). [https://japan.zdnet.com/release/10036504/] It was established in June 1990 [https://web.archive.org/web/20030826044543/http://www.digipark.co.jp:80/history.htm] as a development subsidiary of JSS called Nanken-Kobo Inc. (有限会社軟件工房) The rights to the MMORPG ''StoneAge'' were transferred to DigiPark after JSS's bankruptcy. [https://japan.zdnet.com/release/10036504/]
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, [[Japan System Supply (hidden data)|hidden data]], shared staff
  
 
===Famicom/NES===
 
===Famicom/NES===
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*''Pyokotan no Dai Meiro'' (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)
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*<div style="color:red">''Pyoko-tan no Dai Meiro'' (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)</div>
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:<small>[[Japan System Supply (hidden data)#Pyokotan no Dai Meiro (FC)|Hidden data]]</small>
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===FM Towns===
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*''Hyper Touhoku Kikou'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Developer?: Nanken-Kobo</small>
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*''Pyoko-tan no Chie Asobi Ehon: Nazo Nazo Meiro Daibouken'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Developer?: Nanken-Kobo</small>
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*''Pyoko-tan no Niji no Shima'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Developer?: Nanken-Kobo</small>
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*''Shichuu Suimeigaku Nyuumon: Tougenkyou'' (JP Publisher: Nanken-Kobo [Japan System Supply])
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:<small>Developer?: Nanken-Kobo</small>
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*''TEATA -vision-'' [video capture software] (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Developer?: Nanken-Kobo</small>
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*''TEATA -vision- ver1.2'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Developer?: Nanken-Kobo</small>
  
 
===Game Boy===
 
===Game Boy===
 
*''Chalvo 55'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
 
*''Chalvo 55'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
 
 
* ''Gekitou Power Modeler'' (JP Publisher: Capcom)
 
* ''Gekitou Power Modeler'' (JP Publisher: Capcom)
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:<small>Same game as ''Power Quest'' (GBC)</small>
 
  
 
===Game Boy Color===
 
===Game Boy Color===
 
* ''Power Quest'' (US Publisher: Sunsoft)
 
* ''Power Quest'' (US Publisher: Sunsoft)
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
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:<small>Same game as ''Gekitou Power Modeler''</small>
  
 
===Game Gear===
 
===Game Gear===
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*''House of Tarot'' (JP Publisher: Sega)
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:<small>Listed on [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612201757/http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/%E3%81%AB#.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E3.82.B7.E3.82.B9.E3.83.86.E3.83.A0.E3.82.B5.E3.83.97.E3.83.A9.E3.82.A4.EF.BC.88JAPAN_SYSTEM_SUPPLY.EF.BC.89 ''Developer Table'']. Shares staff with ''Phantasy Star Gaiden''. Japan System Supply is credited with the cover illustration in the art book [https://segaretro.org/Sega_TV_Game_Genga_Gallery ''Sega TV Game Genga Gallery''].</small>
 
*''Phantasy Star Gaiden'' (JP Publisher: Sega)
 
*''Phantasy Star Gaiden'' (JP Publisher: Sega)
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:<small>[http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/に#.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E3.82.B7.E3.82.B9.E3.83.86.E3.83.A0.E3.82.B5.E3.83.97.E3.83.A9.E3.82.A4.EF.BC.88JAPAN_SYSTEM_SUPPLY.EF.BC.89 Online resource]</small>
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:<small>Listed on [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612201757/http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/%E3%81%AB#.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E3.82.B7.E3.82.B9.E3.83.86.E3.83.A0.E3.82.B5.E3.83.97.E3.83.A9.E3.82.A4.EF.BC.88JAPAN_SYSTEM_SUPPLY.EF.BC.89 ''Developer Table'']. Shares staff with ''House of Tarot''.</small>
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*''Tarot no Yakata'' (JP Publisher: Sega)
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:<small>[http://review-site.net/dt/index.php/に#.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E3.82.B7.E3.82.B9.E3.83.86.E3.83.A0.E3.82.B5.E3.83.97.E3.83.A9.E3.82.A4.EF.BC.88JAPAN_SYSTEM_SUPPLY.EF.BC.89 Online resource]</small>
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===Nintendo 64===
 
===Nintendo 64===
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*''Cavalry Battle 2000'' (unreleased)
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*''Cavalry Battle 3000'' (unreleased) (Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
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*''Chameleon Twist'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply; EU/US Publisher: Sunsoft)
 
*''Chameleon Twist'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply; EU/US Publisher: Sunsoft)
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
 
 
*''Chameleon Twist 2'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply; US Publisher: Sunsoft)
 
*''Chameleon Twist 2'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply; US Publisher: Sunsoft)
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
 
  
 
===PlayStation===
 
===PlayStation===
 
*<div style="color:red">''Ayrton Senna Kart Duel'' (JP Publisher: GAPS; EU Publisher: Sunsoft)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Ayrton Senna Kart Duel'' (JP Publisher: GAPS; EU Publisher: Sunsoft)</div>
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:<small>Sound: Eurhythm?</small>
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:<small>Japan System Supply is thanked in the credits, but no development staff are listed.</small>
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:<small>Sound?: Eurhythm</small>
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*<div style="color:red">''Kojima Takeo: Mahjong Teiou'' (JP Publisher: GAPS)</div>
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:<small>Contains the string "Programed by HUGIE/ひゅぎぃ". "Hugie" also worked on ''Namco Museum Vol. 1''.</small>
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*''Namco Museum Vol. 1'' (some programming) (JP/US Publisher: Namco; EU/AU Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment)
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:<small>Developer: [[Now Production]]</small>
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:<small>Former Japan System Supply programmer Hideyuki Nakanishi mentions helping convert ''Pac-Man'' to the PlayStation in [https://www.virtual-boy.com/interviews/hideyuki-nakanishi/ this interview]. He is credited under his nickname "Nuka."</small>
  
 
===Saturn===
 
===Saturn===
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===Virtual Boy===
 
===Virtual Boy===
 
*''Bound High'' (unreleased) (Nintendo)
 
*''Bound High'' (unreleased) (Nintendo)
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
 
  
 
===Windows===
 
===Windows===
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*''LifeStorm'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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*''Koto no Tabi: Kyoto for Windows'' (JP Publisher: Nanken-Kobo [Japan System Supply])
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
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:<small>Developer: Nanken-Kobo</small>
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*''LifeStorm II'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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*''Lifestorm'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
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*''Lifestorm II'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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*''Shichuu Suimeigaku Nyuumon: Shaberu Tougenkyou for Windows'' (JP Publisher: Nanken-Kobo [Japan System Supply])
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:<small>Developer: Nanken-Kobo</small>
 
*''StoneAge'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
 
*''StoneAge'' (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
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:<small>Actual mention</small>
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The MMORPG ''CrossGate'' started development at JSS [https://jp.linkedin.com/in/yuki-tamura-85238864] but later moved to Dwango.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.titan.co.jp/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese)
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/19970301000000*/http://www.titan.co.jp/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] (Japanese and English)
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*[http://www.vr32.de/modules/interviews/?1 Planet Virtual Boy interview with former JSS employee Hideyuki Nakanishi]
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*[https://www.virtual-boy.com/interviews/hideyuki-nakanishi/ Planet Virtual Boy interview with former JSS employee Hideyuki Nakanishi]
  
 
[[Category:Companies]]
 
[[Category:Companies]]
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[[Category:Companies based in Osaka]]

Latest revision as of 05:51, 16 June 2023

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Japan System Supply Ltd. (日本システムサプライ株式会社) (JSS) was an Osaka-based software publisher and developer established on September 25, 1985. Katsumi Kawamura (河村克己) was the CEO. [1]

JSS made online games in its later years, including the first Japanese-developed MMORPG for Windows, Lifestorm. [2] The company was declared bankrupt by the Osaka District Court on October 13, 2000. [3]

DigiPark Inc. (株式会社デジパーク) is a company based in Tokyo headed by Taeko Nagata (長田妙子). [4] It was established in June 1990 [5] as a development subsidiary of JSS called Nanken-Kobo Inc. (有限会社軟件工房) The rights to the MMORPG StoneAge were transferred to DigiPark after JSS's bankruptcy. [6]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, hidden data, shared staff

Famicom/NES

  • Pyoko-tan no Dai Meiro (JP Publisher: Sunsoft)

FM Towns

  • Hyper Touhoku Kikou (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
Developer?: Nanken-Kobo
  • Pyoko-tan no Chie Asobi Ehon: Nazo Nazo Meiro Daibouken (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
Developer?: Nanken-Kobo
  • Pyoko-tan no Niji no Shima (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
Developer?: Nanken-Kobo
  • Shichuu Suimeigaku Nyuumon: Tougenkyou (JP Publisher: Nanken-Kobo [Japan System Supply])
Developer?: Nanken-Kobo
  • TEATA -vision- [video capture software] (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
Developer?: Nanken-Kobo
  • TEATA -vision- ver1.2 (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
Developer?: Nanken-Kobo

Game Boy

  • Chalvo 55 (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
  • Gekitou Power Modeler (JP Publisher: Capcom)

Game Boy Color

  • Power Quest (US Publisher: Sunsoft)
Same game as Gekitou Power Modeler

Game Gear

  • House of Tarot (JP Publisher: Sega)
Listed on Developer Table. Shares staff with Phantasy Star Gaiden. Japan System Supply is credited with the cover illustration in the art book Sega TV Game Genga Gallery.
  • Phantasy Star Gaiden (JP Publisher: Sega)
Listed on Developer Table. Shares staff with House of Tarot.

Nintendo 64

  • Cavalry Battle 3000 (unreleased) (Japan System Supply)
  • Chameleon Twist (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply; EU/US Publisher: Sunsoft)
  • Chameleon Twist 2 (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply; US Publisher: Sunsoft)

PlayStation

  • Ayrton Senna Kart Duel (JP Publisher: GAPS; EU Publisher: Sunsoft)
Japan System Supply is thanked in the credits, but no development staff are listed.
Sound?: Eurhythm
  • Kojima Takeo: Mahjong Teiou (JP Publisher: GAPS)
Contains the string "Programed by HUGIE/ひゅぎぃ". "Hugie" also worked on Namco Museum Vol. 1.
  • Namco Museum Vol. 1 (some programming) (JP/US Publisher: Namco; EU/AU Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment)
Developer: Now Production
Former Japan System Supply programmer Hideyuki Nakanishi mentions helping convert Pac-Man to the PlayStation in this interview. He is credited under his nickname "Nuka."

Saturn

  • Koi no Summer Fantasy in Miyazaki Seagaia (JP Publisher: Bandai Visual)

Virtual Boy

  • Bound High (unreleased) (Nintendo)

Windows

  • Koto no Tabi: Kyoto for Windows (JP Publisher: Nanken-Kobo [Japan System Supply])
Developer: Nanken-Kobo
  • Lifestorm (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
  • Lifestorm II (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)
  • Shichuu Suimeigaku Nyuumon: Shaberu Tougenkyou for Windows (JP Publisher: Nanken-Kobo [Japan System Supply])
Developer: Nanken-Kobo
  • StoneAge (JP Publisher: Japan System Supply)

The MMORPG CrossGate started development at JSS [7] but later moved to Dwango.

Links

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